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Travel Tips
Sleeping in your car doesn't have to feel like punishment. Done right, it's a legitimate way to cut accommodation costs to zero, w...
Travel Tips
The rain started at 2am somewhere off a forestry road in the Scottish Highlands, and I spent the next four hours lying awake liste...
Travel Tips
You have a car, a free weekend, and a vague plan to sleep in it. Maybe you are trying to cut accommodation costs on a long drive,...
Travel Tips
You plan the route, you argue about the playlist, you pack the bags. Then three hours in, someone opens a bag of crisps and your b...
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A long drive with children and no screens sounds ambitious. It isn't, as long as you prepare more than you think you need and acce...
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The airport drop-off is the moment it hits you. Your friend's car pulls away, you're standing there with a bag, and every decision...
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You are standing at the check-in desk, or maybe you are already in the taxi, and your stomach drops. Passport. Medication. The ada...
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The strawberry milkshake went over somewhere near the motorway services outside Bristol. Not a small spill. A full cup, lid off, a...
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You do not need a new car to cut your fuel bill on a long drive. Most of the savings come from three things: how you drive, what y...