The Atlantic Hurricane season is well underway, and with Hurricane Florence expected to make landfall in North Carolina on Thursday this week, residents have been ordered to vacate their homes, and tourists intending to visit the east coast are being encouraged to rebook or re-route their flights between 13th – 16th September. Already visible from…
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The Best the Travel World Has to Offer – Find Out Where You Should be Holidaying Next!
If you are looking for a truly spectacular winter holiday or 2019 getaway, then look no further than the Condé Nast Traveller UK Awards 2018. Highlighting the ‘Best the Travel World Has to Offer’ this prestigious honours list includes airlines, hotels, ski resorts, exotic islands, spa retreats, cities and much more, all of which have…
The Key to a Long Life Revealed: And it’s HOLIDAYS!
If you think the key to a long and happy life is daily exercise, a healthy diet, and maintaining a healthy weight – think again! New research shows that it is holidays that make us live longer, and there’s 40-years-worth of evidence to back it up! Recently published in The Journal of Nutrition, Health &…
Experiential Travel: The Best Places in the World to Find it
Experiential travel is one of this year’s biggest travel trends, and if you are tired of the same old beach holidays, bored of city breaks, and fed up with family camping trips, it might be time to spice up your life with a trip to the best place in the world for a unique travel…
So That’s the 2019 Holiday Booked: But Do You Really Know Where You Are Going?
With the 2018 summer season drawing to an end, many of us are already thinking about booking our 2019 holiday, but when it comes to travelling to new destinations, do you really know where you are going? Well, according to a new travel study released by British Airways, it seems that more than 50 percent…
The World’s Most Luxurious Hotel Suites Revealed: Yours for a Mere $80,000… a Night!
Looking to holiday in style this year? Then you might want to take a look at the World’s Top 100 Hotel Suites List by Elite Traveller. Designed to inspire those with unlimited travel budgets, these über luxurious accommodations cost up to $80,000 per night, but their exceptional amenities, stunning décor, and remarkable attention to detail…
Why Now is the Best (and Cheapest) Time to Visit New Zealand
There are many reasons to visit New Zealand. Home to snow-capped mountains, never-ending coastlines, magnificent Fjords, golden sandy beaches, vast winelands, cosmopolitan cities, beautifully maintained roads, friendly locals, and more National Parks than you could possibly visit during just one trip, Aotearoa, as it is known in the Maori language, is a one of a…
Destination Chile: A Traveller’s Guide to the Atacama Desert
It’s big, it’s barren and it’s the driest place on earth, but there is something truly magical about the Atacama Desert, and if you are heading to Chile anytime soon, this magnificent wonder should be right up there on the top of your “to do” list. Spanning some 41,000 square miles, the Atacama Desert is…
Earth Day 2018: Make a Pledge to Make a Difference
You only have to read the newspaper each day, or even your Facebook feed, to see that we humans have truly messed up this beautiful planet that we call home. Our oceans are full of plastic waste, our everyday actions are causing global warming, and many of our animal and plant species are at risk…
What Are Your Most Cringe-Worthy Holiday Habits?
When it comes to cringe-worthy travel habits, we all have at least one. Some of us get up at 6am to reserve the ‘best’ sunbeds with our towels (you know who you are!), some of us insist on eating only foods that we know (and expect to get them wherever we are in the world),…
World’s Top 10 Airlines Revealed: It’s Time to Book those Flights!
The World’s Top 10 Airlines were revealed today in TripAdvisor’s Travellers Choice Survey, and if you are looking to book your 2018 summer holiday, an autumn city getaway with family and friends, or your dream honeymoon to some far-flung and exotic destination, you might want to take a look at the list to see which…
Cape Town Water Crisis: What it Really Means for International Visitors
If you are planning a trip to South Africa in 2018/2019, chances are, you have already heard about the water crisis that is affecting the Western Cape, and in particular, Cape Town. Lack of rain in recent years has left the regions dams all but dry, and while severe water restrictions have been put in…