Professional travel advice to help you save money

Coach holiday expert 🙂

MELANIE

Professional Traveller

British Airways Junior Jet Club Member and trainee tour guide at Disneyland. If that wasn’t enough the proud bearer of a Blue Peter Badge and a bronze medal in disco dancing (yes really!)

LOTTY

Expert Sleeper

As the oldest member of the team (in doggy years) Lotty gets to sleep a lot. She can’t see very much now, or hear very well but she still makes her views known.

CHRISTY

Treat Demon

Able to sniff out a gravy bone or a treat in the local area, Christy loves her food. Every meal time she barks with excitement – similar to her owner?!

Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets

Oscar wilde

Coach Holiday Expert

Get 10 Things You Absolutely Need to Know Before You Book a Coach Holiday – based on the most common issues my guests regularly experience

Compare the top programs visiting the Azores to help you find the ideal trip for you

Coach holiday insider tips and information based on my 25 years at a Tour Manager

Cheap Hotels

Find the cheapest hotel deals to help stretch your travel budget to the max

Free Cheap Hotels Ebook with everything you need to know and guided step by step search

Cheap Flights

How to find cheap flights deals to help your budget go further

Discover search techniques to help you plan new places to visit (with cheap flights too!)

Learn how to dig down and discover the cheapest flights anytime of the year

Travel Hacks

Travel hacks learned during +30 years of professional travel to help you travel smarter

Hacks to help you travel better, more smoothly and be a professional traveller

Fun hacks to make your fellow travellers envious including this plane seat hack!

Airport Lounges

Find out the cheapest way for you to upgrade your airport experience with an airport lounge

Take a quick quiz to find the cheapest way for you to access an airport lounge

Get a free Ebook covering the cheapest access and getting the max visit value

Travel Essentials

Essential travel gear tried and tested after over 30 years of professional travel

Just the things you really need to have a great trip wherever you are travelling too

Check out my Top 10 Travel Essentials to get started!

Coach Holiday Consultancy

Practical help for coach holiday companies to help improve tour experiences, reduce complaints handling and save costs

Support and advice for hotels to improve the group stay experience and minimise complaints and issues

Destinations

Scottish Highlands

• Inverness Hotels
• Things to Do In Inverness
• Reelig Glen
• Plodda Falls
• Gairloch
• Inverness Airport Lounge

Europe

• The Azores
• Azores Holiday Comparisons
• Istanbul
• Valencia (coming soon)
• Algarve (coming soon)
• Azerbaijan (coming soon)
• Alicante (coming soon)

England

• Birmingham
• Lake District (Grasmere)

It’s better to travel well than to arrive

Buddha

Latest Blog Posts

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  Newton Stewart
  Review of One Week Stay in Newton Stewart, November 2020 In November 2020 I spent a lovely week in Newton Stewart in a self catering cottage called Minnow Cottage, a one bedroom cottage on the ground floor set beside the River… Read More »Newton Stewart
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  Azores Holiday Comparisons
  Are you thinking of a taking an Azores holiday? Do you want to compare the options from the most popular holiday companies? Do you want inside tips and information relating to the program what’s included from someone who knows the Azores… Read More »Azores Holiday Comparisons
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  Coach Holiday Group Arrival
  The hotel arrival is the first impression that guests on a coach holiday get. It can often colour their view of the stay and their hotel experience. This case study relates to a coach holiday group arrival at a UK hotel… Read More »Coach Holiday Group Arrival
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  9 Reasons Why A Coach Holiday is Great
  1 – A Lot Included In a Coach Holiday If you have done your research and got all your relevant questions answered then you should have a very clear idea of what you are getting with a coach holiday. You could… Read More »9 Reasons Why A Coach Holiday is Great
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  Coach Holidays and Covid19
  Coach Holidays and Covid19 – Impacts & Issues Airlines have already been promoting what they are going to do to keep their travellers safe, introducing everything from compulsory face masks, to extra cleaning as well as removing onboard bistro services, cash… Read More »Coach Holidays and Covid19
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  Reelig Glen
  Reelig Glen – A Gorgeous Circular Walk The Professional Traveller • Sep 13, 2020+Add Section This is a fantastic walk with everything you could wish for – a riverside walk, a grotto, amazing trees and a couple of waterfalls too. It’s… Read More »Reelig Glen

Do not dare, not to dare

C S Lewis