Fast times in Florida: My dizzying 170mph ride in a NASCAR Chevrolet – and the joys of a much slower golf-buggy drive across the ‘perfect’ Daytona beach

by David Hibbins | Feb 16, 2024 | Latest Travel News

When the drivers accelerate away at the start of the classic Daytona 500 motor race on Florida’s north-east coast on Sunday, they can expect to touch speeds of around 180mph.That’s nothing, though, compared to what Sir Malcolm Campbell managed on March 7, 1935, when...

You’re sure of a warm welcome along the awe-inspiring Wild Atlantic Way. Here’s why you should follow your nose and let Ireland do the rest…

by David Hibbins | Feb 15, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Talk about the luck of the Irish. We are enjoying a sumptuous dinner at a country house hotel in County Clare when our fellow diners stream out onto the terrace in the middle of dessert. What’s wrong? A fire alarm?No – it’s a sunset for the ages. We watch in awed...

Plane passenger sparks uproar after revealing a fellow Southwest traveler on a near-EMPTY flight insisted on sitting DIRECTLY behind him – despite there being dozens of other free seats

by David Hibbins | Feb 15, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A plane passenger has been left flabbergasted after a fellow traveler on a near-empty Southwest flight chose to sit directly behind him – despite there being dozens of other free seats. Anthony Thomas, a Washington-based chef, took to X, formerly known...

Travel expert claims it is CHEAPER to live full-time at an all-inclusive resort overseas than it is to pay rent and expenses in major US cities – as he compares costs of hotel living to his $4,000 outgoings in Seattle

by David Hibbins | Feb 14, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A travel influencer has revealed why it can actually be cheaper to live full-time at an all-inclusive resort than it is to rent an apartment on top of everyday living expenses in most major cities.TikTok creator Ben Keenan, from Seattle, compared his own monthly...

Blackpool rocks! Inside the coastal town brimming with old-fashioned seaside pleasures – and how it’s trying to attract a more discerning visitor…

by David Hibbins | Feb 14, 2024 | Latest Travel News

There’s something disorientating about parking beneath the soaring loop of the UK’s tallest rollercoaster.But since Blackpool’s uber-luxe Boulevard Hotel (styled as BLVD) is owned by Amanda Thompson, whose family have run the Pleasure Beach amusement park for four...