A lot of people don’t think about using an arrivals lounge on their return journey to Heathrow unless they are heading straight to work. Although I am normally heading straight home, I often pop into an arrivals lounge if one is available. Firstly, if you arrive at rush hour, I…
When you think of going on a gourmet break for some Michelin star or fine dining in Europe you probably think of San Sebastián in Spain or Paris. I’m guessing the Algarve is probably is not the top of your list. I was surprised to discover on our recent visit…
As I am currently on a sunlounger in Mauritius, it’s over to Roving Reporter today for his review of Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland. “We were on a short weekend break in Scotland and hoping to eat at The Andrew Fairlie restaurant (2 Michelin stars) at Gleneagles. As it happened the restaurant is…
Today we have a reader review from Nev of Plane Talking UK. If you would like to see your review featured please email [email protected] Please note we are only able to feature reviews with images. Nevil Bounds is one of the co-hosts of the Plane Talking UK Podcast which is…
For today’s’ post, Roving Reporter reviews his stay at the boutique hotel at The Witchery in Edinburgh. The Witchery takes its name from the hundreds of women burned at the stake as witches on Castlehill during the 16th and 17th centuries. It is reputed that more witches were put to…
Last week I was lucky enough to be a guest of British Airways and Leading Hotels of the World on a mystery trip to Venice with Roving Reporter. Flights and accommodation were provided for us. All other costs were paid for by Turning left for less. We stayed at the…
This is the final flight review in the series from our trip to Las Vegas. I came back via Miami whereas Roving Reporter flew straight back on a B747 from Las Vegas. You can read the B747 and A380 outbound reviews here. Check-in and lounge Check in at Miami was swift…
I have stayed at the Conrad London a few times over the years and decided it was time to check it out again as I was attending an event in London. By a strange coincidence, I found out after I had booked it that the event was actually in the…
Last week I wrote about my experience flying to San Francisco on the British Airways A380 Upper deck in Club World. Roving Reporter and I were both heading to Vegas using our Lloyds upgrade vouchers, so he ended up flying direct on British Airways B747 on the upper deck in Club World and…
At the end of September Roving Reporter and I used our Lloyds Avios card upgrade vouchers to go to Las Vegas. He went direct on a B747 and I went on an A380 via San Francisco. Next week I will be comparing our journeys side by side with his B747 review….
