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Bambugh Castle, Northumberland – Photo: Dave Foster Google and VisitBritain today announced the winners of the online poll in which Brits voted for the first tourist attractions to be photographed by the Street View Trike. Google was inundated with more than 35,000 votes for the 16 finalists. The top six most voted for tourist attractions, plus a special ‘wildcard’
[...click on headline to read full story] Brits are still keen to get their kicks on route 66 despite the weakness of the pound. But when it comes to cheap as chips holidays, non-Euro destinations Turkey and Croatia are proving a safe haven for hard earned cash this year according to the latest figures from international currency experts ICE (www.iceplc.com). Although the value of the Pound against the US dollar has fallen 17.5% since June 2008, sales of the US
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Barrowburn ©NNP-S Fraser The ancient haymeadows of Northumberland National Park are in glorious full bloom now. Meadows with hundreds of flowers can be enjoyed in the Upper Coquet Valley, in the North Tyne Valley and at Greenlee Lough National Nature Reserve north of Hadrian’s Wall. Upland hay meadows are internationally rare and Northumberland National Park has some of the best
[...click on headline to read full story]  Kim Il-sung - the great leader. The next time you find yourself in a queue for foreign currency you can bet your bottom dollar no one is waiting to collect a wad of won. We are talking about the North Korean won of course, which doesn’t travel outside the country’s borders – along with lots of other things, mainly the people who live in the world’s most repressive state. Anyone planning a visit needs to apply for foreign exchange certificates, which gets round to the purpose of this travel piece and an intriguing news release from the much respected Regent Travel. The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, a country of 22m hard pressed souls, is at the best of times is a pretty wacky place. I don’t doubt it’s a beautiful country, stuffed with historical and cultural gems, but it, or rather its ‘dear leader’ Kim Jong-il, has a habit of hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Continue reading North Korea – now read the good news Britons on holiday come top of a poll for boozing and sunbathing when compared to their European counterparts.
The same poll show Brits came last for showing any interest in checking out the cultural side of life abroad. The survey of 2,852 travellers, carried out by TripAdvisor, was a snapshot of 24 hours from the average summer holiday taken by British, French, German, Italian and Spanish travellers. It reveals the length of time that each nationality spends on an array of popular
[...click on headline to read full story]  Beware fees for using your credit and debit cards overseas – banks now charging around £750million for the privilege
Consumers planning their summer holidays are being urged to check their card statements as banks charge a total of £754 million a year for overseas transactions – up 6% on 2008. Double the number of banks, compared with last year, now levy a charge for
[...click on headline to read full story]  M&SMONEY IS offering to refund in full Mexican Pesos or US Dollars purchased from M&S by customers who had booked a trip to Mexico and have now opted not to travel.
The Foreign Office has warned against all but essential travel to Mexico following the swine flu outbreak. M&S travel money customers can take their unused Mexican Pesos or US Dollars into any of the
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