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 […]
Good morning As mentioned, I’ve been traveling for most of this week and will be continuing into next week too. But I’ve had time to finally get all the details of our first ever ‘Christmas Land Cruise’ written down – and what a lot of details there are, due to so many inclusions and places […]
No, I’ve not sold out to the ‘dark side’ and I’m not about to suggest you pay ten-times more than normal pricing for a/v and speaker cables that offer nothing more than regular cables, other than an overdose of manufacturer’s hype. But during my recent very detailed testing of portable power packs, I came to […]
Good morning First, some exciting/good news for one or two lucky Travel Insiders. We’ve had a cancellation off this year’s Grand Expedition of Great Britain, and so we can offer you half their deposit if you’d like to come on the tour and can confirm your interest very quickly (and they will get the other […]
Good morning I returned back from this year’s Christmas Markets cruise Thursday afternoon, and the attendant jetlag has reduced my creativity close to zero for a day or two (perhaps I should try the Queen’s reputed jetlag remedy). But with this being the last opportunity to pass the compliments of the season to you, it […]
Good morning It has been an interesting week, with a major development in terms of the future of the A380, but not the development generally anticipated last week. I’ve been quietly busy this week, and have three feature articles to offer, in addition to the roundup. One of these arose out of last week’s article […]
These days, Toyota is the best known auto maker promoting fuel cell vehicles. Yes, they are a very sensible and very successful company. But even the most successful companies in the world are not always right on every product they develop/support; indeed, it could be said that the more successful the company, the more willing […]