Download the podcast here. I talk about the two Scottish destination guides I completed last week to Angus and Edinburgh off the beaten track and round up some news from the blog. I’ve finally managed to upload a podcast. It certainly has not been “my voice on the internet in minutes”. I apologise for some [...]
Holiday Autos won the best car hire website in the Travolution 2007 awards last week. Holiday Autos were praised for their “excellent use of images and icons. A clean booking process with fresh, interesting destination content as well as a innovative flight look-up system.” Beach at Sitges, Spain by Beachy I have used the Auto [...]
Sam Daams is co-founder of Travellers Point, who “nurture your travel addictions”, sounds good to me! 1 What is the aim of your business? Well, the ‘corporate’ objective reads this: “Travellerspoint’s objective is to enrich the travelling experience by offering numerous services, content and products that have significant perceived and added value for travellers worldwide. [...]
Easjey has criticised the admin fees of between 25 – 30% charged by some carbon offset schemes. Easjyet plans to buy credits in United Nation backed schemes and sell these back to passenger. Photo by lostajy’s I feel slightly uneasy about carbon offset schemes. I think that they are only part of the solution. I [...]
I visited Linlithgow Palace in central Scotland last weekend. I’d heard about the restoration of the courtyard fountain, originally commissioned by James V in 1537. Unfortunately the fountain is only operational during weekends in July and August to extend its new lease of life. The detail on the fountain is amazing. I must say I [...]
Active Gourmet Holidays is one of the latest additions to our sister site, European Cultural and Activity Tours. 1 What is the aim of your business? To be the leader in culinary and specialty travel by sending my guests on unforgettable gourmet and active holidays in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. 2 What prompted you [...]
Charter flights from Stansted to Preveza will run from July 9 to September 2007. I visited the Preveza area, in the north western mainland of Greece, in May 2003. I thought it was a really beautiful area. I did visit Leftka but I spend more time exploring the mainland. I liked the Acheron Gorge with [...]
I received my Podcast Factory from the France 24 TV news channel, my prize for commenting on the French Presidential elections. Now it claims on the box that “your voice on the internet in minutes”. This was deja vu as I’d read this when trying to install Google Adsense and integrate the WordPress blog into [...]
I was in Edinburgh yesterday, the 26 April 2007, taking some more photos for my guide to Edinburgh: Off The Beaten Track. It was a lovely sunny day with slight breeze. My first stop was the Botanic Gardens. My favourite part was the Rock Garden. The Rock Garden, Edinburgh Botanic Gardens I also thought that [...]
There is a feeling that people are beginning to lose their enthusiasm for social netwoking sites leading to a warning to travel agents about linking to such sites. Some experts say it’s hard to tell which sites will survive in the long term with so many new sites being set up to capitalise on the [...]
