2 Month Luxury Yachting Trip to Asia
Bored with business class? Have lots of time and money? Well, I’ve got an idea for you!
Seabourn is a cruise company that caters for the top end of the market in smaller, more intimate cruise ships. Actually, it prefers to call them ‘yachts’, and to refer to the experience as yachting. With a typical crew [...]
Another hot Malta bargain (this summer)
Summer holidays in the Med can be pretty expensive, especially if you’re going at the peak time of the school holidays. Which is why I was so pleasantly surprised to find some offers for deals to Malta this summer between May and October. Despite that being the peak season, you can still pick up some [...]
Have my luggage sent to the room, Jeeves.
One of the most depressing things about 21st century travel has to be dealing with luggage. Packing it, taking it to the airport, unpacking it, lugging it up and down escalators — you get the idea. I’m constantly baffled when I see celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Joan Collins pushing trolleys at airports full of [...]
There’s always a bargain
I’m always watching the rather brilliant icelolly.com website for good deals – even if I have absolutely no intention of travelling. The deals they offer are somewhat staggering, although a quick flick over to tripadvisor reveals that many of the cheapest deals are in sub-standard hotels. Having said that, for cheap trips to Spain, you [...]
Eclipse to the rescue!
Remember that volcano? Yeah – the one you couldn’t pronounce. Well, it was over a week ago now so no doubt you need reminding. A massive volcano errupted on Iceland and prevented tens of thousands of passengers from flying into British airspace. There was a lot of talk by the government to send the Royal [...]
Brilliant new idea from Air New Zealand
Economy can be terribly uncomfortable – particularly on very long journeys. With that in mind, Air New Zealand (which runs some of the longest flights in the world) has launched a new product in their 777-300 aircraft. The way it works is to offer a couple the chance to buy three seats instead of two. [...]
Getting the lowest fares on London to Edinburgh trains
I was inspired recently by the MoneySavingExpert website, which tried to see if it could save a businessman money. The chap in question was told where he’d be going the night before, and didn’t ever bother booking ahead. Instead, he just rocked up at the train station on the day and then bought the ticket [...]
Round The World in Business Class
This post falls into that category of “wishful thinking”, but if I did suddenly come into money then I can imagine a worse way to go around the world than in business class. Naturally, my preference would be for a flightless option, but if I did have to fly then this would be the way [...]
Another site for cheap flights (if you ring up)
I used to use a travel agent to book all my flights, and then Kayak came along and I assumed it was cheaper just to run a search that way. It’s certainly a lot easier to do it online, rather than ring up and wait for an agent and then painstakingly talk through the dates [...]
Fly for free
Usually if I read a deal such as “fly for free” I immediatley consign it to the dustbin – after all, an offer like that would usually involve participation or is simply a scam.
But the other night at a party I met someone who works for a travel agent called Flight Centre. It’s got [...]