Q. We’ve booked a holiday to Sri Lanka. What will happen if we cancel? Mary Wilson, via email. A. Abta, the trade body for UK travel agents, says: ‘Customers who are due to travel imminently to the island on package holidays will be offered options of deferring their date of travel, transferring to another destination … Read more
Everyone agrees that the gardens at Gravetye Manor have never looked better. That’s high praise, given that they were created by famous landscape gardener William Robinson while he lived there from 1884 to 1935. More than 6,000 tulips are planted each year. Drop in right now and they will all be there to greet you … Read more
Forget airport stress – this is plain sailing: Why travelling by ferry can be less expensive and a lot more fun Fans say the ships can be less stressful, less expensive and a lot more fun Packing is easy as you can take as much kit as your car can carry Many ferries have cruise … Read more
An inspirational couple in their 60s has travelled 12,000 miles across 16 countries from Britain to the Great Wall of China – riding their bikes the entire way. Grandparents Peter and Chris Lloyd embarked on the epic 18-month journey after deciding to ‘do something a bit different’ in retirement. The ultra-fit OAPs traversed cities, deserts, … Read more
Where can you keep four children, quiet? How can you get a free six-day visa for China? And what to do in Jamaica? The holiday guru unravels traveller conundrums Marthinhal Quintal Family Resort in Portugal has something for everyone China offers 144-hour free transit visas to UK passengers arriving by sea or air Montego Bay … Read more
Sailing into the skies! Stunning renderings reveal Lufthansa’s VIP aircraft concept, with a cabin that resembles the deck of a luxury YACHT Lufthansa Technik, part of the wider German airline group, has unveiled its new SkyRetreat concept Renderings show a spacious central compartment with L-shaped sofas in lieu of standard plane seats On the entertainment … Read more
The Isle of Islay is closer to the ‘island of Ireland’ (as politicians call it when squabbling over the EU ‘backstop’) than it is to Scotland’s big cities. Out there, in other words. And yet for a first-timer it seems like a microcosm of Scotland as a whole, with its mountains, heathered moorland, grazing sheep, … Read more
The world’s most expensive resort is open for business – and as you might expect, it’s jaw-dropping. But so it should be for $100,000 (£76,800) a night. It’s called Banwa Private Island, and while the price tag is eye-wateringly hefty it does secure guests the entire island. The world’s most expensive resort is open for … Read more
Trust in the travel industry has plunged to a record low as airlines and holiday companies continue to deny and delay refunds for coronavirus cancellations, according to Which? The consumer champion says its Consumer Insight Tracker shows that trust in airlines and holiday companies has dropped from a net score of nine in February 2020 … Read more
‘Tourists go away’: Graffiti appears in the Spanish city of Granada telling visitors that they’re not wanted Granada was declared a World Heritage Site in 1984 due to its Moorish past According to local media, over 27,000 visitors come to Granada every day Police suspect that an organised movement is behind the anti-tourism graffiti By … Read more