Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges Wednesday 25 June 2025 BBC1  In a powerful new one-hour BBC documentary, Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges, the journalist and presenter travels to Northern India to [...]

I’ve just returned from five truly memorable days in Switzerland with Kirker Holidays, exploring some of the most iconic rail journeys in the world and staying in two contrasting yet equally [...]

easyJet has announced a raft of new routes from the UK for this winter, including a number of returning services (especially from Gatwick), with a key focus on Christmas Markets and skiing/winter [...]

This summer is our ‘Summer of Cruise’, and we are sampling every style of ocean cruise available. In the last Journal, we talked about our experience onboard the SeaDream II, a [...]

  SICILY: JEWEL OF THE MED Friday 6 June, Channel 5, 7pm Cameras focus on the largest island in the Mediterranean, home to volcano Mount Etna and stunning coastlines. Steeped in history, as [...]

JOANNA LUMLEY’S DANUBE Friday 6 June 2025, iTV, 9pm Joanna Lumley’s journey along the Danube reaches its final chapter in Romania — a land of soaring mountains, deep mythology and some of [...]

Last week, I was one of a select group of travel agents who were invited onboard SeaDream’s Sea Dream 2 whilst it was docked in London for a few days. For those who don’t know about [...]

JOANNA LUMLEY’S DANUBE Friday 30 May 2025, iTV, 9pm In Episode Two of her Danube adventure, Joanna Lumley journeys deeper into the heart of Eastern Europe, uncovering the rich geography and [...]

There’s a bumper crop of travel-themed television shows this week, and not always at prime time or on the main five channels. Gary Barlow’s food tour of Australia continues in [...]

In his new three-part series Scandinavia with Simon Reeve, the ever-curious broadcaster swaps equators for icy edges, venturing across a region many Brits think they already understand – [...]

JOANNA LUMLEY’S DANUBE Friday 23 May 2025, iTV, 9pm Joanna Lumley returns to our screens with another unforgettable travelogue, this time following the Danube — Europe’s most international [...]

All tours are now on sale with Magari Tours for next year – the experiential tours specialist to Italy. The short tours to Lombardy, Umbria and Tuscany have been on sale for a while – [...]

Last week, we headed to Malta for the annual Advantage Conference. This year, slightly differently, there was a choice of pre-conference excursions, which I eagerly took up. Although a small [...]

In an earlier entry, I wrote about our journey around the Ria Formosa and its scattered islands, but it would be impossible to talk about that part of the Algarve without mentioning Olhão. This [...]

We are big supporters of small, specialist operators, because they bring something to the table the mainstream is just not set up to do. When I started working with Tony from Magari Tours [...]

As a company—and personally—we like to do our bit for local charities, including in our second home over in the Algarve. Last year, we put on an event and managed to raise over 1,000 Euros, which [...]

I’m lucky, really, being able to go back and forth regularly between two countries—our main home and office in the UK, and our family place with a little satellite office out on the Algarve. For [...]

Virgin Atlantic is returning to Asia, with a new daily service to South Korea starting next year. In partnership with it’s alliance partners, Korean Air – there will be a daily [...]

We’re delighted to announce we’re an Audley Travel Preferred Agent for 2025! We know many of you know and love Audley Travel, having travelled with them multiple times or more! [...]

In a continuing expansion of its Oceanic network, Malaysia Airlines is returning to Brisbane this winter, along with several additional services to Australia and New Zealand. Following the [...]

Like many countries around the world, Antigua is the latest to bring in a digital arrival form. These include Singapore, Malaysia, Barbados and more recently Thailand, along with the Maldives and [...]

Jet2 only announced its base at Luton Airport late last year, basing two aircraft exclusively at the airport for the summer with a number of popular services across the Med, including two [...]

Oman Air is restoring some of its pre-pandemic service to Muscat, with more services from London to the Omani capital this coming winter. The service will be increased to 11x weekly, with a [...]

EasyJet is to start another new service for skiers this winter, adding the new Scandinavian Mountains airports on the border between Norway and Sweden. Scandinavia has become increasingly popular [...]