Travel

Exploring America's 'Second City'  Timeworn fast-food joints sit shoulder to shoulder with fancy, Michelin-star restaurants. The ‘L’ (an elevated metro line) chugs, like a rollercoaster, as it navigates its way through an urban forest of towering, glass-front skyscrapers. People in sharp suits stomp along pavements, rushing to everywhere and nowhere. While tourists, aboard open-top buses, snap away at anything in sight. Chicago is a proper city. Perhaps best-known, at least to some of us across the pond, for its mafia...

It’s been just over a year since Hurricane Maria ravaged the island of Puerto Rico, and some experts insist that it’s the perfect place for new business. Not only does Puerto Rico have a fascinating blend of cultures and traditions that make it enjoyable to do business, but the startup scene in San Juan is booming, and some investors speculate that it’s the perfect place for new opportunity. Although parts of the island are still in recovery mode, and the...

Rugged coastlines, astonishing national parks and whale watching opportunities await...

The astonishing figure emerged after three DHL workers were caught red-handed near Heathrow pilfering thousands of pounds worth of designer jewellery belonging to the flag carrying airline

An irritated passenger is urging airlines to provide better food for vegans after she was stuck on-board with just “crisps and nuts” on a seven-hour transatlantic flight. Trilby Harrison had received a confirmation email from tour operator Gotogate assuring her that vegan meals would be provided on her Thomas Cook flight from Manchester to New York last week. But when all the passengers were served their meals, flight attendants told her that her vegan meal didn’t make it on-board. To make matters worse, Thomas Cook repeated...

The pair are travelling Europe in the old Hovis truck.

A new quiz has been launched to test British knowledge of overseas road signs. The test has been released after research revealed the ingredients for the perfect road trip, which should involve three people, covers 190 miles and be accompanied by rock music. The study of 2,000 adults found the ideal drive should take place in a VW camper van, Range Rover or Ford Mustang. There needs to be at least one toilet stop every 100 miles, good weather and a...

One of the things that struck me as I laid back and allowed the outdoor hot tub to massage my achy muscles as an autumnal country breeze whipped around the tranquil country fields was just how little noise there was around these parts. Away from the hustle and bustle of London streets where buses, cars and mopeds audibly compete for road space as sirens play atop of an urban melody that has little respite the rolling hills of Shropshire are...

London is one of the known fashion capitals in Europe, rivaling Paris as a center for the latest trends. It is home to many prominent fashion houses and brands like Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Vivienne Westwood and Sir Paul Smith. It is understandable if you want to fit in while travelling to the city; after all, people from here set fashion trends that are followed around the world. But do you really need to? London is a diverse city that is...