Talk On Travel

Tour of Europe’s Theme Parks – Terra Mitica

I’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

Ask 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 [...]

Christmas – At home or away?

The words ‘Christmas’ and ‘New Year’ evoke a festive season usually spent at home with our close family and relatives. However, these words also bring for many of us the images of Christmas preparations, shopping for presents, food, cleaning and a lot of stress that somehow doesn’t go with the ‘peaceful wishes’ on the Christmas [...]

Holiday Romance – Looking for love overseas

Are you going on holiday to find romance ? Many people do. Taking a holiday is a great way to relax and it’s a well known fact that when you are relaxed, it’s easy to make conversations and develop relationships with other people. Or perhaps you are going on a holiday to keep the romance [...]

Chasing the winter sun

When the summer season is at its height, it is often hard to imagine that the long hours of sunshine and clear blue skies will soon be taken over by wet, grey and dreary days. This is the time when the sentimental part of us makes us reach for our holiday snaps to revive those [...]

Ski Helmet Advice – Ask Mark

Mark Kempster is Managing Director of packyourbags and packyourbags Travel Store. He is also a mountaineer and a keen skier.
Here he answers some of the questions we’ve received regarding ski helmets.
Why should I wear a ski helmet ?
Obvious I know, but a ski helmet is not a fashion accessory. A good quality ski helmet will [...]

Sunlounger anyone?

It’s summer time! The long awaited time for some serious rest and relaxation in the sun. Perhaps some of us have just returned from the sunny coast of Mallorca or Tunisia. And for some, this is time to book a holiday if you haven’t done so yet…  Leave your stresses behind and make the most [...]

Booking a last minute holiday

The British weather has been playing its caprices on us again this summer and for many of us it is even hard to imagine that the ‘real’ summer is still at its height everywhere else… You know which one I’m talking about – the one with clear blue skies and hours and hours of unobstructed [...]