International Women’s Day is celebrated today, the 8th March so why not celebrate it and book a holiday course to learn something you’ve always wanted to try.
Women are increasingly growing in confidence and more and more of us are choosing to travel solo.
Flopping on a beach for 2 weeks is all well and good but [...]
I saw a company offering a cash voucher for a department store in a recent travel industry newsletter. Sure it got my attention but when I thought about it, I realised that it would have been my own money that turned into the cash voucher because the travel agent would have taken less of a [...]
Singles account for almost 38% of UK households and this number is growing.
More and more people are living and travelling independently and the thought of a contrived singles holiday fills most with dread.
If you are single, a learning holiday could be just the thing to inspire you to get you on that plane and go learn [...]
As with learning any new skill, the more 1 on 1 time you have with the teacher, the faster you will be able to adapt to learning it and learning it well. So when it comes to learning a new language, private language lessons can be the most beneficial. A private language course offers more [...]
The most popular way to learn a language is learning it within a group environment where you learn with others who are roughly the same level as you. Classes focus on the four main language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing combined with a healthy dose of local culture. Group learning is best for [...]
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Get out of the classroom and put your language lessons into practice on a combined language and activity course.
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Your group language courses take [...]
People rate their ‘Top 10 destinations’ for many reasons and it always seems to focus on the destionation…here’s my take on the Top 10 Destinations for some slightly different reasons…
1. Speak to the Locals
You’ll find some of the friendlist and helpful people in the most remote villages within the countries that make up South America. In [...]
Until recently you could kick back on some sugar sand beach safe in the shade of a palm tree, stirring only to order your next cocktail or turn the page of a novel to feel like you’ve had a holiday worthy of telling your friends about.
These days, an abundance of cheap airline tickets to a [...]
Arguably the best way to learn a language is to completely immerse yourself in the lifestyle and culture so you have the chance to converse at all times in the mother tongue. You will start to think in the language, your confidence will soar and you’ll learn real life day to day conversation.
Many countries around [...]
Recording took place for the Independent newspaper’s magazine radio programme ‘Something to Declare’ last night at Stanfords Travel Book shop in Covent Garden, London.
All sorts of recording paraphernalia was set-up on two round tables on the first floor of the shop whilst shoppers milled around browsing travel books and trying not to look too interested in what [...]
