Long winter holidays in Malta
I’m not retired yet, but if I was then I can imagine worse ways of spending the winter than to be on a mild island in the middle of the Mediterranean. For most tourists, Malta is a scorching summer destination, but if you’re prepared to travel out of season there are some staggering deals to [...]
Cunard prices released for transatlantic trips
I’ve got a plan to travel across the Atlantic by sea at some point – hopefully at the beginning of next year. Because I am a little obsessed with the idea I’ve been doing a lot of research on the matter. It turns out there are quite a lot more ships going across the Atlantic [...]
South Africa to Europe by sea
I’ve recently become rather obsessed with the idea of visiting my friend Yolande in South Africa, but flying there and back seems like a bit of a drag. Since I’m embarking on a world tour next year, I am going to try to fly as little as possible so this could be a good option [...]
A cruise idea I’ll be watching…
How often do you see ‘too good to be true’ offers online? Personally, I stumble across pages of the things every week. Usually they’re littered with bad, animated images and spelling mistakes. So when I found an eBay store offering cruise vouchers, with similarly ill-designed graphics I nearly clicked away.
But I thought it wise to [...]
Another way to see the world
Since taking time out of a career and ‘gap’ years are so fashionable now, I thought of sharing an idea with you that involves a lot of travelling and getting paid. And if you have sea-legs, then this might be a brilliant opportunity!
I am of course talking about getting a job on board a cruise [...]
Fat Fares for Air France passengers
Considering flying with Air France this year? You’ll be interested to learn that the airline has decided to introduce additional requirements for those too large to fit into one seat – they’ll have to buy two tickets. Well, almost : the tax and surcharges will be waived for the second seat as, quite rightly, only [...]
A tip for flightless ‘around the world’ holidays
Ok, so you’re looking to go around the world and you don’t want to fly. That’s understandable : flying in planes makes your carbon footprint something of a monster. If you’re like me and believe that the journey there is quite a lot of the fun, then going overland will definitely appeal to you.
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Secret Kayak Cruise Search
Kayak is well known for its consolidated searches – you can compare airfares from different websites, as well as hotels and car rental. But did you realise that there’s also a cruise search? It’s not advertised on their main site, and it’s not usually available to web users outside the US. However, it holds database [...]
BMI scraps business class seats
What do you do if your company decides it will no longer authorise business class travel? This little conundrum has already been thought out by BMI who have recently ’scrapped’ their business class cabins for UK/domestic flights.
Or have they? Very cleverly, BMI has done what amounts to a re-brand of their business class by giving [...]