Top European Resorts

When choosing a holiday there are a few important things you need to consider. For example, what budget you have for the holiday, how far you want to go, how hot you want it to be and when you can travel. The list can be a long one! To help you on your way here are a few recommendations for an enjoyable and memorable trip away.

French Riviera

If you have a limited budget you might consider staying in the UK but you won`t be able to guarantee hours of sunshine day after day. A holiday to parts of Europe may well solve this problem with many European destinations boasting sunnier climates. However don`t forget the children! If you don`t mind a few days that may be a little overcast a sure winner for a family holiday in Europe is a trip to Disneyland Paris. A popular destination, you`ll find something for everyone here, with indoor and outdoor activities to suit all ages.

Of course the further south you go the warmer it tends to get. For budget sunshine you might look at Croatia with the Dalmatian coast particularly pleasant in summer. Greece and Turkey are also popular countries for family get aways, providing reasonably priced holidays with both self catering and full board options.

For a more extravagant break from routine holidays, Corsica or Sicily offer the perfect spot. These Islands to the left of Italy are states of France and Italy respectively and boast excellent in land and coastal accommodation combined with historic and cultural sites of interest.

Sunny Beach and Cove

Providing a large holiday market for those looking for fun and relaxation is Spain, offering both the Balearic and Canary islands and a number of excellent locations for sun bathing. The Balearics are green with sandy beaches and come with a mix of energetic night clubs and bars and sleepy resorts to choose from. Whether you prefer the party island of Ibiza or the more sedate Menorca you can find something to suit every taste.

The Canaries are further south off the west coast of Africa and are a chain of volcanic islands. The Canary Islands are famous for their volcanoes, warm winds and beaches with black sands. However there are four islands which are most visited by holiday makers; Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Tenerife. Perhaps the best thing about a holiday in the Canaries is that whether you travel there in winter or summer it will be warm, with the temperature in the Canary Islands never falling below an average temperature of 20 degrees centigrade. By the summer visitors can see temperatures rise to around 30 degrees.

Gran Canaria

Of the Canary Islands, Tenerife is the largest and most populated and has many resorts you can choose from. Some of these are purpose built to have everything you need to make your holiday perfect. The biggest of these resorts is located on the south of the island and is called Playa de las Americas. Here you`ll find a range of attractions for all ages and enough waterfront to keep the whole family happy. With so many board options and different types of accommodation within the Playa de las Americas hotels range you won`t find it hard to pick the perfect holiday.

Finding the Best Cruise Package

A cruise is often considered the height of holiday luxury, a floating hotel with entertainment and activities laid on and many locations visited without unpacking and repacking your suitcase over and over again. You can cruise all over the world. The Caribbean, the Mediterranean, even Alaska are offered as cruise routes. When choosing your cruise you need to set out a few things first such as your budget, what kind of places you want to see, how hot you want it to be and how far you want to travel before you get on-board ship.

Cinque Terre National Park

You can take a cruise from a UK port or fly to another country to board you cruise-liner. For those who don`t like flying, a UK departure might be appealing, others may like to see more of the world and enjoy the flight as part of the holiday. You can do a cruise that has only one flight, either flying to a start point for the cruise and cruising home or vice versa. It is worth mentioning that if you choose a cruise that starts from the UK and has a flight to get home you may need to leave time to recover from any jet lag you may experience.

There are many benefits to cruising; firstly you can spend your time just relaxing if you want. You don`t need to worry about where you`ll be eating or what currency to use and you don`t need to take a taxi to get there; it`s just a question of going to the right deck. Secondly you can see several different places on one holiday, for instance a Mediterranean (or Med) cruise may take in the Greek Island and Athens, Venice and Croatia. Whereas travelling by plane would mean at least five flights, security checks, baggage carousels and endless waiting around. Not so with a cruise, all the time you`re travelling you`re relaxing.

Captivating Dubrovnik

First time cruisers often choose to start with a Med cruise as there are a number of benefits, the destination ports on the cruise route will mostly use the Euro as currency, so spending money is easy during any excursions. The climate is warm but not oppressively hot or humid and you can have a holiday which lasts as little as seven days.

Prices for cruises vary depending on length of holiday, distance being travelled, type of cabin and rating of the ship. Although they sometimes seem expensive, when you factor in the food, entertainment and additional travel/transfer costs a normal package holiday doesn`t include, but are often essential, they are as good, if not better, value for money. One of the best things about Med cruises is that, because they are relatively close to the UK, the travel costs are lower, meaning you can afford to take a longer holiday or book upgraded on-board accommodation for your trip.

London's Tourist-friendly Transport System

London rates high as a visitor-friendly city with most international tourists. Helping to keep it at the top of the tourism charts is the city's highly-efficient and expertly managed transportation network.

