Make a conscious effort to be a pleasant co-passenger
Indians are not known as the best co-passengers. They tend to be loud, have little or no sense of...
Four ways to save money while on a holiday in Chile
South America, and Chile in particular, can be surprisingly pricey for travellers but, with a little thought, it is...
Travel for travel’s sake: When you have to go, you have to go
Today, May 3, 2019, S. Vikram of Madurai is leaving home. He is off on an epic journey from...
Indonesia & Malaysia emerge top Muslim-friendly travel destinations
Jakarta (TAN): Indonesia and Malaysia share the top spot in the Mastercard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2019. The...
My travel style has changed over the years. Here’s how
My eyes were fixed on the Kolkata airport terminal building as the Thai AirAsia aircraft I was in taxied...
How Facebook can make your trip better and cut costs
Love it or hate it, Facebook has changed the world. Whether the cons more than the pros is a...
What you believe is an ‘authentic’ and ‘real’ experience during travel is what counts
At a time destinations such as Venice, Barcelona, Dubrovnik and Machu Pichhu are introducing tickets and tourist taxes to...
Seabourn cruise line to serve premium caviar to guests
Seattle (TAN): Seabourn cruise will serve premium quality caviar on board its five ships, beginning in the next few...
Plane-to-plane taxi for BA premium fliers at Heathrow
London (TAN): British Airways has launched a new electric taxi service within London’s Heathrow Airport to shuttle its premium...
‘The Sweater Guy’ knits sweaters of holiday spots, takes selfies
New York City (TAN): Travel can do you wonders, or at least bring out your creative best. And that’s what...
Queensland to get more Qantas flights
Cairns (TAN): Qantas has announced an increase in seating capacity and frequency across the company’s Queensland routes, from March 31,...
San Francisco is TAP Air Portugal’s new destination
December 26 (TravelAndy): TAP Air Portugal has announced San Francisco as its new destination, with five flights operating between Lisbon...
India’s first wheelchair taxis to roll out in Goa
December 23 (TravelAndy): In an attempt to make Goa accessible for tourists with mobility challenges, Enable Travel, a travel company...
US tour operators name Italy as 2019 ‘hot’ destination
December 19 (NITN): The tour operator members of the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) have named Italy the...
Rann Utsav: A celebration of all things Kutch
December 18 (TravelAndy): The Rann of Kutch we have all read about in geography textbooks comes alive during Rann Utsav,...
Cash-strapped Jet Airways cuts down on free meals
December 4 (TravelAndy): The cash-strapped Jet Airways on Monday announced it would stop free meals for most of its...
Vietjet offers free tickets as part of festive promotion
November 27 (TravelAndy): Vietjet is offering hundreds of free tickets and activities as part of its festival promotional campaign....
Credit cards de-demonised: Why you should use them
Credit cards. Those guys from the bank call all the time pestering you to take one. But you don’t trust...
Scotland promotes itself as the place to be in 2019
November 15 (TravelAndy): Scotland’s tourism department is promoting the country as the place to be in 2019 with a...
This simple hack will bring your travel costs down
You come across all these articles on social media on how to spend less while travelling to various destinations. I...
Fun things to do in Scotland this winter
November 11 (TravelAndy): From roof-raising celebrations to cosy Còsagach experiences, winter offers the chance to experience a completely new, yet...
How to spend 12 hours in Bangkok
Have a day to spend in Bangkok but don’t want to spend too much? No problem at all, even...
Perth Festival 2019 first shows revealed
August 14 (TravelAndy): The popular Perth Festival is returning in February next year, with the free opening event –...
Sound and light shows to see in Normandy this summer
July 13 (TravelAndy): It’s that time of year when the sun sets late, temperatures are mild, and it’s perfect...
New suspension bridge opening at Whistler
July 9 (TravelAndy): If you’ve already managed to face your fears while crossing Vancouver’s iconic Capilano Suspension Bridge and...
