Today is Blue Monday – Cheer Up and Start Planning a Holiday!

It’s gloomy, raining, dreary, cold and damp.  Everyone looks fed up.  No wonder… Today, January 19, has the honour of being the ‘most depressing day of the year’.  This year, many believe it is the most depressing Blue Monday ever! …

Australian Dream Job – Best Job in the World!

This is certainly nice work if you can get it.  In case you live in a cave and missed all the media buzz, there were more than 200,000 applicants in 24 hours (crashing the website) for the advertised job as…

Scheduled Airline Failure – Does Your Travel Insurance Provide Adequate Cover?

With today’s uncertain travel climate and recent history of so many airlines and tour companies going belly up, travellers are understandably cautious about where and with whom they book.  For the best protection always make sure that a tour operator,…

Bali Rabies Warning and Travel Advice

If you or someone you know has plans to escape the winter gloom and jet off to paradise, please be aware of a recent health warning issued by the Foreign Office.  We tend to worry about mosquito bites in tropical…

Skiing the Rockies? Avalanche Statistics No Joke

It’s no secret in skiing circles that the Rockies of North America and Canada tend to receive obscenely wonderful amounts of snow each ski season.  Skiers and boarders flock there to make their tracks in the white gold.  However, a…

New Visa Rules for America (USA) – Very Important!

If you plan to visit the United States please make note of the following – and pass it along to friends, family, work colleagues – and anyone you know who is thinking of visiting the U.S.

According to today’s news reports, more than fifty percent of…

Flying off to Warmer Climes? Not all Birds Migrate…

If you are lucky enough to be flying south in search of warmer climes, spare a thought for our feathered friends - the ones which do not migrate but spend the winters with us in the UK.  The RSPB asks that we help our birds and give them a better…

Barack Obama Inauguration as President – January 20

Make a note on your calendar that Tuesday, January 20, 2009 is the date for the Inauguration (swearing in) of Barack Obama as 56th President of the United States.  If you are not able to witness it in person there will…

Man Loses His Pants on Vail Ski Lift

Wow… I don’t think there’s any provision in a ski insurance policy to cover this man’s embarrassment – not to mention the cold, dangly bits.  The Mail Online ran the story about it – with pictures.

It’s easy…

Ski News – 2008-2009 Bumper Snow Season so Far

If you have been cautiously waiting and watching to see if the snowfall across Europe and the Alps is going to last you may now have to scramble to find a late ski deal!  Snow has been falling steadily across…