UK Ferry Tickets

There has recently been a business travel show in London and that can only mean one thing – lots of press releases from companies which either directly or indirectly tell you how marvellous they are. A couple of surveys have stood out for me. One predicted that business travel will diminish because of video conferencing [...]

Booze cruise limits to go and drunks to be punished We should all be grateful that many European MPs enjoy a pint and a fag – they’re campaigning to end the limits on booze cruises. It’s long been a bone of contention that HM Revenue and Customs can confiscate large purchases of alcohol and tobacco [...]

In the UK, it’s corner shops, bank branches, local butchers’ shops and traditional pubs that seem to be disappearing. In France, it’s the famous bistro. They may be as synonymous with France as the croissant, but these famous establishments are fading fast. According to the French trade union Synhorcat, within 10 years most of the [...]

‘Free flights’ or ‘flights for a fiver’? I don’t think so and, now, neither does the European Commission. This type of advertising, that often irritates the public, could be outlawed by the end of next year. The European Commission has announced plans to force airlines to advertise fares that include all charges. Of course, there’s [...]

Travellers to Spain this summer could face delays at airports, because the Spanish authorities are demanding more information about who is visiting their country. From June 13, travellers to Spain will have to provide their full given names, surname, nationality, date of birth and passport number. It’s all part of new security measures, similar to [...]

Over 90 per cent of people believe that the financial protection of holidays is important, yet millions are prepared to travel without it. A survey of 5,000 consumers by the Civil Aviation Authority found that more than nine in ten were in favour of protection. But often when they book over the Internet they have [...]

Buying habits may have changed, but the traditional glossy travel brochure is almost as popular as ever. A few years ago, many industry experts felt the days of the brochure were numbered. Typically, people went into a travel agent, took a few brochures, went home to study them, and then went back to the agent [...]

Fancy going on holiday for a nip or a tuck? Specialist holidays, including trips for plastic surgery, are becoming increasingly popular, according to new research. We all know that more people are booking on the Internet, and now the types of trips they are booking are becoming more varied. Thousands, rather than hundreds as in [...]

A new book claiming to be the definitive guide to the top 25 UK and Ireland travel experiences has sparked more debate than the merger of the UK’s biggest travel companies. Domestic holidays are enjoying something of a boom at the moment. We all love going abroad, but we’re also taking lots of short breaks [...]

Do you remember boo.com? It was the fashion website that became a symbol of everything that was wrong with dotcom revolution. In the late 1990s, venture capitalists were stupid enough to throw money at anything that was trading over the Internet and a company selling branded fashion wear online couldn’t go wrong, could it? To [...]