7 tips to master travelling with a disability
It’s natural to worry about travelling when you have a disability. There’s more to take into consideration when you’re...
Japan visa for Indians: The importance of a detailed itinerary
Japan is a different world and if you are thinking of going somewhere but haven’t decided where, consider Japan....
China: New railway line cuts travel time by 3 hours
July 2 (TravelAndy): A new railway line between Kunming and Dali in China has reduced travel time from more than...
Reduced fares for Monkey Mia and Carnarvon flights
June 30 (TravelAndy): People travelling to Monkey Mia and Carnarvon will benefit from discounted airfares offered by Regional Express...
China push to Tunisia tourism revival
June 24 (TravelAndy): A total of 12,000 tourists from China visited Tunisia till May this year, a 56.8 per...
Trouble-torn Kashmir seeks to attract foreign tourists
June 18 (TravelAndy): The troubled north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir organised a familiarization trip for five foreign...
Sharjah attracts visitors with its gorgeous mosques
July 16 (Notintown.net): The mosques of Sharjah are distinctive for their eye-catching aesthetic architecture and the tourism authorities are...
Broome in Western Australia gears up for Shinju Matsuri
June 11 (TravelAndy): Celebrity chefs Adam Liaw and Marion Grasby will headline this year’s Shinju Matsuri (festival of the...
Ireland woos tourists from China
June 10 (TravelAndy): Tourism Ireland aims to increase the number of the Chinese visitors to the island to 175,000...
Air connect for more Indian destinations
June 8 (TravelAndy): The government of India plans to build airports at several popular tourist spots in the country...
Year of Young People events to kick-start Scottish summer
June 4 (TravelAndy): From brass band competitions, film screenings and poetry slams to music festivals, graphic novel exhibitions and...
Japan passport strongest, India ranks 76th
June 3 (TravelAndy): Japan has consolidated its spot at the top of the Henley Passport Index, now offering its...
Four women bike 17000km through SE Asia
April 10 (TravelAndy): Four women from Hyderabad in India recently completed a 17,000km road trip on motorcycles that saw...
There are a lot of good people around
Have you come across this news where a Reddit user realised she had forgotten her passport at a Kyoto...
Luxury hotel to open in space
April 9 (TravelAndy): The world’s first luxury space hotel will launch late in 2021 and start welcoming guests the following year....
Indonesia to promote 10 ‘new Balis’
February 24 (TravelAndy): Indonesia intends to promote 10 new tourist destinations as “the new Bali”, the South China Morning...
Furore over tiger poke video
December 23 (TravelAndy): An attendant of a tiger at a zoo near Thailand’s popular tourist destination Pattaya has been transferred...
UK expects surge in Chinese tourists
November 15 (TravelAndy): Millennials are set to be the driving force of growth in Chinese travel to Scotland, it...
VietJet promotion with tickets from USD0
November 8 (TravelAndy): Vietjet is offering 500,000 promotional tickets priced from USD0 (excluding taxes and fees) in celebration of...
Japanese students visit Perth
October 30 (TravelAndy): Over 300 students in year 11 at Fukuoka Kaho High School in Japan have visited Perth...
Check out Scotland’s beautiful autumn colours
September (TravelAndy): If anything stirs the heart and soul, it’s a walk through a woodland in Scotland: as the...
UK campaign targets domestic tourists
September 9 (TravelAndy): A UK-wide tourism campaign is launching to inspire young people from Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
Going to the Scottish International Airshow?
August 30 (TravelAndy): Visitors to the Scottish International Air Show are in for an ‘udderly’ fantastic treat when they...
Ryanair winter flights boost for Irish tourism
August 30 (TravelAndy): Tourism Ireland is expecting to see a spurt in the number of visitors following budget airline...
Let no one tell you how to travel
You’re out drinking with friends and discussing the wonderful time you had in Bali during your recent trip when...
