The Christmas spirit was in full flow. I had eaten a third-world chocolate from my advent calendar. The tree, manufactured from the finest toxic plastics, was up and decorated with shiny baubles, and Jimmy Stewart was blubbing again on the TV (It's a Wonderful Life is a strange symptom of the modern day Christmas experience; suicide with a fat angel, very Christmasy). On a whim, I checked my e-mail. The first subject line read: ‘Santa Doesn’t Exist. Here is my evidence!’ Shocked, I opened the ... read more

Planning a great winter break can take a tremendous amount of effort.  Firstly you have to find a place that everyone in the family wants to visit.  While this can be tedious on its own, the details of the vacation still need to be worked out.  Where will you stay?  What will you eat?  What types of activities does everyone want to participate in? Is this your idea of a perfect winter getaway? Everybody tends to have different tastes.  This makes finding a great winter break location even more difficult.  ... read more

Before we begin dissecting your last holiday let’s talk about what a carbon footprint really is. The concept of a carbon footprint is pretty straight forward. It is simply the impact that you have on the planet in terms of greenhouse gases emitted. Greenhouse gases are commonly carbon dioxide, but can be things like methane and nitrous oxide as well. This is a footprint, but it's not carbon. Okay, now that we understand what it is that we are looking for, we will need to take a close look ... read more

What other blogs and websites are there out in the big wide interweb that we like? The travel industry hosts many, many blogs and websites dedicated to giving you advice, speaking about all things travel so here are a list of blogs and websites that are our favourites: Travel Rants Possibly the most famous of all travel blogs, and first in the list not because he gave us an interview, is Travel Rants. The owner and writer of the blog, Darren, talks about travel the way it ... read more

Are you a nervous flyer? How many times have you been reassured by that smooth talking captain and co-pilot? You're safe in the knowledge that they're really calm and capable and well adjusted. However, sometimes it goes a little wrong. News has been released of an incident last year about a co-pilot who had a nervous breakdown mid-flight. This, in a true-airplane-style event meant an air stewardess had to help the pilot land the Air Canada plane in Ireland.... read more

Those were the days - remember when this was all a woman could aim for?? There was a time, not too long ago, when job occupations like those of a pilot and flight attendant were considered to be the sexiest jobs around. It was a big deal to fly in those days, and passengers dressed up for the special occasion. Likewise flight attendants and pilots donned sexy designer outfits that frequently set trends in the fashion industry. In the 1960s and 1970s flight attendants wore a variety of ... read more

Bad films to watch when flying do not necessarily need to have a crash in them. Some films can be scary by being subtle, or by featuring Nicholas Cage sporting a Bon Jovi hairstyle. Below are the top ten to avoid when tucking into your delicious vacuum-packed sponge puddings. 1. Die Hard 2 When John McClane, one of the greatest screen action heroes of all time, is trying to improvise runway landing lights by setting fire to some oily rags on the ends of sticks, and you are on that plane coming in to land, you can at least ... read more

Those excuses about not having time to read books because you are too busy go out of the window when you are catching a flight. Not literally, of course, due to the horrors of depressurisation. But there is always time for a good read when you kick back with your 30 mm of leg space and your lukewarm chicken kiev, dreaming of Greggs. Because you only have a limited time at the airport to choose from a bewildering canon of fine literature, please allow me to be your guide. ... read more

Traveling can be a crazy, hectic chaotic experience – and that is on the good days.  Technology is always looking for ways to make life easier.  Now it has focused its attention on the air travel experience. Over the last few years there have been a number of products that are designed to make your travel experience easier, more comfortable or just more tolerable.  Although none of the companies have invented the product to remove delays or cancellations, some of the products can make the glitches in your travel a little less troublesome.  Here are just a few of ... read more

Last week, we blogged about surviving flying with children (not in the literal sense, obviously). This week we're gonna talk about which places you should actually go to when you have kids. Family holidays - more difficult to book than you'd imgine Traveling with the whole family can be a nightmare. It seems that everyone wants to go somewhere or do something completely different. The travel industry has finally discovered how much more traveling families will do when the whole family can travel together. Now hotels ... read more