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Day-by-day checklist of every hoop you need to jump through for your ski holiday The death of the budget ski holiday How to avoid quarantine hotel hell using the transit loophole Day 2 tests for travel: The quickest, easiest and cheapest options The biggest absurdities behind Britain’s travel testing regime As Austria looks to end

New York City is a place where the best of the best come to live, work, and play. This town is a glamorous destination dazzled by Michelin-lauded restaurants, high-end boutiques, and first-class hotels flush with stellar amenities and outstanding service. From a posh prewar on the Upper East Side and a regal icon overlooking Central

Day-by-day checklist of every hoop you need to jump through for your ski holiday The true cost of the travel red list – and why it’s pointless anyway The death of the budget ski holiday Day 2 tests for travel: The quickest, easiest and cheapest options The biggest absurdities behind Britain’s travel testing regime One

If you live in England and think the return of masks in shops is an imposition, be prepared for quite the shock should you venture into the rest of Europe any time soon. And good luck even crossing the border into the likes of France, Switzerland or Spain if you’re unvaccinated – a negative PCR

Day-by-day checklist of every hoop you need to jump through for your ski holiday The true cost of the travel red list – and why it’s pointless anyway The death of the budget ski holiday Day 2 tests for travel: he quickest, easiest and cheapest options The biggest absurdities behind Britain’s travel testing regime New

How will the omicron variant and new red list affect my next holiday? The quickest, easiest and cheapest Day 2 PCR tests for travel The best pre-departure Covid tests to take on holiday with you The dilemmas facing skiers this winter Ski holidays have been dealt another blow with the announcement that nightclubs in France

How will the omicron variant and new red list affect my next holiday? The quickest, easiest and cheapest Day 2 PCR tests for travel Hundreds stranded in red list countries as quarantine hotels run out of space The dilemmas facing skiers this winter Travel industry bosses have blasted the Government’s reintroduction of pre-departure tests for

How will the omicron variant and new red list affect my next holiday? The quickest, easiest and cheapest Day 2 PCR tests for travel The dilemmas facing skiers this winter ​’I was told to expect masks and Covid caution in New York – but what I saw shocked me’ The White House has confirmed new

The yuletide season is upon us – bringing with it the promise of mulled wine, mince pies and, crucially, enchanting Christmas light displays. From mile-long trails to tunnels of light, these dazzling illuminations are just the ticket for getting into the seasonal spirit.  Here’s everything you need to know about the best Christmas light displays

A headache has returned to the post-Covid travel checklist: Day 2 PCR tests. This time, however, it comes with a fresh pain – self-isolation until you receive a negative result.  Before today you simply needed to book the cheapest lateral flow test available (prices had fallen to as low as £1) and rest safe in

Expert guide to Val Thorens Overview Hotels Restaurants Apres ski Snow reports Europe’s most superlative ski resort At 2,300m purpose-built Val Thorens is not only the highest resort in the 600km Trois Vallées ski area that also includes Courchevel, Méribel and Les Menuires, but the highest in Europe. Its lofty altitude means that its doorstep slopes have guaranteed snow cover from November

The UK Government announced the addition of four more countries to the travel red list, as concerns grow over the omicron Covid variant, first detected in South Africa.  Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia have joined the six countries placed on the revived red list on Friday November 26 – South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and Lesotho. All flights from the 10 countries

In a blow to international travel, 10 countries have now been added to the previously empty red list.  From 4am on Sunday November 28, arrivals from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola will be subject to a 10-day stay in a quarantine hotel. Those who arrive before

Birdsong is one of the most beautiful sounds of the African bush, but too often we forget to listen. Or to watch. Instead, we surrender to that all-consuming fever to seek out a lion, a leopard, a rhino. Not this time. That wavering, wobbling, wandering note up ahead was hypnotic, almost like a physical presence. 

The UK Government has announced the addition of four more countries to the travel red list, as concerns grow over the omicron Covid variant, first detected in South Africa.  Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia will join the six countries placed on the revived red list on Friday November 26 – South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and Lesotho. All flights from

Anyone who enters the UK must now take a PCR test by the end of the second day after arrival and self-isolate until they have a negative result. This may not be the only test you need to take. Certain countries still require even double-jabbed arrivals to show evidence of a recent negative Covid test

In a blow to international travel, six countries have been added to the previously empty red list. From 4am on Sunday November 28, arrivals from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and Namibia will be subject to a 10-day stay in a quarantine hotel. Those who arrive before this deadline must quarantine for

The UK Government has announced the addition of six countries to the travel red list, from noon on Friday, as concerns grow over a new Covid-19 variant detected in South Africa.  Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, said the new variant “may be more transmissible” than the delta strain and added “the vaccines that we currently

Italy is a country of year-long delights, and now that fully vaccinated Britons will be able to travel there without quarantine upon arrival, it’s the perfect time to get planning. Here’s a month-by-month guide to get you started… January Florence  Florence is, of course, the cradle of the Renaissance, and it’s the city’s remarkable architecture

Here we go again. Covid restrictions are once again hitting parts of Europe, scuppering holiday plans and adding an unwelcome layer of anxiety to upcoming city breaks. Austria has entered a full lockdown, which is set to last for three weeks, while the Netherlands has imposed an 8pm curfew on bars and restaurants, Germany is