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Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Can I visit the US with only six months remaining on my passport?
Tuesday 09 April 2013
Q. I am going to the US in late June. My current passport is valid until mid-December. Will it be OK to use this passport or should I get a new one?
Mike Truss
Festivals – but not as we know them: the next generation of music weekenders is here
Friday 05 April 2013
Music in a muddy field? No, summer rock has changed
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Jabs for India's Golden Triangle
Friday 05 April 2013
Q. I would like to know what jabs I should have for travelling to India in November 2013. It is a tour of the "Golden Triangle".
Marian Ivory
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Flights from Detroit to the UK
Thursday 04 April 2013
Q. Do you know of any airline that flies direct to Detroit from the UK? Who, and from where, please?
Jenni Willows
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Recommendations for Perth
Wednesday 03 April 2013
Q. Any recommendations for staying in Perth this month? I had an apartment booked in the Fremantle but the owner has just cancelled my booking. My young family and I are staying in Perth only for 20 nights.
Edith Owusu
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Advice for a Cyprus wedding
Tuesday 02 April 2013
Q. We are about to pay £3,000 for a one-week all inclusive holiday in Cyprus for a family wedding. We are worried that with all the banking issues that we might pay five-star and get two-star because staff, suppliers and even the hotel have not been paid. Can you advise?
Claire Binmore
More than 220 Latvians rescued after drifting to sea on ice floes
Friday 29 March 2013
Helicopters and Navy ships rescued 220 Latvians who drifted to sea today, trapped on huge floating slabs of ice.
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Chasing April sunshine on a budget
Thursday 28 March 2013
Q. My girlfriend and I are looking to go away in the second week of April for a week. We're on a budget, looking for sun, preferably half board or all inclusive. Any suggestions?
Marc Doman
Don't come on in... the water's terrible: major reduction in number of recommended beaches
Wednesday 27 March 2013
A dip in the sea will be the last thing on many people’s minds this Easter – but that may be for the best on some parts of the coast, with the quality of seawater dramatically worsening at famous British bathing spots because of last year’s heavy summer rainfall.
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Will we have any problems on our Cyprus trip?
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Q. We are going to Cyprus on 14 April. Do you think we will have any problems?
Lesley-Jane Smith
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: When your plane's stuck on the Tarmac
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Q. During the weekend's snow, my wife and daughter were sitting on a plane at Belfast for over three hours heading to Scotland. Did they have any rights to food or water?
David Lofthouse
Tips and deals of the week: Cotswold Outdoor, Cabana Bay Beach Resort and BA to Granada
Saturday 23 March 2013
The kit
Former tennis star Jennifer Capriati charged after allegedly punching her ex-boyfriend Ivan Brannan
Friday 22 March 2013
Former tennis star Jennifer Capriati has been charged after police said she punched her ex-boyfriend on Valentine's Day while he was working out at a gym.
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Don't cancel your Cyprus holiday
Thursday 21 March 2013
Q. I have booked a family holiday for a two-week trip to Cyprus this August. We've only paid a small deposit so far. Given the economic crisis do you think it prudent to cancel now rather than risk thousands on a holiday which is now at risk?
Peter Gross
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