Travel Tips

One of the things we do as a matter of course for our clients is to check “off the wall” ideas to see if we can find them a better price for their chosen holiday. For example, travelling to Las Vegas is sometimes cheaper if you route via Seattle. It’s counter intuitive, as it involves two flights, but if you want to travel on 6th October, doing just that would save you the best part of £500! We also get…

Don’t risk missing your flight when departing the UK at busy times, we can easily add a VIP Fast Track pass to your holiday packages, to bypass the main queue at security. From just £3.00 per person, who wouldn’t wanted to be treated as a VIP at the start of your holiday! The UK airports that currently offer a standalone Fast Track service are: Bristol Edinburgh East Midlands Leeds Bradford Manchester Newcastle Stansted If you hate standing in queues or…

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…

On a short hop to Mallorca, where you sit in the aircraft probably doesn’t matter – we can all put up with discomfort for a couple of hours. But when we’re talking about long haul flights, which can be from 8 to 18 hours, the smallest thing can have a massive impact on your enjoyment of a flight, and the start of your very expensive holiday. So, how do you avoid the pitfalls of selecting the wrong seat? And don’t…

Thanks to travel blogger and computer security engineer Anil Polat for producing this fantastic map of Wi-Fi passwords and the best locations, to get online at airports around the world. Simply click the plane symbol for the airport you’re interested in, and a pop up will provide details of the free Wi-Fi connection available in that location. Anil has been travelling for six years, he’s on a journey to visit every country in the world and along the way he…

Mention the Indian Ocean and it conjures up picture perfect postcard images of a tropical paradise, we’ve investigated what time of year is best to visit each of these four destinations. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka can offer a year round destination, you just need to know which monsoon will affect each side of the island to find your perfect holiday destination. The southwest monsoon brings rain to the southwest of Sri Lanka between May and September, the dry season here…

The currency in Morocco is the Dirham. At the time of writing 100 Dirham is worth about €10. Notes are available in 200, 100, 50 and 20 Dirhams. What’s unusual about the Dirham is that it’s a “closed” currency, so you can’t just pop into your local travel agency or bank and change money for a trip to Morocco. You can only buy and sell Dirhams in country. On arrival at any of the airports in Morocco, you will see…

Mfuwe Lodge in South Luangwa, has developed a unique relationship with a family of wild elephants over several years. When this five star lodge in Zambia was built, it didn’t deter a particular family of elephants from taking the most direct route to the annual harvest of wild mango fruits found within their grounds. The elephants didn’t go around the development, instead led by the matriarch nicknamed Wonky Tusk, they continued as before – straight through the lodge’s reception area,…