How to turn staying into your house during the coronavirus crisis into a holiday

How to survive and thrive at home: Turn staying into your house during the coronavirus crisis into a holiday By Lowri Turner For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 01:52 GMT, 21 March 2020 Weeks, possibly months, of enforced home-dwelling stretch ahead of us. For some, this may seem a … Read more

Couple who had cruise cancelled due to coronavirus COVID-19 crisis recreate holiday in living room 

We won’t let coronavirus sink our spirits! Aussie couple recreate their cancelled wedding anniversary Pacific islands cruise with bathrobes, wine and a flat-screen TV Dave and Norma Trill were due to go on a 10-day cruise to celebrate anniversary After the cancellation, they were filmed recreating the trip in their living room  The clip was … Read more

Selfies with sloths and walking with lions on holiday is unacceptable, says Abta 

Taking selfies with sloths and walking with lions while on holiday is unacceptable, says Abta The travel body has updated its guidelines to ‘safeguard the welfare of animals’ Other unacceptable practices are feeding apes as well as getting close to orcas Abta is also reviewing its current advice on dolphins in captive environments   By Jennifer … Read more

Sainsbury’s expecting to save £500m from the 100% rates holiday

Sainsbury’s shares rise as it reveals £500m saving from government stimulus package giving retailers a 100% business rates holiday Sainsbury’s customers can now buy no more than three of a grocery product Tesco’s 24-hour stores will no longer be open all day so that they are restocked EU drivers’ hours rules have been relaxed so … Read more

Luisa Zissman shares photos from luxurious girls’ holiday in Barbados

‘There’s nowhere I’d rather be’: Luisa Zissman enjoys cocktails and beach life during luxury girls’ holiday in Barbados… before revealing airport chaos as she jets home to her children By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 09:02 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 09:04 GMT, 18 March 2020 Luisa Zissman has escaped the ‘madness’ of coronavirus … Read more

What are your rights if you’ve already booked a holiday in 2020?

Holidaymakers were yesterday told to avoid all but essential travel outside of Britain for 30 days.  It means that many Easter getaway plans that were already looking precarious are now off the table entirely.  Here, Money Mail talks you through everything you need to know if you were due to go away in the next … Read more

ASK TONY: Travel agent pocketed £225 of our China holiday refund

Last July, my wife, daughter and I used travel agent Carlton Leisure to book flights to Beijing with British Airways, returning via Hong Kong, with an internal flight between there and Chengdu.  We had planned this trip for the Easter holidays. However, due to the coronavirus, British Airways cancelled our flights and told us to … Read more

Magic! Harry Potter fans can now rent a holiday cottage that looks exactly like Hagrid’s hut

Harry Potter fans can now rent a holiday cottage inspired by the fictional home of Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid. The Groundkeeper’s Cottage has just opened at fantasy-themed holiday park North Shire, near Saltburn on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, ahead of International Harry Potter Day on May 2. The cottage, which cost … Read more

Coronavirus: British boy, 9, infected on Bulgarian skiing holiday

British child, nine, is infected with coronavirus during skiing holiday with his family in Bulgaria The child and his family were tested at Bansko ski resort after arriving on Friday The nine-year-old is the only one of the family of five to have tested positive Officials say they are in quarantine and should return to … Read more

British child, nine, is infected with coronavirus during skiing holiday with his family in Bulgaria

British child, nine, is infected with coronavirus during skiing holiday with his family in Bulgaria The child and his family were tested at Bansko ski resort after arriving on Friday The nine-year-old is the only one of the family of five to have tested positive Officials say they are in quarantine and should return to … Read more