TripAdvisor(R) Survey Reveals Travellers’ Home Comforts and Most-Missed Foods
The luggage-contents of this year’s “I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!” contenders’ remains to be seen - but teabags and slippers are a good bet, reveals new research by TripAdvisor(R), in a survey of the home comforts and foods that Brits miss the most when travelling abroad.
Creature comforts: travel “essentials”
- “Home sweet home” may be miles away - but a quality cuppa is guaranteed for the 36% of Brits who bring teabags on their travels, reveals the TripAdvisor survey. Meanwhile, 12% bring biscuits with them, ensuring the perfect dunk.
- One quarter of Brits (25%) pack their slippers, a sentimental 30% travel with photos of loved ones - and 12% ensure they’re never caught short, bringing toilet paper on their travels.
- Meanwhile, sweet dreams are in store for the 8% who pack a teddy-bear, 6% who travel with scented candles and 3% who bring their own bed linen.
- Best of british: top 10 foods that travellers miss
- However tasty holiday cuisine may be, nothing beats a roast dinner, according to 31% of British travellers.
- The Sunday classic claims pole position in the TripAdvisor list of travellers’ ten most-missed foods, which also includes cheddar cheese (22%) and Marmite (9%) - which 8% of the nation reveal they never travel without.
Travellers’ Most-Missed Foods:
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
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Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
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Couples who just tied the knot can start their new life together off right by taking advantage of the Divi & Tamarijn Aruba All Inclusives’ 2009 Honeymoon Packages. Making their once-in-a-lifetime honeymoon trip easier on the budget and simpler to plan, everything from accommodations and non-motorized water sports to meals at a choice of ten dining outlets is included with these packages, honeymooners can spend their days and nights together worry-free!
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
PAW; Pet-friendly Accommodations Worldwide provides a new resource for luxury, pet-friendly travel and criss-crosses the country spreading the word!
Janine Franceschi, owner of PAW; Pet-friendly Accommodations Worldwide, and her Irish setter, Beau, have logged over 5000 miles, (and counting) touring the country to promote the booking site of the only collection of luxury, pet-friendly hotels on the Web today, www.luxurypaw.com and they want to make sure YOU hear about PAW.
The dynamic duo travel the American highways and byways in their red “PAW”-print-adorned Honda Element, on loan from the Honda Corporation, on a mission to reshape the notion of pet-friendly travel, one hotel and one pet owner at a time. Their message? It is no longer necessary to sacrifice the level of amenity and comfort you want when you travel simply because you choose to travel with your pet. Finding and booking gorgeous pet-friendly hotels just got a whole lot easier!
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
Hey world travelers, check out this info-packed blog article by Scott Carmichael on Gadling.com outlining money-saving alternatives to making phone calls when you’re abroad. It’s filled with practical tips to help simplify common communication problems for travelers. Have your own solution, share it here!
Bon Voyage…
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
I don’t know about you, but when I want to learn something new, get inspired or jump-start a budding passion, I want to go somewhere else to do it.
Sure, I can learn to cook at home watching Food Network, study a foreign language online, take yoga from a book or photography at my local community college. But, somehow, heading off to Tuscany, Provence, Mexico or a tropical island to do it is much more appealing. Away from the ordinary routines and obligations of home, it’s easier to open my mind and heart to new challenges, insights and inspirations.
Do something for yourself this year. Return home from your vacation with something more than postcards and souvenirs to show off. Instead, impress them with your newfound skills and enjoy yourself while you’re at it. Here are just a few specialty vacations sure to put you on the road to new horizons.
Photography is easy, good photography is not. Improve your vacation snaps while learning from the pros with a New Mexico photography workshop at Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. Looking for something further afield? Sign up for one of their On-the-Road workshops and tours in Mexico, Italy, France, Ireland, Australia, Morocco, Thailand, Tanzania, Big Sur and the coast of Maine. Santa Fe, New Mexico; 4-7 day workshops from $775; 505-983-1400; www.santafeworkshops.com
Satisfy your taste for French food while picking up some culinary tips at Erick and Madeleine Vedel’s Cuisine Provençale Cooking School and Bed & Breakfast. Learn to make over 16 different Provencale dishes, go shopping for the days’ ingredients at the local markets, visit regional wineries and food artisans, and simply revel in the arts of good food and wine. Arles, France. 7 days from $1,275; 33 (0) 4 90 49 69 20; www.cuisineprovencale.com
Learn Spanish in a friendly and personalized environment at Habla Hispana Spanish Language School. Located in Mexico’s trendy San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a cultural hot-spot among savvy travelers drawn to its cobblestone streets, well-preserved colonial architecture, delicious food, laid-back pace and educational offerings. Go for the full immersion and stay with a Mexican family, or make your own housing arrangements, there are a wide variety of hotels in San Miguel de Allende, suitable to any budget. San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. 7 days from $120; +52 (415) 152-1535;www.mexicospanish.com
Follow your bliss to the magical island of Maui with a Swell Women women-only surf and yoga vacation. Spend seven days and six nights at an exclusive oceanfront resort exploring yoga and learning surf techniques on some of the most consistent waves in the world. The wellness adventure includes expert instruction in surfing, three gourmet meals a day, accommodations, yoga classes, professional massage and several land-based excursions. Surfing for romance or want to bring your favorite man? Choose one of their new co-ed retreats, now open to men and women. Maui, Hawaii; 7 days from $2,495; 808.579.8211; www.swellwomen.com
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".