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Practical travel guides for UK travellers

Plan your trip abroad without the guesswork.

Clear, country-by-country guides for people travelling from the UK — entry requirements, flights from UK airports, costs and itineraries, all in one calm place.

Entry & safety info checked against official GOV.UK travel advice

Destination guides

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A few of our most popular guides — written, structured and checked for UK travellers.

All 40 destinations
Southern Europe

Spain

Britain's number-one holiday country rewards picking one trip and going deep, whether that's a Barcelona city break, a Costa beach week or Andalusia's postcard south.

Short-haul (mainland)… EUR
Southern Europe

Italy

Rome, Florence, Venice, Naples: Italy rewards picking one or two and going deep, with the Frecciarossa spine doing the heavy lifting between them.

Short-haul (north); m… EUR
Southern Europe

Greece

With Athens on the mainland and a hundred-plus inhabited islands offshore, the single choice that shapes your whole holiday is which island.

Short/medium-haul — a… EUR
Southern Europe

Portugal

One small country holds four holidays: city breaks in Lisbon and Porto, an Algarve beach week, Madeira's mild walking and the Douro's wine.

Short-haul (mainland)… EUR
East Asia

Japan

Britain's favourite long-haul adventure goes wrong when you over-pack the map; the first trip is Tokyo and Kyoto done well, nothing more.

Long-haul JPY
Western Europe

France

Your nearest big holiday country, and the one you can reach without flying — Eurostar to central Paris in about 2h16, or your own car on the ferry.

Short-haul — and the… EUR
Western Asia / Mediterranean

Turkey

Three very different holidays sit under one flag: a city break straddling two continents in Istanbul, charter-flight beaches on the Aegean, and dawn balloons over Cappadocia's rock valleys.

Medium-haul (just und… TRY
Southern Europe

Croatia

Really one long, island-fringed coastline, so the win is choosing your stretch — walled Dubrovnik, lively Split or the islands — not driving the lot.

Short-haul EUR
North America

United States

The hard part of America isn't the language, it's the small print: an approved ESTA that still doesn't guarantee entry, and a shelf price that's never the price you pay.

Long-haul USD
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A first itinerary, where to stay, and how to get in from the airport.

Written for UK travellers

Flights from UK airports, costs in pounds, GHIC and adapters — the UK-specific stuff.

40 countries and counting — dated on every page and reviewed by a person before it's published.