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Travel Content // Making Travel More Affordable*
Most people love to travel, yet it can be an expensive pastime, particularly if you’re travelling with a young family, as travelling solo is expensive enough yet with kids in tow the price mounts up pretty quickly. Of course, there are often reduced child prices for aspects such as meals and tickets to theme parks, but children have an incredible ability to encourage you to buy pretty much anything and everything they see, with no appreciation of the financial strain it incurs. Of course, as a parent, you want to offer your child the best, and particularly when it comes to holidays you want them to have what they crave.…
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5 Money Related Elements to Consider Before Travelling Abroad*
It’s coming up to that time of year where everyone is jetting off on holiday. Sadly I’ve already been on my summer holiday and I’m now back to reality. My holiday went off without a hitch, but that isn’t the same for everyone. If you’re travelling anywhere this summer there will be a lot of things to consider, and one of the biggest worries for travellers is money. How much to take, how to keep their money safe are just a few of the questions commonly asked in these holiday Facebook groups. Today I’m going to be sharing some other questions you should be asking yourself before travelling abroad in…
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Travel Content // Top European Ski Runs and Why They’re The Best*
From our lift passes and snow park, to ski lessons and snowboard courses; at Chill Factore there are a range of activities and facilities to help you get into snow sports. But what are their top recommendations when it comes to hitting the mountains for real? If you’re looking for a great ski holiday then Europe is the place to be as it’s home to some of the world’s most amazing runs and today I’m going to share some of the top of the crops when it comes to beautiful landscapes and adrenaline pumping runs; Credit Parsenn in Switzerland Parsenn is believed to be the ‘birthplace’ of Alpine skiing, and…
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Travel Content // 4 of the Best Travel Destinations in the USA*
Traveling is a great way to not only get away from your busy life and relax a little, but is also a great way to see and explore new cities or countries. While many who travel will go across the world or to a different country, there are plenty of great places to go that are within the confines of the USA. There are many cool things to see, places to eat and things to do that you likely have never experienced before in these cities. Not only that, but traveling within the country can often be more affordable and the culture shock won’t be quite as large. With that…
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Travel Content // Coastal Stays vs Country Stays*
Over the past few years stay cations have been growing in popularity. With the cost of holidays abroad and the failing exchange rate, it’s no surprise people are chosing to enjoy what we have here over jetting off to a beach somewhere. With miles and miles of glorious coastline and countryside, we’re spoiled for choice in the UK when it comes to choosing a destination for our next break. But how do coast and country breaks compare? And do we prefer to feel the sea breeze in our hair or the quietness of the countryside much more appealing? The team at Cottages in Northumberland, a coastal cottages and country breaks…
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Travel Content // An Essential Guide to Travel Photography*
These days everyone lives their life firmly through the lens of a camera, and that includes when they’re travelling. In fact with the rise on Instagram, the popularity of travel photography has snowballed. Heck, I’ve made a whole Instagram on travel photography, well it’s mainly my daughter travelling or at Disney, but still, some how I’ve managed to gain 17,000 Instagram followers in less than 3 years. If you want to get into the whole travel photography movement, the first thing you need to do is invest in a good piece of equipment that functions in all weather and lighting. Olympus cameras are some of the best out there, the…