The Mayor of London`s "Transport for London" agency, also known as TfL, oversees most of London`s metropolitan transport system, including the well-known "London Buses", the Underground, Tramlink, Docklands Light Railway, London Overground and the major roads of the city.

Spoilt for Transport Choices

London Underground (or the Tube,) is the world`s oldest metro rail transit system, dating back to 1863. A staggering 3 million people use the Tube every day, ranging from tourists to business users. The Tube is made up of 11 inter-connected lines which link the suburbs to the city centre and connect up to London`s major rail terminals.

The London Underground

The "Docklands Light Railway" is an automated train service in the Docklands area of the city. It shares its fares system with the Underground and the two services are connected by numerous interchanges. The system connects the Royal Docks and Isle of Dogs to each other and also serves London City Airport and Woolwich station.

London`s Tram System dates back to Victorian times and boasts an extensive network, mostly serving the employment region in Croydon. Tramlink connects Croydon to surrounding suburbs and to the centre of Wimbledon town.

Open-top Tour Bus

London is also home to an exciting city tour for visitors by "Open-top Tour Bus" with an entertaining commentary in a variety of languages and over 90 stops across the city.

With a one day pass purchased from 'The Original Tour' company, tourists can use the 'Hop-on-Hop-off'` service to board any of the brightly-colored sightseeing buses according to convenience and fancy.

The services run daily with tours departing every 20 minutes and provide a cost-effective and fun means to explore the city`s attractions. The day pass also includes free walking tours and a river cruise ticket.

London Buses and Hackney Cab

London has an extensive bus network with over 700 routes. It caters mainly for local journeys and runs day and night, providing a 24-hour service. Many of these routes still ply the iconic red double-deckers, made famous in many period movies.

Nearly all of these distinctive buses are now modernized to better cater to disabled passengers. The bus system has been subject to recent improvements on a number of routes, making it a more frequent and reliable service.

The Hackney Carriage

London transport is synonymous with the hackney carriage, or the ubiquitous black cab. The black cabs are a common sight and only the most experienced of London drivers are privileged enough to drive them. Fares are set by TfL and calculated using a Taximeter in the car. Taxis can be hired from ranks, found at train stations and busy areas, or even hailed on the street.

London's Green Transport

An increasingly popular form of transportation in London is the humble bicycle. Since the year 2000, the city has seen a rise in the number of cyclists, who enjoy the cost savings, the heady feeling of independence and health benefits that accrue from cycling. Many Londoners own their own bicycles. But also in operation since 2010, is the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme, which aims to supply upto 6,000 bicycles for hire at docking stations across the city.

Passenger transport along the River Thames has seen a revival in recent years following the introduction of the London River Services in 1999. A network of river bus services is now available for commuters and leisure cruise boats are in operation, making use of London`s 22 piers. A water bus service also operates along Regent`s Canal during the summer.

Tourists and visitors to the UK have much holiday happiness to look forward to. Wherever you may be based in England`s capital city, be it in a hotel, an apartment or at Secret Rooms London you will be readily served by London's vast and efficient transport network that makes it near impossible to miss out on any exciting tourist attraction and fun location that may strike your fancy.

Mañana-land, Feni & More ...

Goa is a fun place to be. When you visit Goa, chances are that you may not be able to find enough time to actually enjoy to the hilt. There are so many exciting activities and entertainment options in Goa that one tends to get confused as to which one to try first. Tourists visit Goa with just one priority in mind – enjoying to the fullest. It is a heaven for relaxation, enjoyment and living life to the full.

Goa spoils all visitors for the sheer variety of fun things to do. There is
something to suit every imaginable taste and personality.

If you are the laid back type who believes firmly in mañana, then the beaches bathed in glorious sunshine throughout the day are for you. You can acquire a fantastic suntan, collect a lovely variety of shells or just spend time sampling the exotic fare that is available at the numerous, local beach shacks.

If you like adventure, there are various water sports that are much in vogue in Goa. In case you connect with nature and wish to explore, then you must head for the various wildlife sanctuaries spread over Goa such as Bhagvan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary, Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary and more. Some of the old ruins of historical forts will speak to you of Goa’s past.

Of course, your main pleasure would come from enjoying the sheer beauty of the beaches of Goa. Enjoy the softness of the golden sands underfoot, take a dip in the warm, gentle, soothing sea or just let the water lap at your feet on the edge of the beach, build sand castles, buy knick-knacks and small souvenirs at the local shacks. Goa is the original lotus-eaters’ paradise.

Then there are the glittering casinos, pubs that throb to a variety of musical entertainment and restro-bars that add to the scintillating glamour of an evening out in Goa. These watering holes cater to the entertainment needs of a variety of international tourists from around the world.

And then there are the famous trance parties. They are full of life and cater unashamedly to unadulterated pleasure.

