I stayed at the Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly after its £33million refurb – this is what it’s like inside (and why it left me gobsmacked)

by travel expert | Oct 7, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Size isn’t everything, of course, but Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly’s boast that it has the biggest standard rooms in the city has merit.Because they are impressively substantial.The smallest slice of accommodation in the 338-room property is 28 sq m (301 sq...

Caught on camera: My night of hell when leaf-cutter ants stole my TENT… while I was in it (and a tarantula turned up, too)

by travel expert | Oct 7, 2024 | Latest Travel News

‘It was hell. I’ve never seen anything like it. That night was insanity. It was just a nightmare.’Paul Rosolie is telling MailOnline Travel about the night in the Peruvian Amazon that leaf-cutter ants stole his tent – while he was in it – cutting up...

Formula One of the skies! World’s first ‘vertiport’ for FLYING car racing features a 360° Skydeck where spectators can watch the action, and retractable landing pads where the vehicles can refuel

by travel expert | Oct 7, 2024 | Latest Travel News

At first glance at these images, you’d be forgiven for mistaking them as stills from the latest movie in the Dune franchise. But the structure in the images could soon become a reality, according to Airspeeder. The company has unveiled its vision for...

The London hotel with £10,000 mattresses that even helped an insomniac like me…

by travel expert | Oct 6, 2024 | Latest Travel News

I’m an expert when it comes to sleep – or should I say not sleeping. An insomniac for decades, I’ve tried everything from hypnotherapy to acupuncture, including sleep retreats at hotels where I’ve even been hooked up to numerous cables overnight to test my sleep...

I’m a Canadian living in London – here’s what’s weird about life in the UK, what’s great, how Britain could improve (and the key phrases visitors MUST learn to get along with locals)

by travel expert | Oct 6, 2024 | Latest Travel News

‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,’ said the writer Samuel Johnson.And Canadian expat Christina Ford agrees.Christina, 63, moved to London in 2016. But despite her love for her new life in the Big Smoke, there were a few things that took some getting...

Holidays can cost 50% more if you book on a computer, not a smartphone app

by travel expert | Oct 5, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Families planning half-term breaks face paying up to 50 per cent more on Booking.com if they use a computer rather than the travel firm’s smartphone app.And one London hotel even charged £200 extra per night, a Mail on Sunday investigation has found.Prices of...