Green Travel: Five Eco-Friendly Holiday Homes

It is assumed that “green travel” is reserved for those with long, unwashed hair and a penchant for combat trousers and cork sandals. On the contrary, green travel is arguably the next big concept in responsible tourism and is something families are seeking in order to extend their commitment to the environment when they travel.Continue reading
A Triple take on Easter travel

Ok, we’ll say it since no one else will, Easter confuses us. It’s the only holiday that doesn’t have a set date and if a terrifyingly huge gold foil rabbit didn’t turn up somewhere every year we probably wouldn’t know what was going on. So, to mark the holiday and its traditional element of surpriseContinue reading
Flickr Friday – Christmas trees around the world

In this week’s Flickr Friday, we’re taking a look at Christmas trees in cities across the world. Many urban centres try to outdo each another with the biggest, brightest and most cleverly designed Christmas trees that their top creative minds can come up with. A lot of the time there’s also a story behind them;Continue reading
Christmas in New York

New York is one of those places where Christmas is undeniably magical, especially for us foreigners. Having grown up with holiday movies set in New York, many of us have associated family joy over the festive period with this city since we were kids, and whether your inspiration be Elf, Home Alone or Miracle onContinue reading
Happy Hanukkah

This year, the festival of Hanukkah takes place between Saturday 8th December and Sunday 16th December. Also known as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah is a happy and joyous celebration in the Jewish calendar and is a time when Jewish communities across the world come together to give gifts, eat and drink and of course lightContinue reading
