Traveller

The holiday guru solves traveller queries about Sri Lanka and travelling alone as a pensioner

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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

From new passports to airline refunds, we can help: The Holiday Guru answers traveller queries 

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The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions.  This week queries include returning to the UK from Cyprus, getting refunds on travel insurance and renewing passports.   Q. My wife and I travelled to Cyprus in February and we were due to fly home from Paphos on March 18. EasyJet has cancelled ten … Read more

Traveller funeral is broken up by police after mourners seize the body back from morgue

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Traveller funeral is broken up by police as mourners flout social distancing rules after they demanded body back from the undertaker the night before ceremony – and drove it to the church in the back of a Transit van About 60 grievers – some swigging beer – moved on by Bedfordshire Police at Dunstable Cemetery … Read more

Armchair traveller: Books, TV and radio to keep wanderlust alive during coronavirus self-isolation

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Here we pick a selection of the best travel-related programmes, books and radio shows that will provide some isolation inspiration for the week ahead.  ON THE PAGE… Beautiful Balkans  Let Kassabova’s charming travelogue take you round the glistening shores of Lake Ohrid  Follow Kapka Kassabova’s ancestral quest in To The Lake  Brown bears and wolves … Read more

Traveller flies to Mexico for the air miles – but ends up in jail at the hands of corrupt police

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A frequent flyer claims he ended up in a Mexican jail at the hands of corrupt police officers during a trip he took to reach a special loyalty status with an airline. TV and internet producer Andrew Kimmel, from Los Angeles, tells of his extraordinarily rotten luck on his Twitter account – a tale so … Read more

Armchair traveller: Books, TV and radio to keep wanderlust alive

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Here we pick a selection of the best travel-related programmes, books and radio shows that will provide some isolation inspiration for the week ahead.  ON THE PAGE… Beautiful Balkans  A masterpiece: The Church of St John at Kaneo, on Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia  Follow Kapka Kassabova’s ancestral quest in To The Lake  Brown bears … Read more

Crime by Traveller sites is up to DOUBLE the UK average as police say they fear being called racist

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Crime near traveller sites is around 50 per cent higher than the national average while police are frustrated at not being able to tackle it effectively. An investigation by Channel 4 Dispatches has found that the crime rate in some traveller sites was substantially higher than the UK average.  The show claims the average crime … Read more

Photographer captures rare glimpse into the everyday lives of London’s Irish Traveller community 

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A photographer has captured a rare glimpse into the everyday lives of London‘s Irish Traveller community, revealing how the close-knit group go about their day to day activities. The stunning images show young boys showing off their strength as they flex their muscles, while others at the Ealing Bashley Road site clean their caravans, showing … Read more