Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
Simon Calder is the Independent’s travel correspondent, the UK’s leading travel journalist. From news updates to discussions with experts, Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast will bring you all you need to know from the world of travel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
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"The jungle has everything you need to survive, but also things that can kill you"
I'm finding out about how to survive in jungles and other wildernesses with Dr Joshua Allison, Medical Director at Unique Expeditions. All you need to...
Should premium passengers pay a £500 climate levy?
That's the plan being discussed at COP30, the UN climate summit in Belem, Brazil. France, Spain and Kenya want to see business class, first class and...
November 11th - Ryanair is about to insist that everyone uses a smartphone boarding pass*
(* Though, as Dara Brady, Chief Marketing Officer of Europe’s biggest budget airline has been telling me, if you need a boarding pass printed out at t...
November 10th - Meet Byway – which harnesses tech to deliver slow travel across Europe
Five years ago, Cat Jones created a start-up to use smart tech solutions (coupled, often, with Interrail passes) to deliver tailor-made journey by rai...
November 7th - 30th birthday – on Monday – of Britain's biggest budget airline
I am at London Gatwick airport, location of easyJet's biggest base, to celebrated the 30th birthday – on Monday – of Britain's biggest budget airline....
November 6th - Discover your inner scientist - on holiday
Today I'm at World Travel Market, the UK's biggest travel trade event, and talking to Lara Paxton of New Scientist Discovery Tours about the prospects...
November 5th - Meet the new minister – Stephanie Peacock MP, promoting tourism to Britain
Four weeks ago the MP for Barnsley South took over the tourism brief: a real challenge, in my view, with visitor numbers and spend last year lower tha...
November 4th - West Midlands to the West Highlands – by overnight train
The Caledonian Sleeper has long linked London Euston with Fort William in the West Highlands of Scotland, as well as Inverness and Aberdeen. From 15 J...
November 3rd - Horror on the 6.25pm from Doncaster to London King's Cross
Everyone's heart must go to the injured and their families, as well as passengers and train crew, after the appalling knife attack on an LNER train so...
October 31st - Eurostar gets competition from London to Paris and beyond from Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Trains
After airlines, domestic railways and a cruise line, the bearded billionaire is set to bring better service and lower fares on international trains to...
October 30th - Inside the world of Jack's Flight Club
Jack's Flight Club is an enterprise that specialises in finding exceptional deals on tickets to Europe and beyond. I've always been intrigued about ho...
October 29th - 'You'll feel like at home, only better': Chisinau tourist guide Irina Iacoban
In the Moldovan capital, deep set in autumn, I've been enjoying a walk and talk with Irina – who helps tourists make the most of a beautiful and intri...
October 28th - Eastern Airways closes down – what happens next?
The latest UK regional airline to closed down is Eastern Airways, which linked Aberdeen with Teesside, Humberside and Wick airports as well as flying...
October 27th - How badly wrong can an Airbnb booking go?
At the weekend I was in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, to report on the finish of the latest Lupine Travel race across Europe.
Chatting to pas...
October 24th - Winter is coming ... on Sunday 26 October the northern hemisphere winter season begins for the world's airlines
Aviation analyst Sean Moulton tells me about some of the new routes, which include Pakistan International returning to the UK. Aberdeen to Paris and M...
October 23rd - Secret Maps: Unlocking a world in which travellers are not supposed to know where's where
The British Library, right next door to London St Pancras International, has a new exhibition – opening tomorrow, Friday 24 October – about the way th...
October 22nd - Is there really a future in "Green Travel?"
My guest today is Richard Hammond, founder of Green Traveller – an organisation that aims to provide news and inspiration about lower-carbon holidays....
October 21st - Can Sweden enhance your mind and body in winter?
Travel desk Tuesday – and my colleague, senior travel writer Natalie Wilson, has been writing about a Visit Sweden initiative that seeks to promote ph...
October 20th - Is Manchester really a key force in UK aviation?
That's the claim from aviation analyst Sean Moulton, who I met in his home town, Manchester. We talked about the way Britain's third-biggest airport –...
