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A snowmobile day trip ‘Brake, brake, brake, you idiot,’ (it was actually far worse than that but too rude to repeat here) shouts my husband as I careen wildly off the icy pathway, into the snow-covered banking, clinging desperately to the handlebars. Trees loom large in front of us, disturbingly …

Bummer! It’s that time of year when my annual travel insurance needs renewing, and given I’m about to head off to India, I can put it off no longer. I’ve suffered a few travel insurance horror stories in my time from being told that I should carry my dive regulators …

I have a confession to make… I have become a travel snob! Package holidays are something I have snubbed for over ten years. Hordes of drunken Brits making a nuisance of themselves in hotels around Europe is not my idea of fun. I don’t go away to spend time in …

Are you ok? Finding a text on my phone is not an unusual experience when travelling. However finding a text on my phone from a work colleague asking me ‘whether I am ok in light of today’s events’ is somewhat more alarming, especially as I have no idea what she …

Official figures from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s (FCO’s) annual British Behaviour Abroad Report 2013 indicate that 19,000 Brits needed assistance in 2012/13. 3,599 British people were hospitalised and over 6,000 Brits died whilst overseas These are frightening stats! In a foreign country, it seems we throw caution to the …