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Category: Travel Tips

12 European Places to visit in 2020.

Make 2020 your year of travel. Whether you’re planning a city break, a family holiday, a cultural trip, a romantic getaway or a beach holiday, here are some suggested European Places to visit in 2020. I’ve given one suggestion per month, but for most destinations any month is equally valid. I limited my picks to…

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Making Travel More Affordable

  Welcome back to The Velvet Runway and our handy hints for making travel more affordable. The jet-set lifestyle is full of adventures and unknowns. It’s a wonderful feeling to set off and experience new countries and see the world, but it’s not always great for your finances. If your dreams of travel…

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The Best World Heritage Sites To Visit

Welcome back to The Velvet Runway and this feature about the best world heritage sites to visit. If you are hoping for a unique kind of holiday, there are many ways to approach this. You could decide to go off the beaten track a little and find something new that way, of course….

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Staying Safe on Your First Big Trip

Welcome back to the Velvet Runway, and this post with our tips for staying safe on your first big travel trip.  Traveling is fantastic. Whether you are heading to a faraway land for a lengthy stay or taking a big trip to travel the world, never staying in the same place for more…

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The Best Last-Minute Holiday Destinations

Guest post by Victoria Lim* Finding a great last-minute holiday offer is somewhat like having a winning lottery ticket, so to help you we’ve put together our tips for finding the best last-minute holiday destinations. Last-minute offers can help you save a significant amount of money, and you might even discover something you’ve…

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Travelling on a budget

Welcome back to The Velvet Runway and our tips for the best destinations when travelling on a budget. As always we have been combing the globe to bring you the best destinations to visit. If you are looking for some spectacular destinations to visit this year, and to do so within a spectacularly low…

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How to Pack

So, having done quite a bit of travelling this year I’ve learned from my mistakes and so am writing this guide on How to pack to help you avoid my travel disasters.  One time my bag was so overweight it exceeded the maximum weight allowed by so much that I had to buy…

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