Planning a self drive holiday is a pleasure. You can relax when everything is booked up knowing that you’ll be able to enjoy driving through France, Italy, Germany or any other European country for that matter from the second you get off the ferry. However, if you have ever had a self drive holiday go […]
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
If you go on a self drive holiday in the near future then you may find it a whole lot more expensive than you originally planned, especially if you started planning it in the first half of the year. Fuel prices have risen that much in recent months that it is difficult to run a […]
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
With the credit crunch in full swing but the pace of life as hectic and as stressful as ever, everyone deserves a holiday but can’t always afford one. Household budgets are extremely constricting and can put paid to any notion you have of going away for a week or so. This is especially true of […]
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Crossing the channel on a ferry can be a wonderful experience or your worst nightmare, depending not on whether you like travelling via ferry or not but on whether you actually get on it successfully or not. A self drive holiday just isn’t the same without the car!
No matter what ferry provider you’re travelling with, […]
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Maybe it’s just me. But on recent trips abroad I do find myself longing for the days when making a call home from a foreign country involved tracking down a phonecard and getting to grips with the public call boxes of whatever country you find yourself in.
The mobile phone has changed all that of course. […]
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
If you’re travelling to Europe on a self drive holiday with your children then a lot of fun can be had by all. After all, you’ll have the accommodation booked up, activities planned to keep all of you entertained and no doubt they’ll be exhausted every night so you’ll have a good night’s sleep. However, […]
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
We all dream about it 358 days of the year – getting off the ferry and heading onto the open road, driving for miles with no worries, responsibility or stress. Sounds like heaven doesn’t it? It certainly does to me. No matter how much thought goes into the trip though, the likelihood is that you’ll […]
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Now holiday season is in full swing, your summer holiday might be looming on the horizon. If you are planning a self-drive holiday in Europe then you might want to start thinking about whether you are to take your own car or whether you are going to hire one after travelling on the ferry or […]
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Self-drive holidays are becoming more and more popular for several reasons. They’re usually cheaper than jetting off somewhere, undoubtedly give you a lot more freedom to do what you like when you like and are also much better for the environment than long haul flights. There is one pressing consideration involved in taking a self […]
Monday, May 26th, 2008
I’ve always been confident that staying cool, calm and collected and having a basic understanding of the laws of the road is enough to ensure that you have a relaxed and enjoyable self drive holiday abroad.
An experience at the weekend got me thinking though. Driving through a suburb of Newcastle I was pulled over by […]
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
