United Kingdom
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Monday, 7 May 2012 | Views [736]
Heading to England this summer? Off to see The Olympics? Be prepared for being an unwilling participant in the great British tradition - queueing! In recent weeks inbound passengers have found themselves in hours-long queues just to get through immigration.... Read more >
Tags: europe, travel-alert, travel-transport, united kingdom
Monday, 6 Feb 2012 | Views [370]
Anyone heading to Europe in February knows to expect cold weather and adverse conditions, but the cold snap
gripping the continent in 2012 is unprecedented. Snow in places that
don’t usually see it, such as Corsica in the Med’!
Further north ... Read more >
Tags: europe, travel-safety, uk
Friday, 26 Aug 2011 | Views [702]
Cover for Natural Disasters – Millstream When a natural disaster event occurs before or while you are travelling each of our World Nomads policies may respond in a slightly different way. Factors that affect cover include the type of event, the individual ... Read more >
Wednesday, 24 Aug 2011 | Views [410] | Video
The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office has released a video which gives us an insight into consular incidents across the globe over a real 24 hour period. The video, shows a map of the world and plots the location of 1000s of incidents ... Read more >
Tags: travel-safety, united kingdom
Monday, 22 Aug 2011 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 22 Aug 2011 | Views [536]
In terms of its beauty, Northern Ireland is no
different to the south, with gentle green rolling hills, majestic cliff faces
and ancient grey stone ruins dotted throughout. In fact it lays claim to one of
Ireland’s most popular natural tourist ... Read more >
Tags: crime, europe, northern ireland, terrorism, travel-safety, united kingdom
Tuesday, 9 Aug 2011 | Views [1595] | Comments [1] | Video
For travellers (and their friends) in London, it's a pretty horrendous time. Rioting, looting and civil unrest have plagued the city. Police are struggling to contain the problem, which seems to be spiralling out of control as it spreads out to ... Read more >
Tags: danger, london, looting, riots, travel-safety
Tuesday, 9 Aug 2011 | Views [4277] | Video
London is in the grip of a third night of violence with riots and looting spreading across many areas of the city. London's police chiefs have recommended that Londoners lock themselves in their homes and avoid the streets. What started as a clash ... Read more >
Tags: europe, riot, travel-alert, united kingdom
Friday, 3 Jun 2011 | Views [692]
September 11 was a decade ago, but the
threat of serious terrorist attacks still looms for much of the world,
especially England
In July 2005, London was shaken by bombings
in three underground trains at King’s Cross station, a bus and other ... Read more >
Tags: england, europe, terror, travel-safety, travel-terrorism, united kingdom
Thursday, 2 Jun 2011 | Views [504]
Being a bit of the UK that sticks out in
the Atlantic Ocean it makes sense that Wales ‘enjoys’ a maritime climate.
Enjoy is perhaps not the right word. Wales is
very rainy and foggy. It gets a lot of warm, moist air from the tropical air
mass.... Read more >
Tags: europe, travel-tips, wales, weather
Friday, 27 May 2011 | Views [592]
England is not overly
violent, but petty crime is common. You should be OK overall in Central London,
but watch out in downtrodden areas like Brixton and Peckham and Shepherds Bush
Green after dark. King’s Cross can also be dodgy.
You’ll ... Read more >
Tags: crime, england, europe, travel-crime, travel-safety-tips, united kingdom
Sunday, 3 Apr 2011 | Views [703]
The cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland can provide
culturally-pleasing and entertaining stays. The capital city draws-in droves
each year, including attendees to the comedy festival in August. Glasgow, once
Edinburgh’s seedier little ... Read more >
Tags: crime, europe, scotland, travel-safety, united kingdom
Sunday, 3 Apr 2011 | Views [1272]
Both driving and walking the streets of major
urban areas like London can be tricky in England. The traffic is often slowed to a crawl by congestion, but when
they get a bit of open road mo torists are often speedy and reckless.
The ... Read more >
Tags: england, europe, transport, travel-tips, united kingdom
Wednesday, 12 Jan 2011 | Views [439]
The Welsh are a very proud people, and
justly so with a long cultural heritage and identity which has survived against
the odds. Some would say the Welsh are just a tad too quick to break out into
nationalistic song about their comrades, past privations ... Read more >
Tags: europe, travel-safety, violence, wales
Monday, 20 Dec 2010 | Views [942] | Comments [1]
Snowstorms in the UK and Europe caused complete bedlam in the lead-up to Christmas – normally the busiest travel time of the year. The storms have caused the cancellation of flights for hundreds of thousands of domestic and international travellers.... Read more >
Tags: cancellation, europe, flights, snowstorms, stranded, travel-alert, uk
Thursday, 2 Dec 2010 | Views [1166]
Update: UK weather experts are predicting a return to freezing conditions leading to Christmas. Temperatures will start falling from Friday December 17th, with a high chance of further snow falls. Travellers are being warned to allow extra time as ... Read more >
Tags: accident, chaos, europe, flight delay, france, germany, snow storm, switzerland, travel-alert, uk
Friday, 14 May 2010 | Views [1379]
Unite, the trade union for British Airways (BA) cabin crew, has announced its intention to take strike action between 18 May 2010 and 9 June 2010. Please refer to the British Airways website for further information regarding flight departures booked ... Read more >
Tags: airlines, british airways, strike, transport, travel-alert, travel-insurance
