A long weekend in Lake Annecy: high thrills and haute cuisine


Catherine Henderson enjoys high thrills and haute cuisine in Lake Annecy – arguably one of France’s most beautiful areas

Santa Cruz secrets

Approximately 1, 65 miles south of San Francisco, lies the quintessential californian beach town of Santa Cruz. Come for the surfing but stay for the quirky shopping, sensational meals and mountains, says Santa Cruz resident Kayla Peterson

HM Revenue and Customs

From the website:

“HMRC’s purpose is to make sure that the money is available to fund the UK’s public services. We also help families and individuals with targeted financial support”

Along the St Lawrence Seaway

ollowing the St Lawrence Seaway on the US side of the Great Lakes in Upper New York state is something that very few visitors from Britain and Ireland do.
Unless you’re a birdwatcher. But a leisurely drive down from Rooseveltown to Cape Vincent will give you a range of views and landscape that will be quite different from what many visitors see.
Why?

All-Inclusive Holidays

The announcement by the TUI group that, from next year, its First Choice brand would only sell all-inclusive holidays tells us a lot about the way overseas holidays are being seen by us, the holidaymaker. Why has TUI taken this decision? They say that, over the last 5 years, the demand for all-inclusive holidays has jumped by a third and that about two thirds of all holidays sold under the First Choice name will be all-inclusive holidays.

Do You Use a Travel Agent?

By that I mean do you book a holiday with one? Or do you just use a travel agent as an unpaid source of information about prices and destinations?
The reason I mention it is that the biggest group of independent travel agencies, Advantage, met last week to discuss the woes of the world. And woes the travel industry has.

Sri Lanka: a special brew

Aidan journeys to Sri Lanka and finds the island formerly known as Ceylon, to be a very special brew. Read his report here