Saint Lucia’s Carnival takes place during the rainy months which only adds to the fun, finds Natalie Wilson

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An airline spokesperson said it ’will continue to monitor the situation’

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Carriers were judged on design, seat pitch and headrest comfort

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As Machu Picchu struggles with crowds of tourists, Joanna Booth finds tranquillity at an alternative ancient site

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One injured flyer said they missed the seatbelt sign announcements due to being asleep

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You could get all your money back from most rail firms for a one-hour delay – but on Grand Central and Eurostar payouts are a lot less generous

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Here are the obligations each airline has and what you can expect if your journey is disrupted

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Exclusive: 50 flights cancelled at Heathrow with an estimated 7,000 passengers affected

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Simon Calder, The Independent’s travel correspondent, is here to answer your questions on why travel is getting harder in 2026 – from rising costs and EU Etias to US Esta, social media checks and other new rules – and how to avoid the red tape

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It’s not that writer Emma Clarke has an aversion to other people or spending time with them, but she struggles in larger group settings – here, she shares the travel tips and tricks she’s picked up along the way

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Hagarty data shows the collector car market is seeing a big shift, as younger buyers drive the demand for modern supercars and online auctions surge 6%, reshaping classic vehicle sales.

There is no automatic compensation for cruise delays or cancellations, but Marc Shoffman explains that there are some protections in place for passengers

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Find an itinerary that works for you – from North American cities to Caribbean islands

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While the Eternal City is one of the country’s headline act, it does come with one major downside: the crowds. So here are some quieter destinations where you’ll find culture on par

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I found solace in looking through my father’s slides after he died. They made me gasp – and my childhood turned from monotonous monochrome to glorious Technicolor

When my sister handed me a box of old Kodachrome slides last summer, I almost didn’t bother looking through them. Unusually for pre-smartphone times, my camera-crazy father had extensively documented our lives, filling dozens of photo albums. What could the transparencies possibly reveal that we hadn’t already seen countless times? I dimly remembered him ambushing us to watch slideshows, until we were old enough to rebel.

My father died in 2012. Not long before, I had developed an interest in photography myself and, after he was gone, I found solace in my viewfinder. It was, and still is, a way of feeling connected to him. What prompted me to set up my iPad as a makeshift lightbox to view the slides was technical interest.

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The new lists are courtesy of a website that monitors turbulence using the same sources that pilots turn to when planning flight routes

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London Councils confirmed the Freedom Pass is under review due to soaring costs of the scheme

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The massive swimming facility was unveiled on Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas

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Research finds growing trend of employers letting employees work remotely to free up more holiday time

Katherine first caught the bug when she visited Australia a couple of years ago. The flights were expensive, and it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so she asked her manager if she could extend the trip by two weeks, and work remotely from her friend’s house.

That was her first taste of a “workation” – combining working with a holiday – and she loved it. She now regularly arranges petsitting in different places so she can visit family, friends and new cities for long weekends without spending extra.

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The luxury cruise line wants to provide a calmer experience at sea

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Incidents are rare on a voyage but here is what happens if someone falls off a vessel

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