A subsidiary of one of the UK’s biggest train operators has announced it is reducing off-peak travel periods on some routes. The move by CrossCountry Trains on its services operating between southwest England and Scotland will see the price of some tickets double.
CrossCountry, owned by German transport company Arriva, has confirmed that morning off-peak travel [...]

Essential Travel revealed that major consumer brands involved in travel insurance such as Barclays, American Express and the Post Office, are giving holiday makers the run around and making customers pay as much as 50 percent in excess of the regular going rate in Britain.
Essential Travel said top companies with widespread household reputations manage to [...]

A tour operator in New Zealand is facing trouble with authorities because it has hired travelling backpackers to impersonate Maori and entertain tourists.
The tour company Discovery Heritage Group located in the city of Tauranga on the North Island, paid backpackers hailing from Israel and France to disguise themselves using feathered robes as well as pen-drawn [...]

Manchester Airport has received two major accolades in a single week.
During a London ceremony of the Travel Weekly Globe Awards at the Mayfair, the facility was awarded with the title of best regional airport.
Although the airport received a football size trophy, the prize was later reported to have been stolen right off the representatives’ table, [...]

A recent survey suggests that Britons are increasingly making their holiday arrangement online.
Crashpadder.com, a network of international homestay accommodations, has surveyed more than1,200 people and discovered that a staggering 72% of them are planning to use web-based services to research their vacation options this year, which represents a net increase of 8% in just one [...]

A series of rare travel books, including one which was the property of Captain Cook, has generated more than £300,000 at an auction in Edinburgh.
The sale, initiated by The Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust, ws carried out in order to raise funds to safeguards other books in its library.
Amongst the sold items was a rare 1815 [...]