Kolkata-Bali quickest connection by AirAsia
August 21 (TravelAndy): Indonesia AirAsia will start flights from Kolkata to Bali from October 2, 2017, the airline has...
AirAsia offers Kolkata-Bali tickets from INR5,999
August 18 (TravelAndy): AirAsia is offering Kolkata to Bali one-way flights from INR5,999. The budget airline claims to have...
What makes a place memorable is its people
Today (August 15, 2017) is India’s 70th Independence Day — a national holiday — and I am now in...
Saudi airline dress code for passengers
August 14 (Notintown.net): Saudi Arabia, which ranks high in terms of curtailing women rights, has laid out new rules (dress...
Vietjet offers tickets from USD0
August 9 (TravelAndy): Vietnam-based Vietjet has launched a five-day promotion offering 200,000 super-promotional tickets priced from USD0, excluding fees...
Koh Phangan beyond Full Moon Party: Bottle beach
Most people who go to Koh Phangan — an island in the Gulf of Thailand — for the (in)famous...
GoAir: 24-hour sale with tickets from INR1014
August 1 (TravelAndy): Indian low-cost carrier GoAir is offering discounts on all-in one way fares with tickets starting from...
My best overnight train ride was in Thailand
In 2011 — the last time I had made the journey from Bangkok to Surat Thani — I had...
Qatar Airways to fly to Prague & Sohar
July 7 (TravelAndy):Qatar Airways is launching two new destinations by the end of August 2017, which are: Sohar, Sultanate...
How to secure a China tourist visa
It’s not that I had never been to China. But, then you don’t really consider transit through somewhere as...
Avianca starts Boston-Bogota direct flights
June 9 (TravelAndy): Avianca started four weekly direct flights from Boston to the airline’s hub in Bogota, Colombia, offering...
Air India to fly Delhi-Copenhagen direct from Sep 16
June 3 (TravelAndy): India’s flagship carrier Air India will start nonstop flights between New Delhi and Denmark’s Copenhagen from...
Oyo Townhouse debuts in Bengaluru
May 31 (Notintown.net): OYO, an Indian hospitality company, on Monday introduced its mid-market offering, OYO Townhouse, in Bengaluru. With the...
Normandy in France to promote tourism
April 25 (Notintown.net): The Cotentin Peninsula – also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula – in the Normandy region of...
Qantas switches on free in-flight Wi-Fi
April 14 (TravelAndy): Australian flagship carrier Qantas has switched on inflight Wi-Fi for customers travelling on board its internet-capable...
Laptop, tablet handling for Emirates US flights
March 26 (TravelAndy): Emirates has announced to introduce a new service to enable customers to use their laptops and...
Vistara’s new service for solo women travellers
March 8 (TravelAndy): On the occasion of International Women’s Day today, the airline Vistara has launched a service called...
Jet Airways & Fiji Airways ink codeshare deal
March 7 (TravelAndy): Jet Airways, India’s full-service premier international airline and Fiji Airways, Fiji’s National Airline, have announced a code-share...
How to score a ten-year US tourist visa
Since Donald Trump took charge as US President, I found a lot of people around me speculating whether getting...
SpiceJet to fly Delhi-Bangkok direct
February 25 (TravelAndy): Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet will start direct flights between Delhi and Bangkok from April. The airline...
Bonus miles raining for JetPrivilege members
February 23 (TravelAndy): Jet Airways is giving members of its frequent fliers’ programme — JetPrivilege — the opportunity to...
Hidden Canyon: Quite an adventure near Ubud, Bali
There were two local guides in the water helping visitors cross a narrow and waist-deep part of the river....
AirAsia India starts flights to Srinagar
February 19 (IBNS): The first AirAsia India flight touched down at Srinagar, capital of north India’s Jammu and Kashmir state,...
Jet Airways introduces Jet Global Pass
February 18 (TravelAndy): Jet Airways has introduced a new pre-paid ‘Jet Global Pass’ that will allow its guests to...