Goa is synonymous with shopping. Not the glitzy, glamourous high-street shopping; but definitely ethnic, chic and very typically Goan: curios, clothes and more.

Traveling Confident

Hold Tight to Your Spirit of Independence

To get out of your comfort zone, to leave the warmth of hearth and home and to travel to the far corners of the big, wide world can be slightly daunting to most people. There is a feeling of excitement, a keen quickening of the senses and an air of excitement that can barely be contained.

The keen feeling tends to last right through your journey and also tends to keep your senses in a heightened state of flux and excitement. This is usually a good sign and an enjoyable health bonus that an individual unfailingly receives from the experience of travel. It means that new neural pathways are being created in the brain in preparation for all the new experiences and mental stimulation that would need to be stored in your mind.

However, this also tends to bring on a little feeling of timidity due to changed circumstances and unfamiliar surroundings. It is this timidity that tends to open up the traveler for exploitation in many countries of the world. This is the negative side of the travel experience.

This is the aspect of travel that I shall be dealing with in this article.

As a tourism professional promoting both, International Travel from India for Indian Nationals and tour packages to India for overseas visitors to India, I have had ample opportunity to observe different levels of timidity in travelers from various countries around the world. I have also observed the different unhappy situations of psychological attack and brow-beating that this emotion can attract to an individual.

As humans, we may have evolved a fair way up the order of creation. However, exploitation is one animalistic tendency that we haven’t left very far behind on our evolutionary path.

You are likely to bump into really grumpy and nasty immigration officials and passport control personnel. If the man at the other end of the counter senses your nervousness and timidity a little strongly, it is likely that he will immediately go into sadism-mode and turn a simple, everyday procedure into absolute torture.

See what I mean? There were other travelers at other counters being waved through breezily by cheerful-looking officers. But you had to bump into that one, mean-looking guy. And he’s really warming up to the grilling he’s putting you through. But the fact is that he has to let you go through. You’re neither a terrorist nor a high-profile international criminal with a red-corner alert out for you. You’re just nervous. But that’s the point: you don’t need to be nervous. You just need to sit back and enjoy your holiday.

Then again, you’re on a guided tour, your bus makes a scheduled stop at some monument. You’re enjoying the guide’s commentary and the excitement of photographing one of the most impressive historical monuments in the world. Then you suddenly realize that you are being given a real hard sell by the local, hot-shot curio salesman. His persistence succeeds in getting you into one of his favorite carpet shops or some such, much against your better judgement. There you meet up with his older brother, an even more insistent and persistent individual who has already got you cut and dried and nailed to the fence, in his mind. By the time he lets you off, you soon find yourself more than a few quid lighter in pocket and lugging around a rather monstrous and unnecessary package that you have no place for, by the time you reach home.

It’s a wonderful feeling, when you are actually in the mood for shopping and you are overjoyed to pick up a prize that you have been searching for, for a long time. But I have seen more than a few travelers that ended up buying stuff they were not interested in because they were too just timid to say no.

The point that I am trying to make here is that you really don’t need to let someone push you around just because you are a visitor to their country. You are more than ten times likely to bump into obnoxious individuals and rather shady characters when you travel than if you had stayed home. It could be Hong Kong, New York, London or New Delhi. There is no nationality for rudeness or exploitation.

It’s you who has to make up your mind before you leave home that you are going to enjoy your holiday and that you are going to retain your freedom of choice by being calm and in control of the situation where ever you go. And that you will allow no one to come between you and an enjoyable holiday.

A simple decision is all that it takes to ensure that you enjoy your holiday, no matter where in the world you decide to travel.

Discover India - Experience Magic

Planning your trip to India can be a bit daunting, even for seasoned travelers to the sub-continent.  Vacations to India can be rather hectic, to say the least.  The advertised tours to India could be missing elements or destinations that you would like to include.  Or they could be downright exorbitant.

This little video will serve to give you a quick overview to the places you may want to include on your own trip.

Have fun with the planning!

Spice-up Your Goan Holiday With a Luxury Yacht Cruise & Discover Goa's Most Secluded Beach

Goa is going upmarket with the addition of a French-manufactured, luxury catamaran that can accommodate 6 passengers in 3 well-appointed cabins that are the ultimate statement in luxury. 

Funtime in Goa

The public areas in the yacht are a fashionable style statement with richly-polished wooden floors and furniture.

No more does a trip to Goa mean just being beach-bound to soak up the sun and doing a round of the many beach shacks that dot the beaches everywhere.  You can now give in to your yen for freedom and adventure by sailing off into the beckoning blue Arabian sea regally esconced on your private sundeck. Discover a secluded beach with a clear, clean sweet water pool.  This beach is one of Goa's best-kept secrets.  It is difficult to approach from the hinterland and is thus virtually unknown, except to the privileged few or the hardy odd, intrepid trekker.

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