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Latest edition of The Travel Expert podcast:
Six weeks before Christmas, why travel gift vouchers could present a problem.
Airport express trains: any good?
Travel titan Johan Lundgren (ex-easyJet CEO, incoming TUI chair) brings an inspiring personal story
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Even in this outage, Teams continues to perform seamlessly like the apocalyptic cockroach that it is.
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This is an ingenious and stupidly simple way to work out how and when to use your Avios points – thanks @SimonCalder!
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On Thursday I wrote about the 2014 injunction Russell Brand obtained against a woman who accused him of assault.
I've now obtained the final order. It's breathtaking.
She had no lawyer. No trial. Yet she was silenced for life - even barred from speaking to the police.
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This latest edition of The Travel Expert podcast is now out.
Hoax bomb threats: how do they happen, how can we tackle them?
Why tourist taxes are a necessary evil.
And Mediterranean package holidays for under £200 – if you can travel in the next few weeks.
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Tonight, the American people sent a clear message — they want a politics that brings people together rather than divides them, and leaders who offer concrete solutions to the challenges they face.
These results were only possible because outstanding candidates stepped forward in every region of the country — including in areas once considered long shots. They came from different backgrounds and represented a range of political perspectives, but were united by shared values, a belief in public service, and a commitment to putting the people of their districts and states first.
We also owe a debt of gratitude to the thousands of election officials and volunteers from both parties who helped ensure a smooth election and carried out one of the most essential functions of our democracy.
While this administration has another two years in office, our job now is to roll up our sleeves, make changes wherever we have the power to do so, prevent further damage, and lay the groundwork for the future.
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Latest edition of The Travel Expert podcast with @Greg_Dickinson is out today.
New winter flight routes to Granada, Giza and the Red Sea.
Plus, we're joined by travel health expert @thorrungovind: essential vaccinations, water safety, and beating jet lag.
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A century on from Agatha Christie's brief disappearing trick, the new exhibition at the British Library (next to London St Pancras station) celebrates the great mystery writer. She turned transport, from a Nile steamer to the Orient Express, into a crime scene.
Happy Hallowe'en.
Charlotte retweeted
The new episode of The Travel Expert, with @Greg_Dickinson and me, is out.
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary says air fares in Europe are "far too cheap".
For winter sun, which is best: the Indian Ocean or the Caribbean?
And how robots park your car at Gatwick.
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Congratulations to everyone who completed the Great North Run yesterday – including while carrying a scale model of the Tyne Bridge.
I’m currently on a Great North Walk through Asturias.
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Wish me luck!
If you can spare a few quid, here’s the link to donate to Changing Lives homelessness charity: justgiving.com/page/andy-bur…
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The most compelling radio interview of the year: the amazing @GinaWag talking with searing honesty about growing up with a stammer in the 1990s, and how pop legend Scatman John saved her life.
Listen to Outlook on @bbcworldservice
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Latest edition of The Travel Expert podcast, with @Greg_Dickinson and me, now out.
We discuss the fallout from another meltdown of the air traffic control system, hitting 300,000-plus, and passengers' rights.
And how the tragedy of 9/11 changed air travel.
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Air passenger rights rules for UK/EU flights are clear.
Flight cancelled? Airline must get you home as soon as possible, and provide hotels/meals until then.
But easyJet told Charlotte Roupe and her family: We'll fly you back in a week, find your own hotel
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Charlotte retweeted
Kinda failed at @SimonCalder’s really hard travel quiz at only getting 17 out of 20 🙈
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New edition of The Travel Expert with @Greg_Dickinson:
A luxury round-the-world trip visits all seven continents for £173,000; here's our budget alternative.
Fire dangers posed by power banks on planes.
New passport demands for GB-Ireland ferry passengers.
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Passport validity for the EU (plus Switzerland, Iceland & Norway, but not Ireland)
A UK passport must meet two conditions:
On day of entry to the EU, issued less than 10 years ago. On intended day of exit from EU, at least 3 months left before expiry date.
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For over a century British and Irish citizens haven't needed a passport to take a ferry between GB and Ireland.
That changes on 28 September. From that date, Stena Line and Irish Ferries will not allow anyone on board without a passport or national ID card
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A Lancashire couple had their passports stolen at a London station while changing trains en route to Amsterdam.
They lost a £2,200 holiday to the Netherlands and claimed for it on travel insurance.
But the insurer offered a settlement of just £7.
(Paywall)
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