Honest advice on where and how to travel without a car. Travelling car-free doesn’t limit you!
Choosing a car-free holiday has a reputation for being expensive, so I’ve put together some tips for travelling cheaply without a car. I personally believe that travelling by public transport is the best way to see a country. In the UK, it’s pretty easy to organise and plan, but it can be expensive. I’ve never…
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A car free holiday is a dream to me. The train is my favourite way to travel. Probably closely followed by ferry. A lot of people want to travel more sustainably, but it’s easy to think of public transport as just delays and inconvenience. I’ve never owned a car, and I haven’t lived in a…
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When the world realised that travel was on hold for the foreseeable future, lots of museums and zoos started to open themselves up on camera. I can’t resist a penguin walking through an aquarium, but I wanted something more interactive than that. These are the best free virtual travel events that I found! They have…
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“I see we’ve hit peak bullshit,” Ben announced when we walked into the 3rd floor of the Guggenheim. We were both very hungover and tired, and neither of us are modern art fans. We’d already wandered through video installations we didn’t understand and heard telephones ringing which really isn’t good for a hangover. This room…
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Greeted with champagne, a flat bed to sleep on and chef-quality food: it’s the right way to fly long haul. But, it’s expensive and has a bigger environmental footprint than flying economy, so is flying business with British Airways really worth it? Ben and I flew to Costa Rica from London Gatwick on a Boeing…
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Get Your Guide brings to together over 50,000 experiences that can be booked in towns and cities all over the world. Three friends created the site after they visited a city they didn’t know, and couldn’t find how to enjoy themselves properly without a guide. When they returned home, they wanted to allow other travellers…
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Some of these predictions for 2020 are realistic and some are a bit more about wishful thinking, but hopefully they will all materialise. 1. People will increasingly shop small We already know why we should shop at independent places for sustainability of our home towns and tourist destinations, but I think we’ll buy more of…
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Local, authentic experiences are vital for getting to know a city, but it can be hard to know where to turn to for genuine activities that are more revealing than the pages of a guidebook. So, for this comparison I went to Airbnb and Get Your Guide for two experiences in Crete within the same…
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