Travel For Adventurous Women
Weekly Question #9: Have you ever been disappointed by a place or attraction? Yes, we’re Travel Belles, optimistic, spirited women who try and see the best in every experience we’re lucky enough to have. But sometimes even we feel a sense of disappointment. Still, in true Travel Belles style, the responses to our Weekly Question … Read more
…and do you use a frequent flier programme? The Travel Belles discuss saving money while spending miles and share their favourite places around the world. Weekly Question #16: Which place would you return to again and again? Greece, France, Italy and the Middle East – lots of places have lodged themselves in the Travel … Read more
Weekly Question #12: Would you travel to a country considered to be dangerous? A somewhat knotty and gritty question, but one which our Belles approached with their usual aplomb and open minds. No-one, either on the Facebook page, or on the forum, said that they wouldn’t travel to a dangerous country, and the very definition … Read more
…And do you have a favorite Paris hotel? The Travel Belles tackle the practical question of travel information-gathering, and dream about best places to stay in the City of Light. Weekly Question #14: Do you still use traditional guidebooks? Considering we’re a committed group of internet-savvy, blog-writing Travel Belles, it seems we still have … Read more
And What’s the best conversation you’ve had with a stranger on a plane? The Travel Belles talk about their camera addictions and share the best conversations they’ve had on a plane. Weekly Question #18: Do you always travel with a camera? It seems that we are a group of dedicated shutter-bugs: the answer to this … Read more
In our first #TBCafeChat of 2014, we discussed solo travel. We asked the Belles: Have you ever travelled solo? What did you learn from the experience? Experiences varied widely – from occasional solo weekend trips, to long solo adventures of several months. Yet the feelings and the lessons learned were surprisingly similar. The most important … Read more
American tourists flock to wrong village in search of Downton Abbey The Telegraph, 02 Sep 2013 I laughed out loud when I came across this article – my parents have recently moved to Downton in Wiltshire, so it just tickled me to think of confused tourists turning up in their local pub. Quite understandably, people … Read more
Norwegian’s summer flights from the UK to the US It’s so tempting. So tempting to just press ‘book’, because Norwegian are launching a new service this summer of direct flights from London Gatwick to Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, New York and LA. Prices are ridiculously low for the introductory period, meaning that a return ticket to … Read more
Our second Weekly Question in May asked: What’s your favorite travel-related film? As it turns out, we’re all big film fans, and the conversation took off both in the forum and on Twitter – but most of us found it too hard to choose just one!
We introduced each other to films from a whole range of genres and eras and enthused over common favourites together. So, what’s on the Travel Belles ‘Must-see Movies’ list?
A beautiful little village in Dordogne that sells chocolate shoes? Sarlat is my idea of heaven on earth. In France, pleasure is taken very seriously, and nowhere more so than in the town of Sarlat in the Dordogne Valley. I knew as soon as I arrived that this was a place made for a Travel … Read more
