Dodgy meet-and-greet airport parking firms exposed: In covert Which? probe using GPS trackers companies stole cash, broke speed limits, left cars filthy – and dumped one in a GARDEN

by David Hibbins | Sep 27, 2024 | Latest Travel News

An undercover investigation by Which? using GPS trackers has exposed ‘dodgy’ meet-and-greet parking firms operating at London airports.Their unscrupulous behaviour included ‘treating vehicles and personal property with contempt – stealing...

Smashing pumpkin! Twins’ monster veg weighing 188 stone sets new British record after they had to use a crane to get it to country show

by David Hibbins | Sep 27, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Two twin brothers have smashed a British record after growing a monster pumpkin that weighs more than a tonne and is so big that it needs a crane to lift it onto scales at a county show.Ian and Stuart Paton, 63, spent three hours a day for three months cultivating the...

My incredible September stay on the Amalfi Coast – when tourists don’t clog the streets… and temperatures are in the mid-twenties

by David Hibbins | Sep 27, 2024 | Latest Travel News

After visiting the Amalfi Coast in 1953, John Steinbeck wrote: ‘Nearly always when you find a place as beautiful as Positano… your impulse is to conceal it.’The American writer felt confident enough to share his discovery, writing in Harper’s Bazaar that the...

Man who paid over $6K for first-class ticket on 15-hour flight left furious after being forced to ‘rawdog’ in filthy seat

by David Hibbins | Sep 26, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A man who forked over more than $6,000 for a first class ticket on a 15-hour flight has been left furious over the ‘mildewed’ and ‘ripped’ seat, and ‘broken’ entertainment system.Anip Patel, 34, a Chicago-based CEO of an investment...

Is silence golden? I stayed at a Buddhist retreat in Devon where alcohol, talking and even READING is banned. This is what it’s like…

by David Hibbins | Sep 26, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Will I be able to quit talking for four days and find inner peace? No phone, no reading, no writing and certainly no alcohol – such are the strict rules on this Buddhist retreat at Gaia House in south Devon.A friend had recommended arriving promptly to avoid being...