Communal dinners, shared rooms and wake-up calls at six in the morning: why do people love group travel so much?

In a country made up of some fifteen million Theravada Buddhists, I struggled to enter a meditative Buddhist state of compassion as the whirring air-conditioned bus I traveled through Sri Lanka was filled with meaningless chatter and a touch of travel braggadocio. . As someone who enjoys exploring off-the-beaten-path destinations, usually solo and almost always … Read more

The Foreign Office has been accused of ‘needlessly deterring’ British travelers with its advice

Major tour operators, such as Jet2Holidays, will cancel an itinerary in light of advice from the Foreign Office – Getty The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has come under fire after more than 35 MPs and travel organizers signed a petition stating that the travel advice is “outdated” and “overly harsh”. The open letter, coordinated by … Read more