Travel News

25 July 2008

Stay healthy on holiday

Thanks to the help of The UK’s leading Ayurvedic expert, Dr Prasanna Kerur from the Ayush Wellnes Spa in Jersey, everyone can stay happy and healthy this summer. As well as ...

23 July 2008

Three different ways to explore Canada

Summer is the perfect time for adventure seekers to visit Canada and experience its contrast in wilderness, from alpine to arctic, lakes to forests. With many activities to undertake along ...

23 July 2008

Ten Top Tips for First-Time Travellers

Your first travelling experience should be an exciting one but it may also be daunting. Apart from all of the arrangements to be made, there is the task of packing ...

23 July 2008

Isle of Man's host festival to celebrate the Manx Queenie

The Isle of Man will be championing its local produce this summer with the launch of the it’s first scallop festival. The Queenie festival will celebrate the great Manx Queenie; ...

14 July 2008

Losing my camping virginity: The Scottish way

For someone who has never ventured to the fields for music festivals, or attempted to put up a tent in anger, the concept of camping holidays being somehow fun and ...

9 July 2008

Monster Artists take over Blackpool beach

Family movie channel Disney Cinemagic has created Britain’s biggest piece of beach art with a monster size picture to celebrate the start of the summer holidays and their “Monster Summer ...

7 July 2008

An Inspiring Performance, An Inspiring Place – Andy Murray’s Grand Slam of Inspiring Scottish Places

Despite only making it the quarter finals, Andy Murray served up an inspiring performance at Wimbledon this year. Now Britain’s number one tennis ace reveals his most inspiring places and ...

7 July 2008

How to avoid the holiday mobile bills blues this summer

With take-up of internet use on the move surging, travellers using devices such as the increasingly-popular wireless broadband "dongle" could be in for a costly shock due to the expense ...

7 July 2008

Millions Of British Holidaymakers Putting Their Health At Risk

You’ve spent all year saving up and counting down the days to your well-earned summer holiday and then sods law strikes; you end up spending that once-in-a-lifetime trip in bed ...

7 July 2008

Penny Lancaster Stewart chats about her dream holiday

Model and photographer Penny Lancaster Stewart has teamed up with Nectar to promote this Summer’s ‘Swipe for Sun’ holiday giveaway, which will see the UK’s leading loyalty card giving away ...

4 July 2008

Half of all Brits choose to head overseas for a final fling of freedom

Following Wayne Rooney's recent stag trip to the party island of Ibiza where he painted the White Isle red, research has found that over half of us (57%) have travelled ...

3 July 2008

Professional snowboarder gives her top tips for summer snow

Remember when you were a child and one week you wanted to be a supermodel, the next it was a fashion designer, and then a few day’s later you had ...

26 June 2008

Cash-strapped Brits can now travel for less

I know it can be a real pain to get the holiday of your dreams when realistically you're money only stretches to a weekend huddled in a tent in the ...

26 June 2008

Wonders of the World series: The Leaning Tower of Pisa

If your house started slumping to one side there’s no doubt you would be more than a little cross, but for one building, the unreliable builders were nothing more than ...

26 June 2008

Things to do before you're 60

A new list out today reveals that TV makeover shows featuring celebrities such as Gok Wan and Trinny & Susannah are shaping our lifetime aspirations.Whilst traditional ideas of being famous, ...

25 June 2008

Wonders of the World series: Hagia Sophia

Translated as The Church of Holy Wisdom, which is found in the stunning city of Istanbul, is also known as the Ayasofya Museum, is universally acknowledged as one of the ...

24 June 2008

Wonders of the World series: The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing

The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, also known as the temple of gratitude, is a historical archaeological site located on the south bank of the Yangtze in Nanjing, China. It was ...

23 June 2008

Wonders of the World series: The Great Wall of China

Contrary to popular urban myths, the great wall of China cannot actually be seen from space, but nevertheless should be a must-see place on any intrepid explorers wish list.Although many ...

20 June 2008

Holidays lead to break up for millions of British couples

Research by travel website Expedia and dating experts from match.com reveals that nearly half of Brits have fought with their partners on holiday, with over one in ten couples ...

20 June 2008

Wonders of the World Series: Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal, an embodiment of love and romance, is located in the city of Agra, approximately 204 km to the south of Delhi. The complex itself is huge, and ...

20 June 2008

The Grizzlies are Coming

From June 21, the streets of Cody, Wyoming will become a gathering place for grizzly bears, but travellers need not be alarmed; as these bears are harmless fibreglass replicas set ...

19 June 2008

Wonders of the World series: The Colosseum

However, a trip to this bustling city wouldn’t be complete without making a stop at the Colosseum in the centre of the city. This elliptical amphitheatre in Italy’s capital is ...

18 June 2008

Fall in love with scuba diving all over again

If you love scuba diving but you haven't been in a few years, it can be no mean feat getting back in the water again, but now there's hope for ...

18 June 2008

Wonders of the World series: Stonehenge

If you ever find yourself in the beautiful English county of Wiltshire, it would be criminal not to go and marvel at the prehistoric monument that is Stonehenge.Probably one of ...