Italy: Florence bans evening walks after 9pm
1.3K It is hard to resist an evening walk in a city as romantic as Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, but now tourists are going to have to. Though…
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic rolling out fast-track lanes for double jabbed travellers at Heathrow
1.1K Hot on the heels of the UK government announcement of the scrapping of self-isolation for fully vaccinated travellers from amber list countries comes news of a pilot scheme to…
No more quarantine for double-jabbed travellers from amber list countries from 19 July
972 Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced today that quarantine-free travel from the amber list countries for fully vaccinated people and their children will start on July 19. This new…
Billionaire Branson blasts into suborbital space
911 Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is now officially a space tourist. The flight was the 22nd test flight of VSS Unity and the first test flight with a full…
Italy bans cruise ships from Venice lagoon after UNESCO blacklist threat
1K Italy has permanently banned cruise ships from docking at the world heritage site of Venice. This issue has been making waves for some years. Locals and the wider community…
Croatia puts in place measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 along its Adriatic coast.
959 Croatia’s Adriatic coast is a vital resource for the economic benefits that tourism brings. Fearing this could be at risk due to the rising COVID numbers the Croatian government…
Cruise News: Norwegian Cruise Line returns to cruise
1.1K Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) celebrated its cruise comeback with a double debut: Norwegian Jade was not only the first of its 17-ship fleet to welcome guests after 500 days,…
Q&A: If I travel to the Thai island of Phuket under “Phuket Sandbox”, how soon can I visit the other islands?
Thailand: The "Phuket Sandbox" came into force on July 1 and means the country could trial a soft opening of its borders to allow visits without quarantine.
Jet2 apps can store Covid-19 test results
1.4K Holidaymakers travelling with airline and tour operator Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will now be able to take advantage of a ‘useful documents’ folder feature on mobile apps. This means customers…
TRAVEL NEWS: Double-jabbed travellers from US & EU can enter England without quarantine
979 The UK government has confirmed that from 4 am on Monday 2nd August, travellers from the US and EU who have been fully vaccinated and can prove it, will…