There are many things you’ll need to pack into your suitcase or backpack before you head off on your travels. As well as the clothes, travel documents and other essentials, there’s also the technology and gadgets you need to take to make the trip more enjoyable, easier and safer. There’s always new gadgets and technology…
Travel news – VillaMates introduces the way forward for affordable lux accommodation
We’re always on the lookout for new innovative ways to travel and now the new travel company VillaMates have come up with a genius idea! They offer a brand-new way to save money on luxury accommodation, with the added bonus of making new friends along the way. Hailed as “the social network for holiday-makers” VillaMates allows solo…
Beautiful places of Italy – discovering Cinque Terre
The remarkable folded coastline of the Cinque Terre (Five Lands) stretches between the beach resort of Levanto and the port of La Spezia. It encompasses five impossibly beautiful tiny villages – Monterosso,Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore – which are spectacularly wedged into a series of coves between sheer cliffs – their comparative isolation, and the eye-wateringly dramatic nature of their positions, makes Cinque…
Ice climbing in Alberta, Canada – braving the almost impossible
We all have a favourite superhero (especially if you’re a young-at-heart man approaching middle age, like me), but Spider-Man is certainly up there with the best-loved of all the planet-saving characters many of us have grown up with. At some point we’ve probably all wanted to be able to climb up the side of a…
Eco-friendly exhilaration in the magnificent Canadian Rockies, Alberta
The temperature read a “high” of -7C and my fingers, even inside my thick gloves, verified the fact. I clipped on ski boots for the first time in 10 years (not that you would even guess I’d ever skied before, if you were to watch me sliding down a mountain…), and joined my guide as…
A map of where to find the most vegetarian friendly countries in the world
With the huge rise of plant-based diets, vegetarians and vegans have never had it so good. Although as I non-meat eater I know it’s not always to travel the world with a particular set of ethics – many countries still very much centre their culture around meat and it’s not always easy to find food…
Competition: win a fabulous £1000 hotel stay with Hotel Bonanza
Want to win a £1,000 hotel stay with Hotel Bonanza? Enter the competition here: http://bit.ly/2Dzfm7Z Why Hotel Bonanza? Bursting onto the online travel agency scene is Hotel Bonanza, offering an alternative to the high commissions charged by major hotel booking sites of up to 30%. High commissions force many hotels to put up their prices,…
12 of the best and most beautiful European under-the-radar travel destinations to visit in 2018
What better way to kick-start the new year than making some exciting travel plans? If you anything like us then you probably want to avoid somewhere swamped with tourists or over anglicised and head to somewhere to experience another culture… people, language, food and lifestyle. To help you choose we’ve collectively compiled a list of…
Reflections on Golden Moments with YOGI TEA® Turmeric Chai
Although this time of year presents itself with a myriad of distractions, it’s also a time to pause and reflect on the past 12 months, and yep life in general. Travelling always teaches you a few things and ever since my travels took me to Asia for 6 months many years ago I learnt to…
6 life-inspiring winter activities in Jasper and Edmonton, Canada
Winter can sometimes feel like it lasts a year, especially in the UK where the build-up to Christmas suddenly gives way to long grey days, cold rainy nights and darkness. I often find myself deprived of vitamin D and craving light by the middle of January. I relish those rare bright days that are bright,…