Vienna woos young Indian tourists
February 13 (NotinTown.net): The Austrian capital Vienna, known for its imperial history, beautiful gardens, and magnificent palaces, received a...
Indonesia (Bali) visa for Indians
I’ve written about it earlier, but the Indian passport is more powerful than you think. You will realise this...
Why Poland is perfect for the budget traveller
Poland isn’t the first place on most people’s minds when they think of going to Europe. In this guest...
AirAsia X cleared to fly to USA
January 25 (Travelandy): AirAsia X, AirAsia’s long-haul, low-cost sister airline, has got clearance from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to...
Gulf Air starts Bahrain-Colombo direct flights
January 21 (TravelAndy): Bahrain’s flagship carrier Gulf Air has started direct flights to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo. According...
If you’re in Ubud, Bali, go to 9 Angels
No one noticed when the music stopped. The evening rain splattering on the tarpaulin above and through the leafy...
Michi resort near Ubud in Bali is a weird place
The two of us had hired a scooter and were headed to Michi Retreat Village situated a few kilometres...
New LED illumination at Niagara Falls
December 8: The experience of viewing Niagara Falls in night gets better and more spectacular for the tourists flocking...
Bali is set to become the next Bangkok for Indians
Of all Indians who have been outside the country for travel — not work but travel — a very...
Poush Mela to be 3-day affair: Green body
November 10 (TravelAndy): The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Poush Mela festival, celebrated at Shantiniketan in east India’s...
Jet Airways launches video streaming
September 5 (TravelAndy): Jet Airways has announced the launch of the first of its kind inflight entertainment service in...
Hunder in Ladakh, India, will leave you speechless
WHY I WENT I was flying into Leh and staying in the region for six days (I had a...
Zika advisory for Miami tourists
August 20 (TravelAndy): Following the fresh outbreak of Zika virus in Florida’s popular beach destination Miami, the Centre for...
Go on a pub crawl in Maastricht, Netherlands
WHY I WENT I’d met a guy from Maastricht at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport the previous year who’d said I...
Ride the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal, Germany
WHY I WENT Acclimatizing. It was my first trip to Europe and I had an Indian friend staying there...
ITINERARY: Weekend trip to Belum Caves (Andhra Pradesh, India)
If you have seen the Borra Caves situated near Araku Valley and come to Belum Caves expecting something similar,...
Monsoon attractions galore for visitors to Goa
June 16 (TravelAndy): Monsoon isn’t the busiest time in Goa, but the tourism department of the popular beach state...
Mansarovar travel advisory for Indians
June 4 (TravelAndy): India has advised its citizens to avoid the Nepalgunj – Simikot – Hilsa route to visit Kaliash...
Give slow travel a chance
Once you are back from a two-week trip to Europe, it feels good to tell people back home you...
Popular Thailand island off limits for tourists
May 20 (TravelAndy): Thailand has closed its popular island tourist destination of Koh Tachai indefinitely to let it “recover”...
Surfing contest at Karnataka beach
May 15 (TravelAndy): Are you a surfer? It’s time you booked a ticket to South India’s Karnataka state. To...
Law against tourist harass on cards
May 11 (TravelAndy): The state government in India’s Uttar Pradesh state is planning to introduce a law that will...
Safe selfie awareness drive in Maharashtra
May 4 (TravelAndy): Stay safe while taking selfies. That’s what the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) is trying to...
Iceland woos Indian visitors
April 16 (TravelAndy): Iceland is looking to woo more Indian tourists, following the popularity of the song Gerua from...
Festival keeps Goa abuzz with tourists
March 30 (TravelAndy): Goa is already buzzing with its biggest Spring festival, the Shigmo fest, and it is all...
World celebrates Holi, the fest of colours
March 24 (TravelAndy): Millions of people around the world are today celebrating Holi, the festival of colours. Though the...