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July 9th - Tourist taxes and a Lake District congestion charge?
An entry fee for the Lake District on busy days, and the prospect of many more tourist taxes? I’ve been hearing from Henri Murison, chief executive o…
10 months ago
July 8th - Happy birthday, Ryanair: 40 years old today
I've been back through the archive to bring you a report of the first departure from Waterford to London Gatwick – including an interview with chief …
10 months ago
July 7th - Why Napa Valley should be on every traveller's wish-list
I'm talking to Adam Lechmere, publishing director of the Academie du Vin Library – which has just brought out The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide to Nap…
10 months, 1 week ago
July 4th - Could the guidebook be making a comeback?
That's the contention from Rene Frey, chief executive of Rough Guides and Insight Guides
This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsl…
10 months, 1 week ago
July 3rd - Check in is a 20th-century procedure that has no place in the modern era
When you buy a rail ticket, that's it: you just show up at the station and board the train. Flying should be like that. But instead, passengers are o…
10 months, 1 week ago
July 2nd - Interrail deal: save 20% if you book by close of play on 3 July
I am reporting from a speedy Austrian train on the former route of the Orient Express - and talking about the many benefits of Interrail.
You can get …
10 months, 1 week ago
July 1st - Uber: how to rate drivers and how to tip, from an expert
An unusual way to start the month: talking to my friend Daniel Bettendorf outside the Art Inn in Linz, Austria, where we have cycled. Since the early…
10 months, 1 week ago
June 30th - Don't worry, travel happy: the message from top industry leader
On the eve of the peak summer months of July and August, Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of the Advantage Travel Partnership, looks ahead to the m…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
June 27th - When global geo-politics and your holiday converge ...
What a week it has been, as conflict surged and then waned in the Middle East – with dozens of flights cancelled and tens of thousands of people stra…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
June 26th - Celebrating Everest pioneer Howard Somervell
I'm at the Alpine Club in Charlotte Road, Shoreditch, London – where, between 11am to 3pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays to 18 July 2025, you can find a f…
10 months, 2 weeks ago