Are you jetting off anywhere this summer? As the wet weather continues, we’ve started dreaming of warmer climes in foreign lands. I’m finding myself looking longingly at aeroplanes whizzing past grey and miserable clouds (presumably) to some beautiful, sun-soaked beach.

Sometimes it’s all too easy to get swept up in your …

Often people don’t think about their travel insurance policy until they need to make a claim on it – which is all well and good if you have selected the …

Long before accommodation and other inevitable expenses like eating out, start your budget spiraling out of control, there’s the cost of simply getting there. Travel can cost you an arm and a leg.

But there are ways to slash the cost and leave yourself with more cash to spend on …

Last year, 24 travel companies went under, spoiling 74,000 British holiday makers’ travel plans. Alarmingly nearly one in 10 affected British travellers didn’t claim the compensation they were entitled to from their travel companies last year. That’s over 7,000 people who didn’t get the money they deserved.

Planning on travelling abroad …

The past few weeks have seen a sharp increase in the fears surrounding the future of the euro zone.

A general election in Greece on 6 May saw the ruling coalition win below a third of the vote, with left-wing and anti-bailout candidates …

Make sure your hard-earned holiday spending money gets spent on having fun in the sun, and doesn’t get eaten up by sneaky and easy-to-avoid pitfalls before you’ve even set off.

Here are five of the most common pitfalls to avoid.
1. Buying your holiday money at the airport
Passport? Check. Tickets? Check. Luggage? …

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I’m a bad travel insurance buyer sometimes. Once I did it on my iPhone while waiting in line to board my flight. It’s one of those things that I mean to do, but it’s always at the bottom of my list (I’m …

I am a Bad Food Shopper. As I write this, I have empty cupboards and I know as soon as I’m finished I should go and do a big shop. But I only have little arms and I’m a bit tired and I might just go and buy some treats …

I’m counting down the minutes until I can eat again.

This week I’ve been taking part in the Live Below the Line challenge – surviving off less than £1 worth of food every day for five days. It’s been an interesting week and I confess I haven’t been all that …