For the next four weeks, Amanda and myself will be writing a number of blog posts aimed at providing useful travel advice and tips for travellers heading off on holiday during the summer. We would like consumers and travel companies to participate by sending us ...

There is a lot of advice written by travel writers, holidaymakers, companies, bloggers. Sometimes I have to ask myself who do I trust when looking for advice on a specific destination. Wikipedia is a great resource it is editable by anyone, and I probably trust ...

Ranting is probably not good for the blood pressure, but I don't know about you but it makes me feel so much better after I have got everything off my chest. There are places though where I probably wouldn't rant for one reason or another. BTW, ...

Every day I receive an inbox full of travel questions and I love helping consumers – some I can answer confidently, and some I have to refer to other travel resources and experts. This week has been especially busy, so I thought I would feature ...

In the past few weeks I have received emails from consumers asking me if a number of holiday rental companies are reputable enough to book a holiday through them. It’s worth remembering that the rental company is advertising the accommodation on behalf of the owner ...

Interesting investigation on BBC Watchdog last night regarding issues with consumers credit or debit cards being frozen abroad by their own bank. It’s an issue I featured back in September 2007, so I thought it was worth updating that blog post with some additional ...

There’s a worrying trend of travel consumers going on holiday abroad, without taking out adequate travel insurance. A survey by the review centre revealed up to ten per cent of people will head off on holiday without insurance. I have to admit that ...

Maybe US airlines Skybus, ATA and Aloha read my blog post on cheap flights being extinct by 2012, panicked and went bankrupt. Joking aside, it’s a worrying trend that hopefully won’t continue over here in Europe, not because we’ll loose our cheap flights, but because ...