BBC’s The Traitors prompts huge 55% spike in worldwide searches for flights to Scotland with visitors keen to enjoy the show’s stunning Highland setting

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

Would you kill for a trip to Scotland? It seems many would.Worldwide Google searches for ‘flights to Scotland’ have rocketed back to pre-pandemic levels for the first time during the first week of January, following the return of the hit BBC reality...

Britons’ most-Googled foreign travel destinations revealed: Greece is the No1 country followed by Spain… and Orlando is the most-searched-for city

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

Google has revealed Britons’ most sought-after travel destinations – and Greece is the number one country, with Orlando topping the cities ranking and Rhodes claiming the crown for most popular island.The tech giant analysed the destinations in these...

Sea, sand and silence: A Maldives break with no underwater restaurants, no golf buggies and no hovering ‘beach butlers’… but plenty of luxury

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

The phrase ‘back to basics’ has been much derided ever since John Major used it at a Conservative Party conference in October 1993.But here at Nova Maldives it holds true. There are no underwater restaurants; no golf buggies going laughably short distances; no...

Our seaside holiday hotspot is being ruined by second home owners who clog it up in summer but leave it empty in the dead of winter – it’s ripping the soul out of our tight-knit town

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

Hotels forced to close, empty car parks, and deserted beaches – locals in holiday hotspots have described how their bustling tourist destinations turn into ghost towns in the winter. In January in the Victorian resort of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, to quote...

We packed up our life in Britain and moved to Australia… we’d never go back but here’s what we can’t get used to

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

Where better for a fresh start than the other side of the world? as thousands of Brits are swapping dark and rainy skies for the sunshine of Australia.According to Statistica, the number of UK citizens leaving the country to migrate down under is the highest it has...