UK Ferry Tickets

It’s becoming a bit of a cliché for companies to show off their ‘green’ credentials and ferry operators are no different, but self-drive holidays are now being actively promoted as an environmentally friendly option by many travel commentators and environmentalists too. Tourism is aguably one of the most important environmental threats, mainly due to the [...]

A gloomy forecast of tax and regulation on travel has been made by one of Britain’s leading economists. Douglas McWilliams, the chief executive of the Centre for Economics and Business Research, said environmental concerns would drive the clampdown over the next decade. It seems that most of us will be forced to counterbalance the impact [...]

One in three UK adults would support new taxes on air fares, if the money raised were used to offset the environmental damage caused by flights, according to new research. However, the study, by Hyder Consulting, showed the majority of people are still unwilling to sacrifice foreign holidays to reduce their carbon footprint and more [...]

We’re all becoming more caring and sharing, according to a new poll which claims that an increasing number of people are opting to use their holiday time for ‘altruistic travel’. According to the research, there has been a 67 per cent rise in the number of people taking ‘meaningful travel programmes’, for example carrying out [...]

Forget global warming and snow lines rising dramatically across the Alps. Researchers from the University of East Anglia have been predicting that skiing could one day be a sport of the past, but not on the evidence of this season. Snowfalls throughout Europe and North America have been great throughout December, there are some good [...]