Under current plans in Brussels, British travellers to the European Union and the wider Schengen area will be required to apply for a permit online in advance from November 2025. EU officials have confirmed that the long-delayed “entry-exit system” will come into effect on November 10, 2024. From that date, every British traveler entering the … Read more
Flight delays and cancellations are expected to continue into the weekend due to a global IT outage, with experts warning it could take weeks for systems to be fully restored. A flawed update rolled out by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused widespread outages around the world on Friday, canceling flights and trains and paralyzing some health … Read more
The list of services offered ranges from the imaginative to the painful, from the dazzling to the bizarre. There are organ replacement procedures to obesity surgery, Brazilian buttock augmentations to hair transplants and full-body MOTs. This isn’t the body-modification menu from a science fiction novel, but packages for sale at the Health Tourism Expo, a … Read more
In the run-up to the general election, Labour leader Keir Starmer has promised to “fix a broken Britain”. When it comes to tourism in the UK, he needs to be sharp about it. According to the latest statistics from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the number of British visitors in 2023 was still … Read more
Although the US is a former British colony, one of our closest allies, and generally lumped together on the world stage, travelers are often surprised and delighted by the differences they encounter in the US in terms of lifestyle, attitudes, and geography. Yet delight can turn to irritation when British travelers, with their keen belief … Read more