A City Break in Edinburgh
by Lucie Watt on 09/02/10 at 9:53 am
At the end of November 2009, my husband and I took a long awaited 2 night city break to Edinburgh in Scotland.
We travelled from Gatwick Airport on a Sunday morning flight with British Airways, which was a smooth and quick flight, simplified by taking just hand luggage which enabled us to speed through the airport [...]
Sharm El Sheikh – The Ritz Carlton
by Mark Kempster on 5th February 10I have just returned from a winter sunshine holiday to Sharm El Sheikh. We actually went away over Christmas so we could get away from all of the hustle and bustle going on in the UK. Flying to Sharm El Sheikh is easy from London with several direct flights from London airports including with British [...]
Full StoryOver £1000 of gear on offer in Christmas Competition!
by Tweeky on 18th November 09packyourbags Travel Store have launched their biggest ever Christmas Competition!
They’re giving away over £1000 of Haglofs gear, and you can enter in four different ways!
To find out more, head on over to
http://shop.packyourbags.com/xmascomp
Good luck !!
Istria – Croatia
by Ian on 12th November 09We made the decision to holiday in Croatia this year and thought that we would try the Istria region on the North West coast. The flight was a really convenient mid morning flight from Gatwick directly to Pula in the south of Istria taking just over two hours. We flew with Croatian Airlines and where [...]
Full StoryGrenada – A Holiday of Pure Luxury
by Hayley Burr on 16th October 09My Partner and I went on holiday to Grenada from the 10th September - 24th September and we stayed at the Grenada Rex Resort 3 * on an All Inclusive basis in a room with a sea view, the location was fantastic, it was a 10 minute walk from the airport in to the resort [...]
Full StoryThe Cape Wrath Trail photo
by Tweeky on 7th September 09The latest image for the packyourbags Travel Store homepage is from Alan Bellis, and features our own Michelle Bryan!
Here’s what Alan said: “It was taken whilst i was doing the Cape Wrath trail last May, leaving Shenavail Bothy, Nr Ullapool, so why is it interesting? Well the person in the picture is your Michelle, who [...]
Tour of Europe’s Theme Parks – Terra Mitica
by Alex Cloves on 3rd September 09I’ve visited Terra Mitica twice now, once in 2005 and more recently in August 2009, and it really hasn’t changed that much apart from the recent addition of some fantastically scary rides!
The park is split up in to lands each with a variety of scary rides, children’s rides and snack areas.
I visited in August and [...]
Insider’s guide to avoiding airport delays – Ask Mark
by Mark Kempster on 28th August 09Ask Mark!
Mark Kempster is Managing Director of packyourbags and packyourbags Travel Store. He is also worldwide travelled and has many experiences of the “dreaded” airport delays, below Mark shares some advice on how to avoid airport delays.
Not possible I hear you cry !!! Well, the only way to guarantee this is to charter your [...]


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