The Real Benefit of Early Airplane Boarding
On the face of it, and especially if you’re flying in coach, you’d be crazy to want to get on an airplane any earlier than you absolutely must. Does anyone like sitting in a coach […]
2019
Weekly Roundup, Friday 18 October, 2019
Good morning If you had the Monday off this week, I hope you had a lovely long weekend. It is very different in this country to most others, because there is seldom a national consensus
Bordeaux and Beyond Land Cruise May 2020
Most of the people who enjoyed this year’s French tour felt the highlight was the optional extension at the end – time in the Bordeaux region. For sure, every time I visit, I find the
Lessons from a Flight Disruption
I tempted fate. Prior to flying home from France, and for the first time in decades, I did not pack every essential thing in my carry-on. Why should I bother, I reasoned? Worst case scenario,
Weekly Roundup, Friday 11 October 2019
Good morning It is great to be back, after what has been quite a while since a Travel Insider newsletter appeared in your Friday in-box. I’ve been busy with the two tours that ran back-to-back
New Zealand Southern Lights Tour – Aurora Australis Adventure
Everyone knows the Northern Lights – the Aurora Borealis. But did you know there is a southern “twin” that is not so well known – the Southern Lights or Aurora Australis? The process that makes
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 13 September 2019
Good morning I’m writing to you from Scotland this morning, with our lovely Scotland’s Highland Highlights tour getting underway, with people joining today, tomorrow, and Sunday, variously here in Glasgow, or in Fort William or
Urgent : Half-price Scotland Tour
We’ve just had a cancellation off our Scotland tour. If you’d like to come, here’s a chance to help out the lady who had to cancel, and to get the tour at half-price ($950 per
Apple’s Annual Product Update Extravaganza
The annual orgy of public self-love that is Apple’s traditional iPhone and sometimes other products update event, about this time each year, was held this morning. It started off in a more muted fashion that
Weekly Roundup, Friday 6 September 2019
Good morning Many thanks to the kind people who responded to the start of this year’s annual fundraising drive. There’s something a bit off with the supporter program’s reporting at present, and I’m sure it
The $10 Emergency Light that Lasts a Month
Don’t be left with only candles as a solution next time the power goes out. This is an article in a series about how to deal with a “first world problem” – how to respond
Weekly Roundup, Friday 30 August 2019
Good morning Happy 100th anniversary this week for the first scheduled international passenger flight – between London and Paris, on 25 August 1919. It took 2 1/2 hours and was a full flight – one
