Practice What We Beach
September is a huge month for us in the travel industry – it's the time to introduce products for the coming year and, after a whirlwind...
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Sep 18, 2016
The Magnificent Seven Days
What a week. It's peak season for suppliers and hoteliers to host events, and we sure had a hectic time attending as much as we could....
Sep 15, 2016
Review: Joanna Lumley's Japan
We are sure, like us, many of you really enjoyed the first of ITV’s new series, Joanna Lumley’s Japan. If you missed it or were...
Aug 18, 2016
Staff Blog: The Portuguese Pousadas
We write enough about travel. Time to sample it. So when a fantastic line-up including Radiohead and Arcade Fire were announced for the...
Aug 11, 2016
Navigator of The Seas: Making Waves
An early Sunday start, but with good reason: Julie and I had the chance to see Royal Caribbean's MS Navigator of the Seas. I have...
Aug 7, 2016
Barcelona: The husband’s choice
So, as I always play fair with my marriage I gave my husband Ian the choice as to where we take our holiday this year. He chose...
Jul 19, 2016
Lex in the City: St Vincent & The Grenadines, and St Lucia
My heart fell to the floor. It's the smallest plane I have ever seen, our connecting flight from Barbados. I'm heading to St Vincent &...
Jun 24, 2016
Abbotts Travel attends the Ski Independence dinner at Bob Bob Ricard
It was a delight for Carly and I to be invited, along with a select group of travel comrades, to the superbly elegant, Russian-themed...
Jun 23, 2016
Introducing Croatia, with Cyplon Holidays
Well this was a lovely way to spend a Tuesday evening! Sophie and myself were invited to discover more about Croatia, one of the most...
Jun 22, 2016
OD Talamanca Hotel visits Abbotts Travel
It's some distance from the Balearics to South Woodford, so we applaud José Diaz for making it. José is from the OD Talamanca in Ibiza,...
Jun 16, 2016
Staff Blog: Antigua - The Best Indies!
Alexis and myself jumped at this one: a chance to see the latest offerings from Antigua and still get the tube home! We were invited...
Jun 16, 2016
A visitor from Triple Creek Ranch, Montana
South Woodford on some evenings reminds us of the Wild West, so it was lovely to welcome Jennifer O'Donohue. She is Sheriff (aka Sales...
Jun 8, 2016
The Italian Job: Sicily for insiders
In May of this year, Shelley received an invite from Prestige Holidays inviting her to spend four nights in Sicily in the company of...
Jun 6, 2016
Small Luxury Hotels Of the World Event, Westminster Abbey, London
It came as no shock to receive an invitation to Westminster Abbey – after all, Abbotts is a place where God is evoked most days (usually...
Apr 4, 2016
Staff Blog: This Is Canada
How would I describe the Canadian province of Québec? Bursting with life and full of adventure. Shelley and I saw proof of this last...
May 25, 2015
The tiny travel agents of tomorrow
Our school was so rough, the student newspaper had an obituary column. But times change, and now we get a chance to train the tiny travel...
May 1, 2015
Staff Blog: Julie's research trip to Australia
Julie's on a research trip to Australia, organized by our friends at Gold Medal. As we receive her updates, it's only polite to share…...
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