From an epic mountain in Tasmania to a beautiful Scottish loch: The stunning winners of the Natural Landscape Photography Awards (which bans the use of AI and ‘deceptive editing’)

by David Hibbins | Nov 16, 2023 | Latest Travel News

The Natural Landscape Photography Awards competition was created to promote ‘the best landscape and nature photography by digital and film photographers who value realism in their work’.Judging by the standard of this year’s winning and commended...

Read THIS before you book next year’s bucket-list trip: Fodor’s reveals its 2024 GO and NO lists – the best places to visit, and the spots to avoid (and it’s not good news for Venice and Athens)

by David Hibbins | Nov 16, 2023 | Latest Travel News

Your 2024 holiday bucket list may need a few tweaks.That’s because Fodor’s Travel has released its 2024 ‘Go & No Lists’, with the Go List comprising 24 ‘lust-worthy destinations to stoke the curiosity of wanderlust’, and the No...

Virgin passengers are left stunned as they are gifted a free cruise by Sir Richard Branson on a Melbourne to Hobart flight

by David Hibbins | Nov 16, 2023 | Latest Travel News

More than 150 Virgin passengers have been gifted a free cruise by the company’s founder Sir Richard Branson.Those on board flight VA 1316 from Melbourne to Hobart on Thursday morning were left speechless when they were told they’d each been gifted a...

Spectre-cular photos! Ghostly figures ‘caught on camera’ lurking in windows and doorways of a 19th-century mansion in Alton… America’s ‘most haunted small town’

by David Hibbins | Nov 15, 2023 | Latest Travel News

These eerie photographs are said to have captured ghostly goings on in the most haunted small town in America.Alton, in Southwest Illinois, has a long roll-call of ghostly residents, from phantom nuns to a bank robber who haunts the local Irish pub and hotel...

‘Broken plane toilets, lost luggage – a holiday NOT to remember’: Furious traveller accuses Tui of ‘ruining’ a 30th wedding anniversary trip to Lanzarote, which went wrong at almost every turn

by David Hibbins | Nov 15, 2023 | Latest Travel News

It was a holiday not to remember.A disgruntled traveller has told of how a 30th wedding anniversary trip with Tui went wrong at almost every turn. John Salter, a 56-year-old who lives in Merseyside, was travelling with his wife from Manchester recently in the...

A family treat fit for royalty: Mustique may be pricey but its laid-back glamour, sublime beaches and royal connections give it an unrivalled kudos

by David Hibbins | Nov 15, 2023 | Latest Travel News

There are two essential questions to ask yourself before booking a holiday to the Caribbean island of Mustique. Am I rich enough? And, am I beautiful enough?At least, that’s the general perception. Which is a pity because, as I found out on a family trip, not everyone...