News & Advice

Ruth says: 'I fell in love with New Orleans. I found it intoxicating - the music, the laissez-faire attitude and the warmth, spirit and soul of the people.'

My Life In Travel: Ruth Wilson, actress

'In Namibia you're surrounded by the sounds of nature'

Inside News & Advice

Travel Agenda: Mongolian festival of Naadam; InterContinental's new style-driven brand; Womad Festival

Saturday, 11 July 2009

Something To Declare: London digs and cheap tickets; Indonesia; Kenya

Saturday, 11 July 2009

Where to go, how to save, what to avoid

Travel By Numbers: World Heritage sites

Saturday, 11 July 2009

As the longest aqueduct in Britain joins Unesco's premier league of global attractions, Ben Ross assesses the dimensions of the list's other highlights

Britons 'worst-behaved tourists in Europe'

Friday, 10 July 2009

Britons are the worst-behaved tourists in Europe, according to continental hoteliers.

Number of travellers using UK airports declines

Friday, 10 July 2009

The number of air travellers using major UK airports declined to its lowest level for nine months in June, BAA said today.

Targets urged to cut Heathrow stacking

Friday, 10 July 2009

Targets to eliminate excessive aircraft stacking - where planes queue up to land - must be set if a third runway is built at Heathrow, a report by MPs said today.

Cruisers wait on bug-hit ship

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Passengers are waiting to find out when they would be allowed to disembark a ship at the centre of a vomiting bug outbreak which is cutting short its voyage.

Crossed lines: Untangling Britain's rail networks

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

The troubles of National Express have provoked despair at the state of our rail network. But are things really that bad? Simon Calder investigates