The Eurozone heavily battered by the rise in the value of the Euro, is now back in favour as the Euro plummets on the currency exchanges. The good news for UK holidaymakers planning trips to the eurozone is that the Holiday Costs Barometer reveals cost reductions in most of the eurozone destinations, but most notably [...]
Travel category Page 10 | Foreign travel advice holiday tips
Travel Advice: Including Foreign travel advice tips, Foreign travel: Did you know? Help and travel advice is available, from our consulates and embassies – if you become ill on a holiday abroad, or have been arrested.
Caribbean Hurricane season June 1st to November
Caribbean Hurricane Season Dates: Hurricane season in the Caribbean begins June 1st and ends November 30th. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season begins May 15th and also ends November 30th. Most pre-season forecasts are predicting more tropical activity than normal this year. It interesting to note that the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, [...]
Jamaica advice resorts are OK
The Jamaica holiday resorts of Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio and Negril are safe and secure after days of violence in the capital Kingston. Jamaica Advice: Be aware that unless the FCO issues a do not travel warning, you cannot cancel your holiday free of charge if you decide not to travel, but do [...]
Campaign for EU-wide accommodation safety standards
Foreign travel advice: The travel trade is trying to ramp up a campaign for EU-wide safety standards, to try and ensure there will be no more similar tragedies to the deaths in Corfu. Yet all this seems to be just too little too late. However in our opinion, it should be governments that put pressure [...]

