0ur global guru simon calder has some seasonal suggestions.e canadian islands, where the sea can bite. the travel show — your essential guide, wherever you're heading. welcome to the slice of the show that tackles your questions still to come on this week's travel show... looking for a long haul in october? 0ur global guru simon calder has some seasonal suggestions. and we go to the canadian islands, where the sea can bite. the travel show — your essential guide, wherever you're heading. welcome to the slice of the show that tackles your questions about getting the best out of travel. coming up shortly, ideas for a great 0ctober escape, and managing money for mexico. but first, peak tourist season in europe is underway and so i've asked britain's biggest airports for the days this summer when they expect to be busiest. here at gatwick, it's sunday 13th august, with travellers passing through at a rate of two per second. at manchester, friday 18th august is the key day, and at heathrow airport — the busiest in europe — the peak will be on sunda

simon calder, travel editor at the independent. —— independent.ms of the grenfell fire and their wider community. it'll feature ex—professionals, celebrities and musicians including mumford and sons frontman marcus mumford. tickets for the game in september, called ‘game four grenfell‘, went on sale yesterday. i've been talking about it to nicholas burton, a grenfell survivor, and also to marcus mumford, who began by telling me about what he saw the night the fire started. i. i, like many people in the area, i live locally and i woke up that wednesday morning and saw the fire out my window and loads of people ran down and started off at clement james, one of the community centres down there, and i was privileged enough to be in the room to meet some of the survivors and nick was the first of either i met officially. day four or five? the first of either i met officially. day four orfive? at clement james? and then officially. day four orfive? at clementjames? and then once we started listening and being around then we felt like we couldn't leave a

simon calder.reign office reiterated what it said as of 1pm when the advice changed which is there is a high threat of terrorism and 30 british holiday—makers died on the beach in sousse over two yea rs on the beach in sousse over two years ago. the ban was put if place after that and there has been co nsta nt after that and there has been constant pressure by the tunisian authorities to lift the ban, but the foreign office said we don't yet believe that this the security measures are sufficiently in place. bearin measures are sufficiently in place. bear in mind there is lots of returningjihadis in bear in mind there is lots of returning jihadis in tunisia and there is a long, leaky frontier with libya which is effectively a failed state, but they are now satisfied that you and i can happily go on holiday, bearing in mind that it is still on the high risk of terrorism list. and pressure from tunisians, understandably, given the amount of money that it brings in? yes. the tourist industry has been t

with me is simon calder, travel editor of the independent.sight on this. what's going on? well, the battle lines are drawn, the union have gathered at a football club south of the southern runway at heathrow, they'll be putting some pickets in during the day. they'll also see an awful lot of strange aircraft coming and going, these are the planes that british airways was given permission at 4pm yesterday afternoon to bring in and normally injuly it afternoon to bring in and normally in july it would afternoon to bring in and normally injuly it would be really difficult getting hold of spare planes, but actually ba was in luck in terms of the timing. qatar airways which owns one fifth of its parent company has a lot of planes, pilots and crew, sitting around idle at doha because they've been banned flying a number of routes in the gulf because of this big geo—political dispute. so passengers this morning enjoyed a luxury service flying to brussels and there have been depart tures to munich and oslo. some people are getting extra space. they mi

let's get some clarity now from the independent‘s travel editor, simon calder. good morning.rly calm, only a couple of cancellations. everything else i have checked is are going is normal 01’ have checked is are going is normal or rather not quite as normal you may turn up and fly on a different airline? kata airway? -- qatar qatar qatar has loads of planes and pilots and cabin crew on the ground because they are not allowed to fly because ofa they are not allowed to fly because of a row in the gulf to places like abu dhabi and dubai and saudi arabia say they have loads of planes spare. british airways was given permission by the transport secretary to use qatar qatar airways and in the next two minutes makes light out to brussels is going to go and the lucky passengers in business class again to find that instead of sitting like this in very confined seat they have a 6—foot seven bed flat. although it is only an hour across so they will not enjoy that is too long. no one complains about those. why are we seeing these disputes? a brief answer but it all goes back to 2010 and

i spoke to the independent‘s travel editor simon calder, and i asked him if it was now safe to visit.s died on the beach just over two years ago. the ban was put in place shortly after that and it has been constant pressure by the tunisian birdies to lift the ban, but the foreign office has said that we do not believe that the security measures are sufficiently in place. there are a lot of returning jihadis and a dispute with libya. they are satisfied that you and i could happily go on holiday bearing in mind it is on the high risk of terrorism list. pressure from tunisian is understandably given the amount of money that in. the tourist industry have been absolutely traumatised. tens of thousands of families whose lives depend on industry, have lost income. the germans, the french and the italians have been returning to tunisia, but there isn‘t going to be any kind of surge of british holiday—makers settling for the rest of the summer season up settling for the rest of the summer season up to october, and even the winter programmes that the tour operators would want to put in place, i

you have the legendary simon calder coming on later.ess the balance and here we have british airways pilot hugo and hannah webb says sharing a cockpit helps their relationship and describes flying side by side as great fun. there is another line hugo says, "although i introduce hannah at the beginning of the flight, i never mention she is my wife. i suppose some customers may guess." how do they guess? perhaps they catch the names? is that it? you wonder how they guess. my mind goes to that wonderful programme the david walliams and matt lucas show come fly with me with a warring couple in the cockpit. but good luck to hugo and hannah webb and a great story at la st hannah webb and a great story at last for british airways! when was the last time you cooked a sunday roast, ben? i have not had a kitchen for nearly nine months. sunday roast, ben? i have not had a kitchen for nearly nine monthslj had forgotten! when was the last time you cooked a sunday lunch? several months ago. i don't cook them very often. my contribution was small. i o

sair ration we are about to talk to simon calder, it is blustery across the english channel. yes.e. you will see rain and brisk winds through the english channel today, but it will be clearing up of the so bear with the weather. sarah, thank you. simon is with us. on the channel we've got as sarah was saying the winds and the storms that are meaning that people can't get the ferries. in the south of france we are facing the forest fires that are affecting travel. tens of thousands of families heading for france this weekend. and as we have been hearing, it is nasty across the channel. mind you, you will have problems before you get to the port of dover. they are warning there is long queues of trucks on the a2 and the a20. p&0 long queues of trucks on the a2 and the a20. p&o ferries are running three hours behind schedule. they say they will get you on the next sailing and you will get a free cup of tea. they have had mechanical problems and the weather is terrible and everything is looking grim. but when you get to france your problems are only beginning. this is the big weekend.

simon calder is with us.ry much something that will raise memories of the appalling attack in tunisia in 2015just over two years ago in which 30 british holidaymakers died when a lone gunmen went on the rampage through a holiday hotel in sousse. there was some really worrying stuff but clearly the timing is designed to persuade holidaymakers who have just moved into the peak season, most schools are breaking up in the next couple of weeks, to say look, be aware of what you need to do. very straightforward, run if you can see a safe escape route, if you can't then find somewhere secure to hide and tell the police when you get the chance. but in terms of the overall risk, terrorism, despite the awful things we have seen in manchester, london and almost a year ago in nice, remainsa london and almost a year ago in nice, remains a very small risk compared with all the other possibilities that might come to harm you a broad. it's interesting because i have watched the video in full and it gives you more details abo