Puttin’ On the Ritz! Hotels that get VERY creative to make sure their guests keep coming back

Puttin’ On the Ritz! Hotels that get VERY creative to make sure their guests keep coming back

By Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline Published: 08:50 BST, 26 September 2023 | Updated: 10:15 BST, 26 September 2023 Some hotels are just a place to lay your head while travelling, but others go above and beyond. People have taken to social media to share the most creative things they have seen in hotels around the … Read more

What the world wants on its bucket list: Fascinating map reveals every country’s dream experience – and it’s visiting the Maldives that’s No.1 overall

What the world wants on its bucket list: Fascinating map reveals every country’s dream experience – and it’s visiting the Maldives that’s No.1 overall

A fascinating reworked world map reveals the most popular bucket list experiences in countries around the globe – and it’s visiting the Maldives that’s number one. On the map – generated using Google search data – country names have been supplemented with their residents’ most-searched-for bucket-list experiences. Researchers drew up a list of 119 bucket-list … Read more

Expedia Air Travel Hacks Report: How to save a fortune on your holiday from Australia by booking on a Sunday and taking off on a Friday after 3pm

Expedia Air Travel Hacks Report: How to save a fortune on your holiday from Australia by booking on a Sunday and taking off on a Friday after 3pm

An eye-opening new travel report has revealed the best days to book and fly to save you time and money this year – as Australians continue to battle delays, eyewatering flight prices and the rising cost of living. Expedia today launched its 2024 Air Travel Hacks Report in a bid to assist Aussies in planning … Read more

I’m from Minnesota and I passed my ‘Life in the UK’ test – because I knew answers to questions most native Brits probably couldn’t answer

I’m from Minnesota and I passed my ‘Life in the UK’ test – because I knew answers to questions most native Brits probably couldn’t answer

Brian Klaas reveals what it’s like to take the ‘Life in the UK’ test I’m a statriotic Minnesotan, but after 12 years, the time has come: I’m going to become a dual citizen. When I arrived at a bleak office building to take my ‘Life in the UK’ test – a necessary rite of passage … Read more

From Big Ben in Peter Pan to the fairytale castle in Frozen: Disney reveals 30 real-world locations that have inspired its most-loved films over the past 100 years

From Big Ben in Peter Pan to the fairytale castle in Frozen: Disney reveals 30 real-world locations that have inspired its most-loved films over the past 100 years

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, The Walt Disney Company has opened its vaults to reveal a list of 30 locations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa that have inspired, and featured in, its films and theme parks over the past century. These locations and productions are presented in a series of paired photographs, so fans … Read more

Train vs plane: Travel experts pit a British Airways flight against a 125mph Avanti West Coast express in a race from Manchester to London – and the footage is fascinating

Train vs plane: Travel experts pit a British Airways flight against a 125mph Avanti West Coast express in a race from Manchester to London – and the footage is fascinating

By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor Published: 09:47 BST, 23 September 2023 | Updated: 09:47 BST, 23 September 2023 Avanti’s trains whisk passengers between Manchester Piccadilly railway station and London Euston in a little over two hours. So is the plane realistic competition for such a short journey? Is the inevitable airport faff worth enduring? … Read more

Britain’s RUDEST place names from Scratchy Bottom to Bell End – how many have YOU visited?

Britain’s RUDEST place names from Scratchy Bottom to Bell End – how many have YOU visited?

From Scratchy Bottom to Bell End, Shitterton to Cockermouth, the UK is notorious for it’s hilariously rude sounding place names. Who wouldn’t want to pay a visit to Fingringhoe in Colchester? Or spend a weekend in the quaint village of Crapstone in Devon? The X (formerly known as Twitter) account, No Context Brits, has shared … Read more

Massachusetts couple who live on an off-grid farm in PANAMA reveal brutal downsides to their remote lifestyle – from suffering through freezing cold showers to going SIX YEARS without a TOILET

Massachusetts couple who live on an off-grid farm in PANAMA reveal brutal downsides to their remote lifestyle – from suffering through freezing cold showers to going SIX YEARS without a TOILET

Living the dream life isn’t always so dreamy — as one Massachusetts couple have revealed.  YouTube content creators Kaylee Dubeau and Jordan Saglio spent years traveling through central America in a converted school van before settling on the leafy climbs of western Panama. The couple — who have more than 390,000 subscribers — purchased a … Read more

Want to save money? Work on a cruise ship: I live 24/7 aboard a massive boat and spend barely anything

Want to save money? Work on a cruise ship: I live 24/7 aboard a massive boat and spend barely anything

A woman who works on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has revealed how much she spends each day on board, and it’s a lot cheaper than you would think. Alley Kerr, who goes by ‘Wanderlust Alley’ on TikTok and YouTube, works as a dance captain and general manager on the Liberty of the Seas ship, often … Read more

You’ve been dating all wrong! Relationship expert’s top tips for the ultimate first date – from the perfect duration to the one mistake that’ll kill the conversation

You’ve been dating all wrong! Relationship expert’s top tips for the ultimate first date – from the perfect duration to the one mistake that’ll kill the conversation

Relationship expert Jacob Lucas has more than 750,000 followers on his TikTok channel ‘jacoblucas101’ Dating is a minefield – and a first date can often feel particularly incendiary, with those involved usually a bag of nerves, paranoid about saying or doing the wrong thing. No one knows this better than relationship expert Jacob Lucas, 31. And … Read more