The Maldives Newest Luxury Resort

Visit the Newest Luxury Addition to the Maldives Resorts If you are someone who demands the very best from their luxury travel retreats, the Ozen Reserve Bolifushi is sure to amaze you with their pioneering tourist experiences. This stunning retreat is accepting guests from December 2020 and treating them to an unusual accommodation style. Perhaps... Read More

A Canadian Honeymoon Adventure

Banff National Park and Lake Louise in the rocky mountains of Alberta, are rated as one of the top honeymoon destinations in the world, so where better to start your adventure. We recommend spending the first few nights staying in one of the lovely mountain lodge hotels in the famous resort town of Banff.  No... Read More

Check out my guest blog for Patchwork on Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a longstanding favourite honeymoon destination. This small country has so much to offer – a tropical paradise with beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, adventure, wonderful beaches, turquoise seas and a great selection of places to stay in. Not only that Costa Rica is very environmentally aware. Many of their hotels and resorts are... Read More

Honeymooning in Japan

Japan is becoming an increasingly popular honeymoon destination for couples who have the time to venture further away and want to explore somewhere safe and different. Two of Japan’s cities, Tokyo and Kyoto, justifiably get a lot of coverage but it is also well worthwhile exploring the countryside.  The scenery is stunning and there are... Read More

Travel Corridors

It is fantastic news that we can now travel overseas for our holidays.  The government has confirmed a list of countries that we can visit where we won’t need to quarantine at either end of the holiday, unless we have been in, or transited through, non-exempt countries in the preceding 14 days. However, please bear... Read More

Eco-friendly, reuseable face masks

It is fantastic that we can get going with our travel plans again however things won’t be properly back to normal for a while yet.  One thing we are all required to do is wear facemasks, or coverings, on public transport, so I thought it would be helpful to compile a short list of companies... Read More

Driving tour around Cape Town

I highly recommend visiting South Africa and, if you haven’t been before, a holiday starting in Cape Town and touring the region by car, is a great introduction to this fabulous country. Cape Town is situated on a peninsula on South Africa’s south west coast.  This seriously cool city fans out beneath the world famous... Read More

Travel insurance during the Coronavirus outbreak

Travelling and taking out travel insurance has always been pretty straightforward but since lockdown everything has been thrown into a state of confusion and uncertainty.  The good news is that despite the gloom and doom surrounding travel it appears that a few insurance companies like Staysure will provide emergency medical expenses and repatriation if you... Read More

Greece set to be a popular holiday destination post lockdown

The Greek islands have traditionally been very popular with the British and thanks to their early and efficient response to the threat of coronavirus they haven’t really been affected by the pandemic.  As a consequence they are now looking forward to welcoming tourists this summer. The Tourism Minister, Mr Theocharis, is quoted as saying,”We will... Read More

COVID 19 Travel Update

Since the last blog I wrote on this subject I am delighted to say that the news on the travel front is a lot more positive.  Here is a quick update. Budget airlines are starting to fly again this week.  RyanAir are already flying to Italy and as I write are adding more routes to... Read More