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Tacky travel souvenirs confession

Darren Cronian — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:26:21 +0000

Whenever I travel I always buy a tacky souvenir, it’s something that I have done for years. I also always buy my mum a fridge magnet, she has them from around the world, it impresses anyone that goes around to her house because they think she is well travelled. Snow globes from around the world [...]

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Tacky travel souvenirs confession

Worst holiday destinations in the world

Darren Cronian — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:17:37 +0000

The other day I was reading an article about the seaside town of Portrush in Northern Ireland. It was recently rated the worst UK holiday destination. Okay, so I was only ten when I went there on holiday but I think that they are worse British holiday spots than Portrush. Uninviting Pwhelli in North Wales [...]

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Worst holiday destinations in the world

World heritage status losing its appeal to travellers

Darren Cronian — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:26:32 +0000

Am I the only person that thinks that the Unesco World Heritage site status list is starting to look nothing like a list of unique and diverse places? I think that status is given out too easily nowadays and wasn’t it last year that there was outcry because Benidorm had applied. Status list too large [...]

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World heritage status losing its appeal to travellers

Britain holiday ideas for British tourism week

Darren Cronian — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:09:16 +0000

British tourism week commenced on 23 March and finishes on the 29 March. I know I am a little late writing about this but I felt that as a British travel blogger I should be helping promote Britain to my readers who come from as far as India, China and Australia. Promoting Britain on Twitter [...]

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Britain holiday ideas for British tourism week

Cruise holidays changing in the recession

Darren Cronian — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:25:55 +0000

Interesting to read that cruise operators are looking to reduce the price to attract consumers through the recession. This reminded me of a recent news story where a group of younger travellers supposedly caused havoc onboard a heavily discounted P&O cruise. Attracting a new audience I think that cruising is going through a generation change [...]

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Cruise holidays changing in the recession