The Best Cycling Holiday for Beginners: The Netherlands
… This is a guest post by Mike McLeish of the bicycle blog Pinch-Flat … A phrase that struggles to strum up images of adventure is “health and safety.” Instead, the words conjure up images of rules, regulations and high visibility. None of that sounds particularly inspiring, except when talking about cycling. A countryRead More
Anthony Banks, Uniworld SS Antoinette Cruise Director: Ten Questions
One of the things I love about river cruising is not just the places you see and things you do, but the people you meet. On my Rhine river cruise on Uniworld’s SS Antoinette I met some lovely people from all around the world, and a man who helped to make our cruise one toRead More
The Romance of a Rhine River Cruise with Uniworld’s SS Antoinette
As one of the most popular European rivers to holiday on, the Rhine has its fair share of river cruise ships. Which means there are times when ships need to tie up next to one another so passengers can pass through or over another ship to reach the riverbank. At these times it’s hard notRead More
The Seven Best Rooftop Bars in the World
… This is a guest post by Hans Ebenman and Rikard Fredricson of The Rooftop Guide … If you love to dine and drink with a view then here’s a story for you: the seven best rooftop bars according to the world’s biggest website and guide on the subject, The Rooftop Guide. The RooftopRead More
Why Your Credit Cards’ Travel Insurance May Not Be Enough
… This post has been brought to you by Fast Cover travel insurance … Every year I buy one thing that I hope I never have to use. Travel insurance. Apart from not wanting to tempt fate and fearing that the first trip I dared to take without it would be the first time IRead More
Taking the Venice Simplon Orient Express Train from London to Berlin
“If I had a magic wand and could make any travel dream come true what would you wish for?” When a fellow travel writer asked me this question in Myanmar I was momentarily stumped. A year earlier I would have wished for Antarctica or Machu Picchu but it had been a very special year andRead More
Yarra Valley Visit with a Surprising Best Western Hotel Stay
When I heard we’d be staying at a Best Western in the Yarra Valley this was not what I expected. After driving down a little lane on a misty afternoon we’re greeted by the smell of log fires and what looks like a charming guesthouse. Then as we step inside I can feel my spiritsRead More
An Epic Vietnamese Motorcycle Road Trip
… This is a guest post by Laura Knight of Motormanner … Vietnam is a mix of old and new (as is much of Southeast Asia these days). You can travel to almost any part of the country, even random, ramshackle garages that sell petrol out of water bottles, and find perfect, high speed Wi-Fi.Read More
How to Wipe Your Private Phone Data from a Rental Car
Sometimes I can’t believe that I missed something really, really obvious. But hey, it happens. And rather than pretend it didn’t I’m now going to dedicate a blog post to one such thing in case I can help other people who missed it too. That embarrassingly obvious thing? That when you connect your phone toRead More
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at Sanderson London and a Stylish Boutique Hotel Stay
I hadn’t expected Judy Garland to appear at an Alice in Wonderland themed afternoon tea in central London, but here she was. Well, the memory of her, anyway. As I opened a child’s jewellery box to reveal sugar cubes inside a tiny ballerina started turning to the sounds of Somewhere Over The Rainbow. I’d alreadyRead More
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