Everything you need to know before catching the Paris Eurostar May 10, 2021 Remember when all you needed to leave the country was a ticket and your passport? Quite apart from the fact that holidays remain illegal, even if you do have a “reasonable excuse” to travel – say, for work – the paperwork required is extremely complicated and the Covid testing both inconvenient and costly (I needed [...]
2021 travel trends, from the ‘workation’ to the ‘try-again trip’ January 13, 2021 In 2021, “Vaccine VIPs” – a name coined by my travel trend forecasting agency Globetrender – will be the most privileged people in society. Immunity passports, while dystopian, will become a reality in some form or another (CommonPass and IATA are both developing apps to display globally recognised health status certificates). Those citizens who are [...]
A haunt of filmstars in search of peace and privacy, Palm Springs is California’s worst kept secret December 20, 2019 Palm Springs is a balmy Californian desert town about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, and ever since the 1930s, Hollywood actors have been retreating here to escape fans and flashbulbs. Famous for its Insta-ready palm trees and stark, mid-century modern architecture, it provides a great base for hiking and horse riding, as well as [...]