Julie

LoungeBuddy, the App to access airport lounges

If you want access to an airport lounge without the hassle of paying for annual membership, booking premium airline seats or accruing loyalty benefits, then we recommend downloading LoungeBuddy to your phone. LoungeBuddy offer instant lounge access at over 150 airport lounges worldwide, so if you find yourself with time on your hands whilst travelling, you too can be a VIP. The app is free to download and available on iTunes or Android. LoungeBuddy is the only App that makes…

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Emirates A380 Experience

I was lucky enough to win a Beachcomber competition for a place on an Emirates A380 Experience at Manchester Airport in September. I met Caroline Chadwick, Regional Sales Manager at Beachcomber Tours for the North of England, and Rob Spencer, Senior Sales Executive at Emirates for the North West in Terminal 1 at Manchester Airport together with a few other travel agents who had also secured places. After an overview of the check-in operation and ticket desk we visited security…

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Selling Travel Sultanate of Oman event in Manchester

The Selling Travel Dialogue, in collaboration with Oman’s Ministry of Tourism was held at the Renaissance Manchester city centre hotel in Deansgate. We had two presenters, Kel Patel from Oman Air and Rob Wilson on behalf of the Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Tourism. The big news from Oman Air is that a new daily service will be introduced from Manchester in April 2017, to add to their two flights a day from London. The Manchester flight will will be…

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CTO Caribbean Roadshow in Chester

The main reason for my work trip to the UK was to attend the CTO Caribbean Roadshow event in Chester, having never been to the Caribbean I was keen to learn more about the differences between the different islands, and meet the tourism board representatives face to face. The event was held at Chester Racecourse, the room had been set up with individual tables and representatives from the Caribbean Tourist Organisation, airlines, tour operators and resort hotels. I tagged along…

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Selling Travel JA Resorts & Hotels event in Newcastle

My decision to travel 170 miles up North from Cheshire to Newcastle was a last minute one, having applied for a place on the Selling Travel / JA Resorts event at the Malmaison Hotel in the Quayside area, my confirmation came through the day before. The event hotel was fully booked, so I stayed at the Ramada Encore hotel, it was clean, basic and fairly comfortable for an overnight. The important factor was location & overnight parking, it was only…

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Hilton London Heathrow Airport

We needed a hotel for an overnight stay at London Heathrow Airport on our journey from Lanzarote to Cape Town. The obvious choice was the Hilton London Heathrow as we were flying out of T4 and this hotel, is the only one with direct access to terminal 4. The Hilton London Heathrow hotel is accessed via a tunnel walkway from departures in T4. It takes around 6 minutes to walk from the airport via the covered footpath to the hotel,…

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Camel Travel Map

We thought it would be fun to plot our travels on a map of the hotels we’ve stayed in. We also like to publish our own hotel reviews on Camel Travel, so that we can give our personal experience and honest opinion of the hotels we’ve visited. You can click on a map point, or search the site to see what we think of any particular hotel.

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Our monthly guide to the best time to visit long haul destinations

Have you got some holiday time due but not sure where to visit? We’ve produced our guide of destinations to visit during their “best time” of the year…..   Month     Destination   January Cambodia: Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh Caribbean China: Hong Kong Cuba Dominican Republic Malaysia: Penang, Lagkawi, Pangkor Laut Maldives South Africa Sri Lanka: Galle, Benota, Colombo & Negombo Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Khao Lak, Krabi, Phuket, Vietnam: Hanoi, Nha Trange, Phan Thiet, Phu Quoc…

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Our Travels

Last trip taken: Three weeks exploring Thailand and stopping in Doha for the Qatar Grand Prix on the way home.

Next trip booked: Madrid city break with friends in March 2026.