October 17th - 25 years on: Kicheche Safari Camps – a model for wildlife tourism?
In the year 2000, two travel professionals with experience across Africa teamed up to create a safari camp that brings together nature, community, ene...
October 16th - New trains for old on Chiltern Railways, linking London Marylebone with Banbury and Birmingham
On a shiny 21st-century train with just one careful previous owner, I am talking to Richard Allan – managing director of Chiltern Railways – about new...
October 15th - EU entry-exit system: UK borders minister on the new challenges for travellers
At London St Pancras International, hub for Eurostar – and one of three locations in the UK where passport control is carried out before departing for...
October 14th - Inside the world of British Airways cabin crew
My colleague, senior travel writer Natalie Wilson, has been telling me more about the making of a film about training to be cabin crew.
This pod...
October 13th - Entry-exit system arrives – and I try it out
I'm in Prague, tackling the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of the new Schengen area digital borders scheme.
This podcast is free, as is Independent Trav...
October 10th - Entry-exit system starts on Sunday – hear from Abta's EES expert
This weekend it's not exact all change for British holidaymakers going to the European Union and wider Schengen area – but some of us will have our fi...
October 9th - How to make the most of Mallorca
Today I'm talking to Alex Smith – who has lived and worked in the travel industry in Mallorca for two decades. Five years ago she created the YouTube...
October 8th - How to start – and run – a successful travel business
Jacqueline Dobson, president of Barrhead Travel and Internova Leisure, tells me that this chain of travel agencies grew from a single branch in a subu...
October 7th - "The universe is looking favourably on northern Spain"
So says Jessica Harvey Taylor, head of press for the Spanish Tourist Office in the UK, who's been telling me about the increased appetite among Britis...
October 6th - The amazing city tour that invites rewards in the form of donations to charity
Meet Dr Nick Brown, resident of Palma in Mallorca. His day job is as data sleuth, but he also does all he can to help tourists make the most of the is...
October 3rd - Flight cancellations – what is the best way to deal with them?
That's the discussion I've been having with my excellent colleague, global travel editor Annabel Grossman. In September we both had flight cancellatio...
October 2nd - The insider's guide to "status matching" with travel loyalty schemes
Rob Burgess, founder of the frequent flyer website Head for Points, explains how to benefit from this quirk: could status with one airline earn you th...
October 1st - Is the Airbus A321 XLR the biggest gamechanger in aviation?
That's the belief of Rhys Jones of the frequent-flyer website Head for Points, who explains why the economics of the extra long range narrow-bodied tw...
September 30th - Play, a low-cost Icelandic airline, has shut down
The carrier is telling passengers: “All flights have been cancelled.” Around 500 staff have lost their jobs. It follows former Icelandic carriers Prim...
September 29th - Entry-exit system: 'We're ready, so bring it on'
That's the message from Yann Leriche, chief executive of Getlink – the company that runs Eurotunnel and LeShuttle car-carrying operation between Folke...
September 26th - Meet Linger, the company that wants to organise the ultimate career break for you
Steve Wilson, founder of Linger, tells me that many legal and financial services firms are happy for their top people to take sabbatical – a break to...
September 25th - All change for British travellers to Europe from 12 October
Hi from London St Pancras International – most beautiful railway station in the world, and also the hub for Eurostar. I am talking to Simon Lejeune, C...
September 24th - Gatwick – what will expansion mean, and when will passengers get to benefit?
My guest is Stewart Wingate, Vinci Airports Managing Director for United Kingdom, overseeing future development and strategic direction of London Gatw...
September 23rd - Check out this guide to the Czech Republic
I am in Brno in the Czech Republic, where I have come to meet Kevan Vogler – a Canadian who has been living in his adopted homeland of the Czech Repub...
September 22nd - Gatwick's second runway gets government go ahea
I've been covering airport expansion in south-east England for decades. Could this finally be the moment when an additional runway is pressed into ser...
September 19th - Should the retirement age for pilots be raised from 65 to 67?
That's the recommendation of the International Air Transport Association (Iata). Opponents say the airlines see raising the age limit as an attempt to...