Travellers on Tour

Flying can be an expensive mode of transport – but I have compiled a list of a few things you can do to be sure that you get the best deal on the flights: Search around – This is the most important one. Unless you are going after air miles from a particular airline I [...]

After my wife and I got married a couple of years ago, we went back to the US to visit her family. Landing at Dulles airport in Washington DC, we had prebooked a car for 7 days online, that according to the website was going to cost us $280 – which I thought was a [...]

If you are travelling to Asia, Africa or the South Pacific from Europe you could choose to fly with Emirates airlines. They will in nearly all cases fly through Dubai giving you a stop over of a few hours. Dubai airport, like everything in the city, is elaborate. When you arrive and have cleared security [...]

One great thing about travelling is seeing the different sports that each country plays. I recommend seeing a professional game in each country to get a feel for the place. – here are some examples from my experiences and hopefully you will come round to see why watching sport in different places definately gives you [...]

Having previously written about cheap, quality accommodation – I have discovered another hotel chain that are simple but effective. Etap hotels which are only in Europe at the moment, have nearly 400 hotels and offer rooms of up to 3 in a room for as little as £35 a night in the UK and 40 [...]

Have you ever been in a new city wishing you could get a hold of a subway (underground) map. That has happened to me several times, the most recently being Hong Kong. I wish I had heard of www.isubwaymaps.com – it is a great site that has 22 free subway maps from around the world [...]