August 26th - New to the Green List
The new green list announcement – Canada is good to go, Turkey stays on the red list.Sign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24h...
26 Aug 20213min
August 25th - Covid Travel Trap
It’s been described as the unanticipated Covid travel trap – could your vaccination record lose its sheen as early as the end of the year?Gatwick plans a second runway, saying: ‘Here’s one we prepared...
25 Aug 20219min
August 24th - Return to Oz
New green list possibilities?British Airways signals a return to Australia seven months from now – with a faster journey but smaller plane.And could Ryanair be leaving Northern Ireland?Sign up to Simo...
24 Aug 20218min
August 23rd - Too Little Too Late
Action at last against the “cowboy” firms on the government’s register of travel testing providers – but it is too little too late. And let’s talk about tipping – which many travellers find a nightmar...
23 Aug 20219min
August 22nd - Raab in Heat After Crete
This week there’s another traffic light review. I don’t know exactly what changes will be made, but I can guide you through the practicalities.Travel in the former East Germany 32 years after the fall...
22 Aug 20218min
August 21st - Touching Down in Berlin
I’ve just touched down in Berlin, location for probably the world’s least successful new airport project.75 weeks into the coronavirus pandemic, a snapshot of the international travel experience – at ...
21 Aug 20219min
August 20th - Sale on the LNER
News of a seat sale on LNERLikely moves in the next traffic light announcement.And another reminder: you need no test to leave the UKSign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/news...
20 Aug 20217min
August 19th - Spain will Remain
Please stop worrying about Spain going on the red list everybody.Booking “insurance” flights – how to do it.And on the final full day of my trip to Shetland, my top five from the islands. Sign up to S...
19 Aug 20218min
