As a traveler, you have lots of options when it comes to flying. Too many options, some might say. And there is always the sneaking suspicion that the online travel agencies have some kind of hocus pocus to steer you down the wrong path. It is true that online travel agencies…
Spend Wisely
Maybe being an adult and choosing your own seat makes sense.
Surely one of the most annoying aspects of travel is keeping your boarding pass with you before you fly. Sometimes the hang-up is when you print it at home: you find that you don't have ink in your printer. Once you to the store to buy the printer ink, at home, the…
Lloret de Mar is your relaxed secret Spanish playground.
Not your typical Wild Men of Borneo.
Reading the news recently, post-Covid it feels like everything is falling apart. Flights are delayed or - even worse - canceled with little or no warning. Some seasoned airlines don't seem to be able or willing to solve on-the-ground problems with their flight schedule issues. Calling it frustrating doesn't even begin to…
Sorry if we seem a bit repetitious and over-excited when it comes to rail travel. We have loads of articles (see here) about why rail is the way to go and why all travelers should use it when they can. The earth is on fire and now is the time to act to…
Losing your luggage is horrible. But check out this post’s steps to get you back on your way.
. . . it's really really where I'm going to. If you're a gamer, then do we have the holiday for you, and this is a win-win situation, for sure. Firstly, it's based in and centered around Brussels, Belgium, where the history looms large, the beer cannot be beaten, nor can the food.…
If you don't use Southwest Airlines, you might want to skip this post as this is focused on that carrier. Then again, you might find the subject-matter interesting anyway. Financial wizard Gary Leff writes here about four ways to get a free empty seat next to you on Southwest airlines. An empty…
We will remember this time in history as the time where everything went wrong all at once. Between Covid, forest fires, floods, earthquakes and people fighting each other, probably not even knowing why. So, to add salt to the wound, there are even problems with obtaining planes to be able to shuttle those who…
Why do European budget carriers feel cheaper than their US equivalents?
Flying is quite the endeavor, nowadays. What with Covid 19 decimating air travel a few years back, to the proliferation / explosion of people around the globe being able to fly now, and actually doing so. Did you know that Every day, some 93,000 flights take off from approximately 9,000 airports? And at…
Pity the poor airlines over the last few years. Things were hunky dory until Covid came along in 2020 and turned the world upside-down. And, now that Covid is more or less a horrible memory, the airlines are trying to ramp up their service again. During Covid, many pilots left their…
Pity the poor airlines. During Covid, nobody wanted to fly. Now everyone wants to fly . . everywhere . . .all at once. And, in some cases, it almost feels like the airlines have forgotten how to run their business.
But, as always - Covid or not - things go wrong and your flight is cancelled. …
How fast is TGV? (TGVs – Trains à Grande Vitesse)? 300 km/h (186 mph!
... or how to beat the 90-day Brexit rule and live in France for six months a year. Your editor is British, although I don't live there at the moment. But, of all of the several places that I have lived, Britain is the place that I hold dearest. So, when…
As ever - and as demonstrated by the name of our site - we try to bring you new and interesting travel news, ideas and inspirations. We think of you, our beloved readers, as adventuresome, fun, curious, open-minded, free-thinking and, perhaps, owners of creaky joints and bones. Yep. Our sympathies go to…
If' you're a parent (or even if you're not,) you'll look back with happiness when you see this. Harken back to the days when your kids were small and easy(ish) to entertain. Almost anything that you did for them was a winner. It could even be riding around the yard in…
We're back on a subject here again that we have featured in the past, sustainable living. The question at hand is whether we really need the 12,000 sqft home for two empty nesters, or whether there is a better, simpler way to enjoy our retirement, and also reap the benefits of places new. …