Expert Insights

December 14, 2018 Tips for Travelling with 5-8 year olds

Read time – 2 minutes Travel is an eye-opening experience at any age, but nothing quite matches the sense of joy and wonder on a child’s face when they experience something for the first time. It’s a magical moment for both you and your child to share – and you don’t want to be distracted...

December 14, 2018 Tips for Travelling with Teenagers

Read time – 3 minutes Teenage travellers are amongst the trickiest to please, especially when their travelling companions are their parents. Avoid the eye-rolls and shoulder-shrugs on your next family adventure with some of our top tips for travelling with teenagers. Travel with Teens Advice Get them involved early The easiest way to ensure your...

December 07, 2018 Christmas Swedish Glogg Recipe

Read time – 2 minutes One of the great joys of travelling, is being able to try a traditional recipe from the region – and at Christmas, we pull out all the stops to impress with seasonal favourites. It’s a celebration of regional idiosyncrasies and specialities and a part of what makes us who we...

November 27, 2018 Dynasties: In Focus with Paul Goldstein

Read time – 4 minutes Paul Goldstein is one of very few people that has spent time with all five of the BBC’s ‘Dynasty’ luminaries. Several chimp safaris, literally years with lions, two fabled expeditions to Emperor penguins and wild painted dogs throughout Africa. 15 marathons in his tiger suit along with 20+ ‘striped’ safaris...

November 26, 2018 The Best Seasonal Breaks

Read time – 3 minutes Not all of us love yuletide and season’s greetings, but you don’t have to go into hibernation to avoid the same five songs repeated on the radio, roads blocked with holiday traffic and, of course, the inevitable bad cracker jokes. Don’t be left out in the cold this Christmas. Bin the...

November 20, 2018 Federica’s Sicily Tours

Read time – 4 minutes Exodus leaders are great with children, engaging, teaching and entertaining, allowing parents to relax and simply enjoy it. Federica Fassari has been guiding guests to the volcanoes of her native Sicily since 2012. Her speciality? Clowning around… Frederica in the mountains Exodus Leader – Frederica Fassari “Leading guests is a...

November 19, 2018 Alternative Christmas Traditions Around the World

Read time – 2 minutes Christmas is a time for traditions, for enjoying the annual rituals and routines that have come to symbolise the season. Around the world, traditions vary enormously as different countries have their own ways to come together and celebrate the festive season. Christmas in Sweden Yule Goat Some nations put up a...

November 19, 2018 Christmas Gift Guide

Read time – 3 minutes Bring a smile to the face of the globetrotter in your life with our carefully selected Christmas gift ideas for travellers. Ditch unimaginative gifts and the consumerist approach to the season of giving this year with our Christmas gift guide for the traveller in your life. Christmas Gift Ideas Foreign...

November 06, 2018 Meet Martina: Our Brochure Artist with a Big Heart

Read time – 4 minutes Her father may have been a painter, but Martina Crepulja didn’t always believe she could be an artist. “I always thought maybe I would work in chemistry,” admits the Bosnia and Herzegovinian illustrator, adding that growing up in Bosnia meant stability was an important quality in a career. “But then,...

October 22, 2018 The Secrets of the Prosecco Road

Read time – 3 minutes We start our trip at Venice Airport, the gateway to one of the busiest cities in Europe. As the 60,000 daily tourists descend upon Venice’s narrow streets, we diverge from the crowds and head in a different direction: away from the city, and towards the little-known Prosecco Hills. We arrive...