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Travel Dreaming: The Ultimate Staycation

  Armchair Travels – The Ultimate Staycation As the weather takes a downturn in temperartiure this week it is rather apt that we are staying closer to home for our latest armchair adventures. We’re journeying north to bonnie Scotland to have

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Safaris with a Difference

  Welcome aboard for this week’s armchair travels, where weuncover some of the not so well known safari destinations in Africa. Itcan be easy to focus all your expectations on ticking off the ‘Big 5’ whenplanning a safari holiday but some

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5 Ultimate Escapes to dream about

Firstly, we want to say a big thank you for all the lovely messages of support we received following our last update. Your kindness is greatly appreciated. We are continuing to make all necessary changes and amendments to effected travel bookings and lots

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An update from Thames Travel

An update from the Thames Travel team. First and foremost, we hope everyone is safe and well during these difficult times. We would also like to say a huge thank you to you all for your patience, support and understanding

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How to offset your Carbon Footprint when travelling

Welcome to our latest newsletter! We had a brilliant time last week hosting a Canada Evening in our office with guest speakers from Prestige Canada and The Rocky Mountaineer. Holidays to Canada as well as rail adventures are growing in popularity, so we’ve

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Top Offers for January 2020

Our Top Offers for 2020! We hope you had a great Christmas and 2020 is starting off well!  January is the peak time to book your next holiday. It’s the month when the airlines have their biggest seat sales, hotels release superb

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Thames Travel’s Hot List for 2020!

We’ve spent the last few weeks researching what’s hot for next year and these 20 destinations are the best of the best! There are some destinations largely overlooked by most of us and some familiar ones offering new reasons to

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The Insider’s Guide to The Palacio Estoril

We recently sent Richmond resident & travel journalist – Sarah Tucker to the gorgeous Hotel Palacio Estoril. Sarah is joining us in our store for a glass of bubbles & to tell us more about her fabulous stay.  Please join

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The Best of Vancouver and the Okanagan Wineries

Canada really does produce an unfathomable amount of Maple syrup – an average of 10 million gallons a year to be precise! Honestly though, this was not my sole reason for wanting to visit this picturesque part of the world. Canada has

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