Porto is small, walkable and easy to love, which is good news when you are deciding where to stay. Almost everywhere central puts you within a short stroll of the Ribeira, the port lodges and a taberna worth queuing for.…
Dorset is one of the UK’s prettiest counties with it’s famous Jurassic coastline and six Blue Flag beaches. My (Charlie) mum lives in the county, so we have explored it slowly over many, many visits: scrambling down to fossil beaches,…
Stay22 is the affiliate platform that has made us the most money from blogging in recent months. We tested Stay22 against six other affiliate platforms we use, and it’s the only one that’s become a reliable earner for us. It’s…
An honest guide to where to stay on the Costa Brava, from a UK travel writer who based herself in Sant Feliu de Guixols and spent a month in Girona.
Lake Bled and Lake Bohinj sit 26 kilometres apart in the same corner of the Julian Alps in Slovenia, and they could hardly be less alike. Bled is the postcard — the island church, the castle on its cliff, the…
Most guides to where to stay in Ibiza assume you’re here for the clubs, or that you’ve got £900 a night for a wellness resort. Our Ibiza guide for where to stay is for those looking for a quiet spot…
Deciding where to stay in Amsterdam matters more than you expect. The city is small enough that you can walk between neighbourhoods in twenty minutes, which makes it tempting to book the first central hotel you find and assume location…
We spent two weeks in Malta in early November, chasing winter sun, and we did the whole trip without renting a car. Buses and the odd ferry took us everywhere, from Valletta’s bastions to the pastizzi counters of Rabat and…
How the TripAdvisor (Viator) affiliate program works for travel bloggers, how much it pays, and the simpler all-in-one route we actually use.
There’s more to Vietnam films than just war films. When we decided to travel to Vietnam, I realised that the only “Vietnamese” films I had seen were American war films, like Apocalypse Now and Platoon. All I remembered of them…