Travel Advice

Responsible Tourism

10 Nuggets

There are so many pieces of advice that I could give from my travels; I could talk all day of the unique times lived and endured.

Travel is about experiencing new sensations, away from the rudimentary existence of everyday living. The main pulse of advice is just go. Just do it! Travel is the superior form of education.

But to help a little here are things I wished I was told before I set off with my rucksack on the bumpy caminos of Latin America....more

Tours

Women Travelling Alone

In the UK, as well as across Europe, there is a growing trend of 'singledom'. More and more people are living alone and this trend is also reflected in how we travel. Not all of us choose to travel in pairs or groups anymore and women are no exception. Although most of the perils and pitfalls of solo travel apply to men as well as women, there are some hazards that apply more exclusively to women. Other cultures and traditions where the position of women is different from that in the West mean women travellers sometimes face challenges in addition to everyday travel hassles, but these can be lessened with a bit of forward planning, before a trip somewhere new...more

Travel Networking

Photos and Travel Social Networks

These heady days of Web 2.0 and all its evangelists has made it very difficult to not have heard about online social networking. Many do not know that in fact the idea has been online for more than a decade with classmates.com starting the field. The takes on the concept cover a wide range of styles from the facebook.com personal profile to myspace being a kind of personal webpage. I think it is very interesting that there has been an enormous shift in the social norm of personal webpages. In the early days of the world wide web, the early 1990s those that had the audacity to have a webpage solely about themselves and their interests were considered by many to be vain techies with nothing better to do. How things have changed...more

Featured Destinations

Paris

For a committed Londonite bigot, it's difficult to concede that other cities might score the occasional point over our beloved isle's majestic metropolis. So, to be honest here, Paris hurt. A lot. Paris is a beast of a city, an urban kingdom, with an overall population of 11 million, and an expansive metro system barely illuminated by one very fiddly map. Like all cities, you cannot 'do' Paris; a large city is a country in itself, and part of its mystique is that you can never fully know it...more

Itineraries

Philippines

When you arrive at Manila who will be struck by the frenetic pace of life. Heading north to Bauio, the natural features and outdoor features will prepare you for the trip to the other end of the country to Davao which you can use as a base to climb Mount Apo. The malls of Cagayan de Oro might empty your pockets before you reach lively Cebu City with its ancient Spanish fort and finally the clean and friendly 'City of Smiles' that is Bacolod.(Estimated Time: 11 days)

Books

"Running with the Moon" - Jonny Bealby

Mountains of travel books are sold every year. Why is it that we are so fascinated by reading of other people's journeys?

It can allow us to relive journey's that we have lived and it can allow us to live journey's that we dream of living but don't dare tread. Through reading their words our imagination is taken on its own voyage; we are allowed to live a little from behind their eyes.

Gadgets

Caring kit - Top 4 Greenest Travel products

If you are a responsible backpacker who wants to fill their bag with the greenest gear on the planet then look no further.

Laura Barnhouse introduces you to the four greenest and most life-changing bits of kit no traveller should leave home without.