Who should you turn to for foreign currency, traveller's cheques or currency cards? There are dozens of providers out there, charging different commission fees and exchange rates. Our latest Website Of The Week is a comparison site that may have all the answers. ...read
Struggling to get compensation from a travel company who have sold you short? Our latest Website Of The Week, www.holidaytravelwatch.net, may have a few helpful answers.
How to avoid causing unintended offence while abroad? Our latest Website Of The Week, culturecrossing.net, aims to help by explaining social niceties across the globe. Fred Mawer takes a look.
Almost everyone has a 'perfect holiday read' up their sleeve. But if you are looking for something in tune with your destination, try packabook.co.uk, says Fred Mawer.
Planning a car journey in England? Our latest Website Of The Week is just the thing to combat those traffic-jam blues - www.trafficengland.com can tell you where the troublespots are.
Forget search engines, this 'find engine' takes your holiday details, then comes back to you with accommodation to suit your specifications. So how successful is it? ...read
If the idea of musty tents and damp sleeping bags leaves you cold then should try glamorous camping - or glamping. This website pools the poshest campsites around, but does it know its tipis from its yurts?
With the school summer holidays round the corner, Fred Mawer takes a look at www.awaywiththekids.co.uk to see if it's possible to find the ultimate family-friendly break.
Looking for a hotel at short notice? In his latest Website Of The Week, Fred Mawer goes hunting for bargain last-minute room deals via booking specialist www.laterooms.com.
Stuck for ideas as to where to take that honeymoon? Fred Mawer's latest Website Of The Week is a site that makes picking that post-wedding break much easier.
In the latest edition of his Website Of The Week column, Fred Mawer takes a remote tour of San Francisco via the tips and advice provided by www.virtualtourist.com. How does he get to Alcatraz? And will he wander up the Coit Tower? Find out here. ...read
You may well be familiar with using price-comparison websites to help you dig out the best deals. Now new website Hotelscombined.com has found a way of offering the best hotel deals too. Fred Mawer checks it out.
Dreamt up by TV presenter Kate Humble, Stuffyourrucksack.com encourages anyone visiting a developing country to take with them things that could be given to needy charities.
Considering alternative methods of transport as the ash cloud hovers and airline strikes bite? Fred Mawer assesses the gateway to European train travel that is www.raileurope.co.uk.
Holiday insurance can be one of the most worrying things for the discerning traveller, especially those with a medical condition. Fred Mawer asks whether myholidayinsurance.com can help provide an answer.
With ash clouds, strikes and a wobbly economy all convincing us to stay at home this summer, Fred Mawer checks out The Camping and Caravanning Club website for some holiday tips.
Buying rail tickets online before you travel ensures you don't have to face long queues or the glare of an inspector at the station. MyTrainTicket.co.uk promises to make the booking process easy...but does it?
Fred Mawer reviews www.airlinemeals.net which claims to be 'the world's largest and leading website about nothing but airline food'. Food for thought indeed.
Given the monumental headaches that the volcanic ash from Iceland has caused Britons over the past week, Fred Mawer highlights five of the most useful websites for sorting out travel-related problems.
Heading to the Continent this summer and planning to indulge in some wine tasting, and perhaps stock up on a few bottles, while you're there? You've come to the right place, says Fred Mawer.
These days, there are almost as many price comparison websites for 'cheap' flights as there are airlines themselves. Fred Mawer thinks he has found a solution...
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