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When they set off with their children to sail around the world, Renee and Keith Whitaker never dreamed they’d be making $150,000 a year documenting their travels for YouTube. Having grown disillusioned with life in the Texas suburbs, the couple and their four kids bought a boat in 2016 and their adventure began. Making money

We are all a little out of practice. One of the many things the pandemic took from us was our capacity to travel. Not just officially, as borders were barricaded and thousands of planes were grounded – but in the way our confinement to front lawns and back gardens ate into our ability to deal

When Oisin O’Leary first tried to sleep under the island’s jungle canopy, he had to learn to tune out the noises. ‘A small crab moving through dried leaves can sound like a big animal at night,’ he says, ‘and you’ve got to switch off those thoughts.’ The investment-fund manager from London had not been shipwrecked

It was the first time we had met and within minutes Geetanjali and I were donning bibs handed to us by an officious Indian waiter. “For clean-clothing reasons, most tourists need them,” he told us briskly, surveying our top-to-toe black outfits (then the dernier cri in noughties fashion) with some dubiousness.  We were sitting on

At a recent gathering of friends in one of those north London small plates restaurants that masquerades as a pub, a couple mentioned they were jetting off to Modena for the weekend.  They didn’t need to give any further details – the whole crowd knew exactly what this Italian break would entail. Obviously they were

Gosh, it really does seem to be getting colder and darker – in both the literal and the metaphorical sense. At this stage in the proceedings, I feel we all deserve a little weekend break, 48 hours in which to recuperate. And if you are looking for somewhere quintessentially and ­comfortingly English, a town stuffed

The pound has taken a beating in recent months, with much attention focused on its performance against the US dollar. Though it has recovered slightly, £1 currently buys $1.14 – down from $1.37 a year ago. A dose of winter warmth in Florida, or a ski holiday in Colorado, has become a far costlier proposition. 

Each of the UK’s national parks has its USPs. The Yorkshire Dales has quaint villages and rolling hills. The Lake District has its Romantic poets, craggy peaks, and the lakes. Cairngorm has its remoteness and raw beauty. Dartmoor is special because it’s the only place in England and Wales where wild camping is tolerated –

With a top lift on a snow-sure glacier at 3,250m and pistes that go all the way down to 1,250m, La Plagne is part of the giant Paradiski area, along with Les Arcs and Peisey-Vallandry. The three resorts together have 425km of runs best suited to lower intermediates and families, served by 129 lifts. Rather than having one resort base to stay in,

Deciding where to stay is important in La Plagne, since some of the 12 villages that make up the resort are not only miles apart but in different valleys. There’s also a choice to make between the low-lying traditional farming villages of Champagny, Montalbert, Montchavin les Coches, or the higher, purpose-built ski villages – Plagne Centre

The O2 Arena in Greenwich (formerly the doomed Millenium Dome) is an outstanding music venue with plenty of decent bar and restaurant options once you arrive to get you fed and watered before or after your gig. But, and there is a but, it’s a bit of a pain to get to especially if you’re

Expert guide to Tignes Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports Because Tignes’ five villages are so spread-out, it’s important to be aware of accommodation location before booking. Val Claret and Tignes Le Lac, jointly known as Tignes 2100, make the most convenient bases. Although the satellites of Tignes Les Boisses (aka Tignes 1800) and

It was only fitting that I swooped into JFK on a Virgin flight – not because it was my maiden voyage over the bright lights of New York, but because the first time I arrived here, nearly a quarter of a century ago, I had only one thing on my mind: Madonna. New York is

Megève has no fewer than nine exceptionally stylish five-star hotels, mostly built in chalet-style. But there’s a wide range of other more affordable accommodation too. Newly opened for 21/22 was 60-room Mamie Megève, a former tourist residence, offering old-style comfort with both doubles and family rooms available.  For further Megève inspiration, see our guides to the resort’s

Expert guide to Megève Overview Hotels Restaurants Apres ski Snow reports France’s medieval beauty Megève is a traditional winter sports resort, founded in 1916, that has attracted the rich and famous since the 1920s. Its clientele these days are still mainly affluent and French and are looking for an all-round winter holiday, not just pounding

If you are going to hold a tourism summit in a destination generally considered a hotspot for holidays and leisurely escapes, Les Roches Marbella is the sort of place that ticks all boxes. There it sits, three miles west of the coastal Spanish city in its name, just a mile inland from the gilded marina

There’s never been a better time to honeymoon in the UK, with a plethora of heart-soaringly lovely places to stay which are reassuringly romantic. From grand high-end hotels with incredible spas to Michelin-starred restaurants with rooms, staying on UK shores certainly doesn’t mean compromising on style or quality. The trend for taking a short break

Soft beds, hot food and a drink for the weary traveller are all simple things, but it’s a combination that has defined England’s roadside inns for centuries. A good number date from as far back as the Tudor era, and given the enduring appeal of roaring fires, wonky floors and perilously low timber-beamed ceilings, they

What could be better than decamping with a selection of your closest friends and family to a rambling old house in some boiling hot, beautiful and bargainous spot in southern France, Italy or Spain for a week? In your imagination, the seven days stretch ahead in a sun-drenched procession of early morning runs; long, lazy

Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike: these three soaring British peaks, the highest mountains in Wales, Scotland and England respectively, offer soul-stirring views, dramatic landscapes and a real sense of achievement when you’ve reached their summits. There’s just one problem – everyone knows about them.  In recent years, their popularity and bucket-list status has at