How do you fancy winning Worldwide annual travel insurance for you, your partner and children*? Sounds good? Nearly time for booking your 2011 holiday?

Thought so…

So get commenting. What we want you to do it tell us about your worst holiday disaster. Maybe you forgot your passport and realised at the airport; maybe you broke a bone and were bed ridden all holiday or maybe you turned up with your new beau only to be housed in a hotel room next to an Ex. Whatever the story we want to hear it. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been meaning to catch up on a few blog posts for, well years now so it’s about time I stopped procrastinating and got them written starting with a trip to Paris. About 10 years ago the Fiance was shipped out to Paris for 3 months with work and luckily for me I got shipped out with him for one long weekend. I was due to go over for a week a few weeks later but that very week he got to come home early…I mean, I was happy to see him ‘n all but his bad timing means I only got that one long weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, our ‘holiday dreams’ competition ended on Monday and today I put all the names in a brown paper bag and pulled out Gemma’s name for her dream holiday comment:

I’d go to the Amazon basin with David Attenborough. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been talking to a friend recently about holidays to Canada. She’s considering her first one there and talking to her has made me consider that maybe, just maybe I do want another one.

We both have similar interests so on chatting we’ve identified Vancouver and Vancouver island as a potential holiday spot. I’ve been told that Calgary to Vancouver to Vancouver Island is one of the best drives you can do and that there’s nothing like driving out of Calgary and watching the wall that is the Rockies appear in front of you. Read the rest of this entry »

I saw a friends status update on Facebook yesterday complaining about how he was about to get on a flight and there were hoards of kids waiting to get on with him. He wasn’t looking forward to it but it had a happy ending – he got a row to himself!

I commented on his update and it gave me an idea for this post. I’ve had a fair few flights over the years, some have been fantastic and one or two have been comedy flights to say the least so here are my top 3 ‘comedy’ flight experiences. Read the rest of this entry »