Post-pandemic travel: Flights to Greece, Spain or Italy offer the best bang for your holiday buck April 30, 2021 Which destinations offer the most affordable trip away when it comes to the cost of flying versus the time spent actually in the air? The best short-haul value for money would be a flight to Greece, Spain or Italy, according to hotel booking platform Hoo, which analysed the cost of flying to 15 destinations from [...]
Israel to welcome vaccinated Brits from May April 13, 2021 Israel is set to welcome vaccinated groups of travellers from May, the country’s tourism minister announced today, as the country storms ahead in the global inoculation race. The nation will open its gates to groups of foreigners from 23 May after more than a year of shuttered borders. The first stage of reopening will see [...]
Government announces traffic light system to pave way for international travel April 9, 2021 The government has announced plans for a new traffic light system to pave the way for the return of international travel in a boon for sun-starved Brits. However, the travel industry is up in arms over plans to make those travelling to the least at-risk countries take costly PCR tests before their departure and return. [...]
Government resists calls for Eurostar bailout despite £400m debt pile April 6, 2021 The government has resisted calls for a bailout for cross-Channel train operator Eurostar, despite the company teetering towards bankruptcy. Eurostar has until June to repay £400m loans that it took out to bolster a collapse in revenue after passenger numbers plummeted during the pandemic. Chancellor Rishi Sunak last year unveiled a scheme called Project Birch to [...]
Malta to welcome vaccinated Brits from June March 31, 2021 Malta has become the latest country to announce that it will welcome the return of British holidaymakers this summer. The Mediterranean island, which usually attracts around 500,000 tourists from the UK each year, said British travellers who have had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine will be allowed to enter from 1 June. Passengers will [...]
DEBATE: Should international travel be reopened this summer? March 30, 2021 Gabriel Scally, President of Epidemiology & Public Health at the Royal Society of Medicine and member of Independent Sage, says No The NHS delivered vaccination programme has been a game-changer for COVID-19. We might completely suppress the virus across the UK. If that happens, we can get back to a much more normal life and [...]
‘Holiday at home’ tourism minister tells Brits as UK Government cautions against summer travel March 29, 2021 'Holiday at home' tourism minister tells Brits as UK Government cautions against summer travel
Breaking: TUI to shut 48 more high street stores across Britain March 23, 2021 Travel giant TUI confirmed this evening that it is planning to close 48 more of its retail stores across the UK. Britain’s biggest tour operator said the travel industry and the high street “are both facing unprecedented pressure” due to the coronavirus pandemic. All 273 employees affected by the decision will be offered new roles [...]
Spain to lift travel ban on UK arrivals from next week March 23, 2021 Spain is set to lift a ban on arrivals from Britain from 30 March, three months after suspending flights from the UK following concerns over the Kent Covid strain. A ban on all UK arrivals to Spain by air and sea has been in place since 22 December. Government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero told a [...]
Weird and wonderful Airbnb places within an hour of London March 17, 2021 The starting pistol has been fired on domestic holidays, with less than a month until the 12 April opening up of restrictions. And with so much pent up demand for being anywhere apart from one’s own home, there looks set to be a surge in demand for cottages, villas, eco-pods, Airbnbs and good old bed [...]