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Staff Blog: The Portuguese Pousadas
We write enough about travel. Time to sample it. So when a fantastic line-up including Radiohead and Arcade Fire were announced for the...
Aug 18, 2016


Navigator of The Seas: Making Waves
An early Sunday start, but with good reason: Julie and I had the chance to see Royal Caribbean's MS Navigator of the Seas. I have...
Aug 11, 2016


Barcelona: The husband’s choice
So, as I always play fair with my marriage I gave my husband Ian the choice as to where we take our holiday this year. He chose...
Aug 7, 2016


Lex in the City: St Vincent & The Grenadines, and St Lucia
My heart fell to the floor. It's the smallest plane I have ever seen, our connecting flight from Barbados. I'm heading to St Vincent &...
Jul 19, 2016


Introducing Croatia, with Cyplon Holidays
Well this was a lovely way to spend a Tuesday evening! Sophie and myself were invited to discover more about Croatia, one of the most...
Jun 23, 2016


OD Talamanca Hotel visits Abbotts Travel
It's some distance from the Balearics to South Woodford, so we applaud José Diaz for making it. José is from the OD Talamanca in Ibiza,...
Jun 22, 2016


Staff Blog: Antigua - The Best Indies!
Alexis and myself jumped at this one: a chance to see the latest offerings from Antigua and still get the tube home! We were invited...
Jun 16, 2016


A visitor from Triple Creek Ranch, Montana
South Woodford on some evenings reminds us of the Wild West, so it was lovely to welcome Jennifer O'Donohue. She is Sheriff (aka Sales...
Jun 16, 2016


The Italian Job: Sicily for insiders
In May of this year, Shelley received an invite from Prestige Holidays inviting her to spend four nights in Sicily in the company of...
Jun 8, 2016


Small Luxury Hotels Of the World Event, Westminster Abbey, London
It came as no shock to receive an invitation to Westminster Abbey – after all, Abbotts is a place where God is evoked most days (usually...
Jun 6, 2016


Staff Blog: This Is Canada
How would I describe the Canadian province of Québec? Bursting with life and full of adventure. Shelley and I saw proof of this last...
Apr 4, 2016


Staff Blog: Julie's research trip to Australia
Julie's on a research trip to Australia, organized by our friends at Gold Medal. As we receive her updates, it's only polite to share…...
May 1, 2015
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