Locals slam ‘self-entitled’ tourists for ruining quiet seaside towns by dumping litter and treating their beaches as car parks – as latest ‘rude’ visitors drive 4x4s onto the sands and have a BBQ

by David Hibbins | Sep 4, 2023 | Latest Travel News

Locals have slammed ‘self-entitled’ tourists who they claim are ruining their quiet seaside towns by dumping litter and treating their beaches as car parks. Residents living close to tourist hotspots including Cornwall, North Wales and West Sussex are...

Flight delayed? Former air traffic controller reveals that it could be because your plane was routed off course as ‘punishment’ for the pilots ignoring instructions

by David Hibbins | Sep 4, 2023 | Latest Travel News

There are myriad reasons for flight delays, from bad weather to technical problems with an aircraft.To the list, reveals one former air traffic controller, can be added petty revenge.Writing in his riveting book Life With A View – Memoir of an Air Traffic Controller,...

Inside the UK firm that makes ‘the world’s best travel clothing’, from the LAVA-PROOF ‘Apocalypse Jacket’ to a ‘cocoon’ garment for long flights (or trips to Mars)

by David Hibbins | Sep 4, 2023 | Latest Travel News

In the second of the Back to the Future movies, Michael J. Fox’s character, Marty McFly, wore a jacket that rapidly air-dried itself after a lake dunking. ‘Drying mode on,’ the jacket’s robot voice intoned before quickly confirming, ‘Your...

London to New York in 3.5 hours: World’s fastest airliner dubbed the ‘Son of Concorde’ will hit speeds of 1,300mph while running on sustainable fuel – and could take to the skies by 2027

by David Hibbins | Sep 4, 2023 | Latest Travel News

A carbon-zero flight from London to New York in just 3.5 hours might sound too good to be true. But believe it or not, it could become a reality in just four years.Boom Supersonic’s Overture, dubbed the ‘Son of Concorde’, is tipped to be...

Beauty of the Balkans: Billions are being spent on gleaming marinas and plush hotels to turn tiny Montenegro into the St Tropez of the Adriatic

by David Hibbins | Sep 4, 2023 | Latest Travel News

When Montenegro gained independence from Serbia in 2006, its then prime minister declared: ‘Montenegro will become one of the world’s most elite tourist destinations… Better than St Tropez.’It may have been an ambitious statement, but almost two decades later...

‘Awful – shouldn’t be allowed!’: Angry locals of tiny Cornish town that banned second homes blast arrival of huge cruise ship that increases the local population by 50 per cent

by David Hibbins | Sep 3, 2023 | Latest Travel News

Angry locals of a tiny Cornish town have blasted the arrival of a massive cruise ship that increased the local population by 50 per cent on the day.The 58,000 ton Spirit of Adventure cruise ship stopped in Fowey, Cornwall, on Friday. While some admired its size,...