I’m nosey and I’d like to know where you are travelling to this year, and will you do your bit for the environment? If you are flying will you off-set your carbon emissions, travel lighter, or will you just carry on as normal? Please feel free ...

Garri Rayner, the man behind HolidayPad has launched an interesting travel news syndication site called Travel in Papers. Read all of the latest travel news and articles from the likes of the Guardian and Times all in the same place. Patric ‘the shark diver’ Douglas, ...

I spent my lunchtime walking around the city centre and noticed that four travel agencies have closed down in recent weeks; these being a branch of Thomas Cook, Co-Op Travel, Direct holidays and Siesta Holidays. It appears that the mergers have started to show on the ...

Earlier in the week I blogged about the rumours that TUI UK had acquired Holidays Uncovered. Well after my snooping around on the internet it became apparent the rumours were more than rumours. For further information and an update on this story, please visit this ...

Tonight I had a chat via MSN with a source within the travel industry regarding a rumour that TUI UK Limited has acquired Holidays Uncovered – a site where holidaymakers write reviews on package holidays and hotels. After further investigation, I’ve found that the records at ...

Email lands in my inbox from AA Vacations who inform me of their website relaunch, with new user-friendly features that allow travelers to see and compare pricing results as early as the first results page. The enhancements provide customers with convenient and flexible options when ...

Interestingly, UK low cost airline, EasyJet has joined up with Hotelopia to offer holidays to European destinations. Initially, I thought oh no, not more confusion for consumers, but it appears, that Easyjetholidays.com is bonded by the Travel Trust Association and offers travel consumers more ...

I read an article on MSN Travel today – I’m actually quite surprised at the tone of the article, and the negative comments towards travel agents. I’d like to think that I give a positive view of all types of holidays on Travel Rants, and ...