Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
Daytrippers to Venice, Italy, will be charged a tourism tax from spring 2024, the city council has announced, with details due to be confirmed later today. […]
Proving that lovers of night trains should never lose hope, ÖBB Nightjet are set to rekindle their Paris-Berlin sleeper train after nine long years. Offering three […]
As stories of tourists behaving badly continue to abound, CNN has analysed some of the reasons why Italy in particular seems to suffer moreincidents than other places. Sheer numbers? […]
TAP Air Portugal continues to hit the headlines. Bloomberg is carrying news that the beleaguered Portuguese carrier is being sued by its former Chief Executive Christine […]
France is introducing a €49 monthly rail pass from summer 2024, available to all. Giving holders unlimited travel on both regional and intercity trains, the pass […]
As the death toll from Morocco’s deadliest earthquake for decades reaches more than 2,000, many of those booked to travel to the North African country as […]
Leuven is well known for its world-leading university, cobbled squares and Gothic architecture, but it’s also a city where real people live and work and its […]
As countries like Belgium consider closing some airports, due to costs and environmental concerns, what can we learn from places that manage to get by with […]
Parking your bike is about to get easier and more secure in Brussels, if trials introduced from the start of 2024 prove successful. 500 more secure […]
United Airlines has settled a reputation-shattering court case for $30 million after a complaint of catastrophic failings in their care for a passenger who required special […]
This week’s EUROCONTROL European Aviation Overview showed that flight numbers in the Euro network have climbed to 94% of flights for the same period in August […]
Hydra is the picture postcard many of us have in mind of the quintessential Aegean island. Topped by terracotta tiled roofs, squat stone houses clamber up […]
The United States (U.S.) is the world’s favourite retail tourism destination, according to research previewed at last week’s “Virtuoso Travel Week” in Las Vegas. So-called “retail […]
A wildfire has been spreading outside Athens for several days, reports Reuters. This report contains upsetting details. The blaze started near a Mount Parnitha village then […]