£££'s Wasted!

Millions in ‘leftover’ currency from holidays and trips abroad is discarded!

How Do You Tip?

The French tip worse than Brits but just 12% of UK travellers would use some of their unspent currency to tip hotel staff at the end of their holiday.

Brits Top Trip Spenders

Travel is the most popular way for Brits to spend disposable income a survey has found.

Who Is UK’s Most Extravagant Holidaymaker?

Examining the spending habits of its UK customers, my Travel Card identified the 25-year-old Scottish male as the archetype of Britain’s most extravagant tourist. The research also revealed strong correlations between where people live and where they like to holiday.

Can't Holiday Without Social Media?

Millions of Brits never take a break from social media – even when on holiday.

New York! New York!

New York has today been revealed as the top overseas destination for UK travellers in 2014 ahead of other cities across North America, Europe and Asia.

 

Travel Trends...

Al Fresco Holidays have predicted trends for European family holidays in 2015.

World Wheelchair!

A father and Having a disabled daughter have travelled the country with the help of an off-road wheelchair and ‘can do’ attitude.

 

Home Alone For Christmas?

More than half of Brits will be spending Christmas away from home, and many more would like to but can't get the time off work

Christmas Heat!

Travel site finds Bangkok most-searched airport for travellers with New York a close second 

Travel broadens the mind?

AccordingNew research has revealed a gap-year could in fact harm your employment prospects, and in some cases, lose you friends!

Holiday Without Family?

It’s October half term next week for most Brits and research has found just 3% of Brits prefer to holiday with in-laws and 13% with their own parents.

Travel App Friend Finder

In a world first, Friend Compass from travel search site momondo connects your Facebook friends with flight searches to the places they live. Turning your smartphone into a compass, it instantly reveals where your friends live around the world, and how much it costs to go visit them.

As well as pointing out the directions in which all your friends live, the app tells you who lives in the hottest destination, who lives in the coldest destination, and who lives the farthest away. You can also see which friends are the cheapest and most expensive to visit by plane.

You can also setup Friend Compass to find your friends 'nationally', 'regionally' or 'globally'. You can also switch to City View, which enables you to locate many of the top destinations worldwide relative to your current position and find the best flights to these places.

 The app is available on iPhone and Android.