Quirky Japanese pod hotel has beds that automatically change to an upright position to wake guests up The Millennials is a capsule hotel in Tokyo’s trendy Shibuya district It is made up of ‘SmartPods’ that feature a reclining bed and an iPod Touch Stays start from around £30 per night and the hotel also has co-working spaces … Read more
A slump in passenger numbers as a result of coronavirus has led to an increase in airlines running ‘ghost’ flights to hold on to valuable take-off and landing slots at British airports. The slots are run by the independent slot coordinator ACL on a ‘use it or lose it’ basis, with carriers told to use … Read more
Leaving the car behind for an adventure on foot is the perfect way to discover the pleasure of slow travel. Having hiked high into the cloud forests of Costa Rica and clambered through the vertiginous ruins of Machu Picchu, I’ve become obsessed with how a simple walk can turn a good holiday into a great … Read more
A notorious Rat Pack hangout in the 1950s and 1960s, Palm Springs still draws the glamorous Hollywood set with its sleek, low-rise architecture, broad, palm-lined boulevards and slew of stylish hotels, motels and cocktail bars. There are no direct flights from the UK, but it’s an easy two-hour drive from Los Angeles International Airport. A … Read more
Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: See the gardens of the Cotswolds – including Highgrove House – with The One Show’s Christine Walkden By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:02 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 10:06 GMT, 9 March 2020 Nestled amid Gloucestershire’s pretty rolling hills, the Cotswolds are home to some of Britain’s … Read more
It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee! The best places to get your caffeine fix in New York New York has a thriving scene of independent coffee shops and mini-chains Refuel at Ground Central on Lexington Avenue after a Bloomingdale’s spree Sey Coffee, Brooklyn, is a bright coffee house with a ‘micro-roastery’ in the … Read more
The writer Lawrence Durrell called it ‘islomania’, a condition he described as ‘an affliction of the spirit’ that led sufferers to find islands ‘irresistible’. He caught the bug on Corfu, but I defy you not to turn into an islomaniac after a visit to one of the many beautiful islands off the coast of Scotland. … Read more
You might think this fine old British tradition had gone the same way as red telephone boxes and village post offices. So to discover a pub crawl flourishing in the heart of London, showing tourists Britain at its eccentric best, brought a warm glow to the cheeks of this lifelong aficionado of public houses. On … Read more
Here’s the easy bit. The advice is against ‘all but essential’ travel to mainland China, parts of South Korea and ten towns in northern Italy, due to the coronavirus, while some countries, such as Israel, have started to impose their own travel bans. But what about a holiday in other parts of Italy or if … Read more
Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr recalls his travel adventures – including an occasion when a fan flew him to a gig on their private plane By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 10:45 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 11:36 GMT, 9 March 2020 Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr So which hotel is the … Read more