Same sex couples can now be married at sea with P&O and Cunard
476 Two cruise companies, P&O Cruises and Cunard, have announced that same-sex couples will be able to say “I Do” while on-board one of their ships. This comes following a…
Italy rolls out the red carpet along the Italian Riviera
735 You can now channel your favourite Hollywood stars and walk along 50km of red carpet in the Italian region of Liguria, known as the Italian Riviera. The red carpet…
Luxury cruise liner turns into ghost ship due to pirates
976 A luxury cruise liner carrying 1,900 passengers turned into a ghost ship at night when travelling through the world’s most dangerous waters. The dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed, as a…
Honolulu makes it illegal to text and cross the road at the same time
439 From October 2017, pedestrians are banned from texting or looking at their mobile phone while crossing a road in Honolulu, Hawaii. Anyone caught doing so will face fines of…
London’s Big Ben to be silenced for the next 4 years
729 Hear all about it! Big Ben is about to be silenced. The world heritage site, which overlooks the Thames, sits in the belfry of the Grade I listed 96…
Hundreds of holidaymakers left Gatwick Airport without their luggage
350 Holidaymakers were left without their luggage this weekend because of a system failure at Gatwick Airport. A number of bags were not put on the flights leaving from the…
British holidaymakers get takeaways delivered to their deck chair by jet ski
562 London-based online food delivery company, Deliveroo, is trialling an innovative way of transporting takeaways from kitchen to beach. Hungry holidaymakers relaxing on Bournemouth’s sandy beaches were able to order…
Tour operator ends price discrimination for single-parent family holidays
427 A tour operator has come up with package deals that it claims puts an end to “pricing discrimination” for single parent family holidays. Resorts normally base prices on two…
How trusting are you? Would you join a cruise to destination unknown?
511 Passengers will have to throw caution to the wind for 21 days when they join Saga Sapphire’s new three-week secret cruise because they will have no idea where they…
Ras Al Khaimah – The World’s Longest Zip Line
982 UPDATE AS OF 01 FEBRUARY 2018: the ‘Jebel Jais Flight’ zip line has officially been declared a world record breaker at 2.8km (almost 10,000ft) long, beating the previous record…