Consumers in a recession are looking to cut costs, especially when you consider the price of a holiday for families during the school holidays. This has made renting a holiday villa attractive to many. Book your own flight and then search online for holiday accommodation, ...

This week I wrote about anti-social behaviour of British tourists then today, Expedia revealed their best tourist index, which takes the opinion of over 4,500 hoteliers worldwide to rank nationalities on their behaviour. The rank includes tourist spending habits and willingness to speak the local ...

News this week that WH Smith has signed an exclusive deal with Penguin travel guides in their 460+ shops, including most airports and train stations has disgusted me. On the rare occasion I do purchase a guide book I want choice not restricted to a ...

I have received a number of emails from worried consumers regarding the news that the main shareholder, of Thomas Cook, Arcandor, has gone into administration. Please do not panic as far as I am aware your holiday is safe. The information I have at the moment ...

According to the Travel Trade Gazette online travel company Freedom Direct Holidays has ceased trading as from today. Apparently the company have had difficult renewing their ATOL licence, a topic previously discussed here on Travel Rants. The Times, suggest that an estimated 100,000 10,000 holidaymakers could ...