British holiday information

Travel insurance will be a must after 31 March 2009 for travel between Jersey and the UK. Anyone living in the UK and visiting Jersey, or living in Jersey and visiting the UK after 31 March 2009, needs to be aware that from 1 April 2009 the reciprocal health agreement that has been in place [...]

As the weak pound attracts increasing numbers of tourists from abroad, Pontin’s is gearing itself up to accommodate additional visitors. Less than a month after it announced the decision to close Pontin’s Hemsby, Ocean Parcs – the owner of Pontin’s – has announced a huge £50 million investment to develop and refurbish its holiday parks. [...]

The number of Michelin Star restaurants is on the rise. The recent publication of the Michelin Guide has seen a record number of restaurants receive the Michelin Star award – 26 new one-star and four new two-star restaurants. Of the 26 new one-star establishments, 18 are outside London – 14 in England and four in [...]

What a week it has been for Lapland style attractions and the poor families who had booked to visit. First to make the news this week was the Lapland Experience in the New Forest which opened on the 28 November. As reported in my previous post, there were hundreds of complaints about Lapland Experience – [...]