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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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September Newsletter

Welcome to our September newsletter and what a busy few weeks it’s been for us! Earlier this month, we weredelighted to receive an award at the Travel Weekly ASPIRE event,where we enjoyed a glittering dinner amongst 300 other luxury travelagents at the St Pancras Renaissance

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Thames Travel Picks Up Coveted Industry Award!

LOCAL INDEPENDENT TRAVEL AGENT PICKS UP COVETED NATIONAL AWARD Earlier this month, local Richmond independent travel agent, Thames Travel picked up one of the UK travel industry’s most coveted awards at the Travel Weekly ASPIRE Awards in central London. The

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The best things to see and do in Menorca

Tanquil & unspoilt,  fantastic gastronomy & home to some of the best beaches in the world, but do you know what other exciting fact we discovered whilst researching this quaint Balearic island…Gin is a big deal on the island and the

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