Recent content by Tor Brierley

Egypt is such a hit and miss place for me - we've had some amazing experiences, but also some pretty awful ones! I would recommend anyone with even a passing interest in Egyptology go to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo - I've never seen anything like it. 20 years ago my husband made me spend...

I hadn't thought about the laundry but that made me laugh! I cook and do laundry every day at home, so they're 2 things I definitely won't do when i'm on holiday :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

We've added a couple of nights in Rouen onto our French road trip next month as a bit of a whim! We've never been before. Has anyone been, and does anyone have any hints or tips? Places we definitely shouldn't miss? Would love to hear your stories, good or bad!

Oooh toughie! If I have a checked bag included in my fare then I almost always take one because SHOPPING :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: I love to bring back souvenirs from my travels - I read once that the ultimate flex is when someone asks where something is from and you can name a country...

As a Brit, I love Paris! I love the food, the architecture, the shopping, and the people-watching. It's such an easy place to travel for me, and affordable. I know people that will go to Paris from London for the day just because the luxury shopping is cheaper. Speaking French definitely helps...

Looks like my opinion is the unpopular one, but I love packing cubes! :ROFLMAO: Most of the time I'm trying to get 4 people's stuff crammed into one suitcase, and they help me keep it all separated and organised! The boys have their own coloured cubes, so it makes unpacking/organising in the...

YES! I wait and buy all my make up/cosmetics from the duty free while i'm travelling. On my last TUI and EasyJet flights I guess no one was buying anything so they announced an additional 20% off in-flight brochure prices (which were already discounted at duty free price) which made everything...

If you don't have an American passport then pretty much all American airports are stressful IMO :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

No recommendations David, but would love to hear about your trip when you're back! We're at the very early planning stages of a trip hopping from Japan to South Korea next April. Have an amazing time!

So I checked out the Cancun Sun, and we got loads of ideas and managed to cram A LOT into 2 weeks!:D:D We went to Xel-ha instead of Xcaret, which the kids LOVED! Although it's all artificial and manmade, it had such a lovely organic feel. We tried Chichen Itza and the ruins in Tulum too. Big...

Hit me with your ideas of things to do, PLEASE! Traveling from the UK this weekend and staying for 2 weeks, first time in Mexico, traveling with kids (7 and 11) and none of us are very good at just sitting/relaxing by a pool! We’re used to busy/adventurous/culture-rich travel, and we usually...

Bordeaux is one of my favourite cities in France! We’ll be there this summer too- my boys are football (soccer) mad so we managed to get them tickets to an Olympics football match there. Last summer we went to a Dali Exhibition in the Bassins des Lumières, which is an abandoned submarine base...

I’m definitely going to be picking your brain Vini! I made the mistake of booking 3 weeks in France at the same time as the Olympics! 😳

There’s no such thing as a good RyanAir flight. And I use them all the time because, cheap! But flying from Inverness to London on the day of the football play offs with a plane full of drunk Scots was a particular lowlight!