I have just heard that Turkish specialist tour operator, Goldtrail have gone into administration. This is not good news, at what will be the busiest time of the year for the company. Goldtrail also traded as Goldtrail Holidays, Goldtrail Travel and Sunmar, held ATOL ...

I have just heard that accommodation only company Apartments abroad has today ceased trading. The company sold accommodation all over the world including popular tourist destinations in Europe and the US. They do not appear to be ABTA members, I thought they were though. Independent traveller ...

Tonight I have been reading the stories coming out from the news that 2,000 Eurostar passengers were stranded inside the channel tunnel for many hours with no food or drink, and a severe lack of communication for worried family and friends waiting at the other ...

In the four years of writing this blog I have never witnessed a week like the one just gone. BA strike threat, collapse of FlyGlobespan and now I am hearing that Allbury Travel Group who traded as Libra Holidays and Argo Holidays have also gone ...

Everyone keeps blabbing on about space tourism but I think we need to get realistic here; most tourists will not be either able to afford it, or not fit enough to travel into space. Also tourists cannot look after Earth, never mind taking a trip ...