What is the best way to get around in Switzerland? Train travel is by far the best way to travel in Switzerland; it’s economical and popular with both locals and tourists. The stations are clean and equipped with a variety of services, while the trains themselves are punctual, equally clean and comfortable. What is the cheapest way to travel around Switzerland? How to...
FAMILIES can finally return to Disney World this summer, after nearly two years of the US travel ban. However, a number of things have changed at the park since the pandemic, meaning a very different experience is to be expected. We’ve explained the three new rules you may not be aware of which will affect your holiday. No more hotel shuttle bus Many families booking a holiday to Disney...
A FLIGHT attendant has revealed the worst kind of passenger on a plane – and you’ve probably been that person. Tiktok user Brit, who goes by @brit_bits, posted a video on the site where she shared her biggest pet peeve when it comes to passengers. In the video, Brit was taking a break behind the curtain that separates cabin crew from passengers at the end of the plane. She had pulled...
A FLIGHT attendant has revealed why you aren’t getting upgraded for free on a plane. Shauni, a senior cabin crew member, explained the rather insulting reason you are not getting to enjoy first class without paying for it. She said during the Channel 5 TV show Upgrade Me: Secrets of the First Class: “People upgrade passengers when they are better looking. “I don’t know why that...
Travel expert Eoghan Corry has warned how the long term effects of the Ukraine war will affect prices of flights for passengers. Fuel, energy bills and grocery bills are already expected to be going up due to the crisis. This is also likely to affect the cost of your next flight abroad. Eoghan told RSVP Live that there will be two obvious effects on travel costs in the medium term: “The...
A PILOT has revealed the clever trick he uses when he stays at hotels so he can sleep. Ron Wagner, who claims to be an airline pilot on the forum Quora, said he often had a strange experience while staying at hotel rooms between flights. The main issue was waking in the night fully disoriented, which many called a form of sleep disorientation, which is having no idea where you are. Ron said:...
Love Island winners Millie Court and Liam Reardon were forced to quarantine in a Dubai hotel room for three days after Liam tested positive for Covid Love Island’s Millie Court and Liam Reardon have finally landed in the Maldives after being forced to quarantine in Dubai. The reality TV show winners were forced to cancel their New Year’s Eve plans when Liam received a ‘presumptive’ positive Covid...
We meet in the forest in the dark. Though dawn is breaking, the evergreen trees all around us, a mix of old-growth conifers, giant redwoods and Douglas firs, are so tall and dense that they steadfastly block out the light. Getting out of bed early to exercise in winter is never easy – it feels as if you’re being dragged from the womb – but as we pedal off and see the first rays of sunshine...
The nocturnal habits of the world’s largest land-living carnivore were revealed to us during a stay over at Pairi Daiza (Persian for paradise), a peculiarly beautiful zoo and botanical gardens in a most implausible location: deepest Wallonia, the Francophone and economically struggling region of southern Belgium. Founded in 1993 as a humble bird sanctuary around the remnants of a 12th-century...
In lockdown, I’ve been traveling in a different way. I listen to music and close my eyes, revisiting songs that bring back memories. Listening to playlists and records is my way of remembering the different chapters of my life and what they have meant to me. I’ve grown up all over the world, moving countries every few years – from India to Hong Kong to Vietnam to the US. Now I’m living in Mumbai...