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January 4th - Navigating Travel Insurance: A Family's Cautionary Tale
In today's episode, I discuss the Kalinic family's challenging experience with a £100,000 medical bill during their trip to Africa. This story highli…
2 years, 4 months ago
January 3rd - Aviation Safety in Focus: The Tokyo Airport Incident
Join me, Simon Calder, as I discuss the collision at Tokyo's Haneda Airport involving a Japan Airlines Airbus A350. In this podcast, I delve into the…
2 years, 4 months ago
January 2nd - 2023 was the safest year ever for passenger aviation
The saddest part of my job as a travel correspondent is to write about tragedies, which includes airline accident. But compared with previous years, …
2 years, 4 months ago
January 1st - Smart passport gates
Happy New Year! There will be new electronic passport gates according to a report in The Times. It's really just an improvement on e-gates making the…
2 years, 4 months ago
December 29th - New Year's Travel Guide
I'm at London Bridge station assessing the problems for travelers in the run-up to New Year.
See you all in 2024!
This podcast is free, as is my weekl…
2 years, 4 months ago
December 28th - Scenes of Chaos and Confusion
Thousands of people have been affected by the unexpected travel issues across the UK during the holidays.
What has caused these scenes of chaos and c…
2 years, 4 months ago
December 27th - The UK's Christmas Transport Policy
As usual, no passenger trains ran in the UK on Christmas Day, with very few running into Boxing Day.
Do you think that’s the right policy? Should eve…
2 years, 4 months ago
December 26th - Boxed in on Boxing Day?
Simon Calder debates whether the national rail trains should run on Boxing Day and if it effectively eases travel stress.
This podcast is free, as is…
2 years, 4 months ago
December 25th - A Special Church on Christmas Day
I'm at the Church of St Nicholas celebrating the Christmas legend. If you come to this church you'll see a mural to Santa Claus. It wasn't until the …
2 years, 4 months ago
December 22nd - The aftermath of Storm Pia
I'm at from Kings Cross reporting on the problems with overhead wires after the havoc that Storm Pia caused yesterday. Not to mention the strikes in …
2 years, 4 months ago