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Packyourbags Travel Store Newsletter – Our Biggest Ever Competition!
Check out the latest Bumper edition of the Packyourbags Travel Store Newsletter, to celebrate the beginning of the Summer festival season Packyourbags Travel Store is giving away a festivals essentials pack worth over £180 in our largest ever competition! For a chance to enter the competition read the Packyourbags Newsletter Now. The Bumper edition of [...]
Full StoryDon’t leave home without it – essential holiday accessories and gadgets
We’ve all been there. Arriving at the airport only to realise we’ve forgotten our toothbrush or, worse still, our passport! So here’s the latest question for all you TalkOnTravellers: “What don’t you leave home without?” Is there a gadget or a gizmo that makes travelling easier. Perhaps it’s the travel iron, a luggage scale, a [...]
Full StoryHoliday Advice: Save money on your holiday with these money saving tips!
Everyone wants a holiday this year, and there is no need to stay at home if you can save money while you’re away. So here’s my question to you: What’s are the best money saving tips you have while you’re on holiday? Try to make this as generic as you can! Don’t single out cheap [...]
Full StoryLife’s a beach, so make it a good one!
That’s me on the beach. It’s a private beach in Phuket, Thailand, just for the guests of the resort I flew in to. My feathers got a nice tan, and I was able to kick back with a cocktail and relax. So where do you think is the best beach in the world? Perhaps it’s [...]
Full StoryThe best bars in the world
For those of you who like a quiet drink by the ocean, and for those of you who like more than a few in a popular nightspot, this post asks the question: “Where is the best place to have a drink… in the WORLD?!?!?” So, wherever you’ve been and whatever you drink, let us know [...]
Full StoryThe Rickshaw Run!
Packyourbags has proudly sponsored Jonathan Fox and Simon Lamble in their 2009 Rickshaw Run! On 1st January 2009, they are setting off from Pondicherry in the south of India on a trip that will take 2 weeks. 4000km later they’ll arrive in Shillong in the state of Meghalaya, in the north east of India. The challenges of [...]
Full StoryShewee on Top Gear
On last night’s Top Gear (BBC2, 9pm) Jeremy Clarkson demonstrated the Shewee! The imaginatively named Shewee is billed on their website as “a moulded plastic funnel that provides women with a simple, private and hygienic method of urinating without removing clothes whilst standing AND sitting.” Clarkson took great pleaure in illustrating how it works. Fortunately, [...]
Full StoryPackyourbags on BBC Radio Kent – Christmas holidays special
This week managing director Mark Kempster, and Packyourbags supervisor Lucie Mills were interviewed by BBC Radio Kent for their forthcoming programs on Christmas holidays. Mark and Lucie talked about a range of destinations, from Lapland and The Maldives, to Namibia and even outer space! Mark talked about his Christmas in Namibia, which is a far [...]
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