Good morning Lots of touring news this morning. Our new Loire Valley Land Cruise in September has proven to be popular, with three people already signed up and another four expected to be joining them any day now. This is a wonderful way to see a great part of France at a lovely time of […]
Good morning It has been an exciting week, with our “next generation” daily news curation service taking shape behind the scenes. Part of this is a new and more active Twitter feed. If you’re on Twitter, please do follow our new Twitter account, @TheTvlInsider. If you were following our earlier Twitter account, feel free to […]
Ever since 1967, the first week in January has seen the enormous Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This year was no exception, with over 180,000 attendees from over 150 countries and over 4,500 exhibiting companies meeting in an enormous 2.5 million square foot exhibition, sprawling over the Las Vegas Convention Center and spilling into […]
Good morning A week until Thanksgiving and, of course, those other two events that many of us are equally thankful for – Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Alas, I’m out of the country currently, so will be missing out on both the Thursday and Friday events, but return home in time for the last of […]
Good morning It has been a wild and crazy week, but have I got a lot to show you for the week that was. We now have details of our June 2019 UK touring online. I’m using the “land cruise” concept first offered in this year’s Christmas land cruise (still have the cancelled couple’s $500 […]
Good morning You surely saw some of the news covering the theft and crash of a Horizon Air commuter plane last Friday night. Alas, what you didn’t necessarily see was much in the way of sensible informed commentary – a lot of what was promulgated by the instant experts was, alas, specious nonsense designed merely […]
Good morning We were silent last week; not because there was nothing to write about, but instead due to the matter I’d foreshadowed over several recent newsletters coming to the fore – it turned out that what I’d thought to be ‘only’ computer viruses was actually a determined attack on our computer servers, not by […]
I’m as keen a convert to electric cars as anyone could ever be, when it comes to driving them locally around town, in situations where each day you’ll never exceed their built-in range limit. What could be easier than simply plugging the car into an at-home charger each evening when you get home, and unplugging/driving […]
Good morning Spring is in full fling, and I hope your summer, due to officially start in just a few weeks on Memorial Day, is shaping up to be a great one. But, please, cast your mind a wee bit further ahead, for the early and late fall, too. What are you doing then? How […]
Good morning Have you done your taxes yet? Or at least filed for an extension. If the former, I hope you’ve a nice big refund coming your way, and indeed, if you are so fortunate, why not, ummm, “invest” it in forming some rich memories you’ll treasure for years to come. This week I can […]
Good morning Our Christmas Markets “cruise” had another four people choose to participate last week. It is great to see Travel Insiders responding so positively to this new approach to enjoying a European pre-Christmas experience, and in a part of Europe that is all the much nicer for being slightly off the well-worn tourist trails. […]
On Sunday the first known case of a self-driving car being involved in a fatal accident occurred. Yes, there was an earlier fatality when a Tesla crashed while in autopilot mode, back in 2016, and its ‘driver’ was killed; but that case was deemed to only very partially be Tesla’s fault. The driver had ignored […]