Introduction and Planning Late last year I was chatting with my friend Will about his recent move from London to Chicago. He was saying how much he loved the city and how great the view from his apartment was. Around the same time BA were running a premium class travel sale and with World...

IntroductionI’ve had more requests to get this report written up than any other! Possibly because nobody thought I’d actually go through with it… or possibly because people like to read about me being in pain… either way, here it is :)It was any other day at work, and...

Planning After my second honeymoon last September I didn’t expect that I’d be travelling for a while. My mileage balance was low and my remaining 2for1 voucher was likely to expire unused. But one day on the train to work I got a text from Schofs to say that BA were offering a...

>In less than a week, I’m off with Mrs. Schofs to Tanzania… and you can come too!As well as my normal report (which you will have to wait patiently for), I’ll be posting live updates and photos at each stage of my travels, whether I’m in the Concorde Room… or...

>Introduction Around 15 years ago, my sister spent a year on the Greek island of Zakynthos (Zante) as part of her Zoology “degree” studying sea turtles. Now I know what you’re thinking… it’s another story of Shirley Valentine going off to a Greek island, meeting some Greek guy and...

>The third instalment in my travels to New Zealand and I’ve finally arrived… if you haven’t already read them, Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here.Sydney – Auckland in Qantas EconomyWe drove to the airport in the car we‚Äôd hired for the Blue Mountains. We‚Äôd hoped to...

Introduction Predicting the success of our honeymoon this summer we decided that it would be a good idea to burn some more miles and a 2-for-1 voucher and have a second honeymoon. The criteria for the destination were as follows: somewhere vaguely warm, good value for miles, good redemption...

>IntroductionThis report comes more than 2 years after I actually took the trip. Annoyingly I’ve forgotten some of the detail, but maybe that’s helped to give a better view of what you really take away from a trip; the lasting memories.A year after my parents moved to New Zealand, I had a...

>The second instalment in my travels to New Zealand takes me to Sydney… if you haven’t read Part 1, go and read it now.Bangkok to Sydney in British Airways FIRSTThis was a flight I was very much looking forward to; having flown with British Airways more than 100 times in the...

Introduction It’s a brave man that reads a random report on a travel blog and thinks “forget where I was going to take my new wife on our honeymoon – I’ll go there”, but that’s exactly what Alex did when he paid a random visit to Schofs’ Travels...