From tan-line photos to pictures of people jumping on beaches: Gen Z travellers reveal their social media pet hates for holiday posts (and promise to ditch them when travel starts up) 42% of young people say holiday snaps with cliché captions are the worst posts Other pet hates are snaps of overly loving couples and pictures … Read more
A world cruise has sold out in just one day – despite the cheapest fare being £58,000 ($74,000). The 2023 sailing on Silversea’s Silver Shadow will last 139 days and call at 66 destinations in 34 countries across five continents. But even with prices of up to £218,000 ($278,000) per guest, it fully sold out … Read more
Adventurer Bear Grylls reveals his holiday memories, from an ‘amazing’ trip to Disney World in Florida to an off-grid island hideaway in Wales By Sadie Whitelocks For The Daily Mail Published: 08:32 BST, 31 March 2021 | Updated: 08:33 BST, 31 March 2021 Star-studded escapades: Bear Grylls with actress Julia Roberts in Kenya This week … Read more
Revealed: Virgin to open a 242-room hotel in Glasgow in 2022 overlooking the River Clyde The brand, by Sir Richard Branson, said the property would be located at 236-246 Clyde Street Virgin Hotels Glasgow is expected to open in 2022 and will be the brand’s second Scottish hotel to be signed The hotel will operate … Read more
Currently, it takes over nine hours to fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo on a commercial airliner. However, by the end of the decade, that time could be reduced to just two and a half hours if the vision of Florida-based supersonic jet firm Aerion comes to fruition. This week it unveiled a ‘first glimpse’ … Read more
The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week issues tackled include claiming money back from Cheapcost Holidays and booking summer getaways. Q. Will a summer holiday in the Med be possible? I am at my wits’ end. James Stirling, Manchester. Hotspot: Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera is a highlight of … Read more
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is pledging to shift the dial on attitudes to women pursuing careers in the rail industry, particularly train driver roles. LNER research showed only one per cent of women said they had wanted to be a train driver when they were young compared to 21 per cent who wanted to … Read more
There are few sights on Earth’s landscapes as awe-inspiring as a volcano – active or dormant. And a new book underscores this, offering ‘a visual celebration of the most impressive, infamous and active volcanoes from all corners of the globe’. Volcano, by Robert J Ford (www.amberbooks.co.uk), takes the reader on an eye-opening photographic tour from … Read more
British Airways launches £80 DIY meal kits with all the ingredients for recreating the airline’s FIRST-CLASS dishes (and here you can read MailOnline’s verdict…) Each kit serves two and customers can choose vegetarian, fish and meat dishes Five-hundred of the kits will be available for delivery in the first week The packaging consists of recyclable, … Read more
British Airways launches £80 DIY meal kits with all the ingredients for recreating the airline’s FIRST-CLASS dishes (and here you can read MailOnline’s verdict…) Each kit serves two and customers can choose vegetarian, fish and meat dishes Five-hundred of the kits will be available for delivery in the first week The packaging consists of recyclable, … Read more