here is our global guru, simon calder, with some ideas.— our global guru, simon calder, with some ideasny of us feeling — with some ideas. with so many of us feeling the _ with some ideas. with so many of us feeling the squeeze - of us feeling the squeeze financially it is no wonder that some travellers are considering cutting back on adventures. when money is tight, seeing your ideal destination on tv or social media can stir up a load of negative feelings and leave you believing that your dream holiday, isjust believing that your dream holiday, is just that, believing that your dream holiday, isjust that, a dream. in 2022 the travel show team went dune bashing in qatar. attended age—old ceremonies in chile and saw some amazing creatures that also call this planet home at yellowstone. there is one over there in the distance. and this is how you can get to some of these destinations. the usa is full of wish list locations, hollywood, miami beach, new york city and natural wonders like yellowstone which lucy and the travel show visited in early 2022, coinciding with its 150th anniversary

here is our global guru, simon calder, with some ideas.n so many of us are feeling the squeeze financially it is no wonder that some travellers are considering cutting back on adventures. when money is tight, seeing your ideal destination on tv or social media can stir up a load of negative feelings and leave you believing that your dream holiday, isjust that, a dream. in 2022 the travel show team went dune bashing in qatar. attended age—old ceremonies in chile, and saw some amazing creatures that also call this planet home at yellowstone. right over there in the distance is a grizzly bear. and this is how you can get to some of these destinations. the usa is full of wish list locations, hollywood, miami beach, new york city and natural wonders like yellowstone which lucy and the travel show visited in early 2022, coinciding with its 150th anniversary as a national park. this is old faithful, probably one of the world's most famous geysers. there she goes. people save for years to see amazing places like yellowstone but with the cost of li

simon calder. just picking up one _ positive. thank you. simon calder.you later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm thomas magill. an urgent review of security arrangements at the new year's eve fireworks show is continuing after a number of people forced their way through several barriers. this was near westminster abbey, while there was similar scenes on the southbank. the met made eight arrests on the evening and say they were forced to draw their batons before bringing the situation under control. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman from deptford. maureen gitau was reported missing on the 10th of december, having been last seen five days earlier as she left her home in evelyn street. police believe she has come to serious harm although a body has not been found. the 54—year—old man was arrested on friday. passengers travelling to scotland on avanti services from euston via the west coast main line are being told to avoid the station. the line will be shut until friday du

simon calder , thank you very simon calder, thank you very much indeed for giving us all the updatesr not. if he got the flight tickets fo r £28. got the flight tickets for £28. exactly i was doing well. anyway, you for that. and anyway, thank you for that. and i think you had a little bit of difficulty but difficulty hearing us there, but it gave us the update there on what's happening with flybe, sir. thanks much indeed. sir. thanks very much indeed. some absolutely now now some absolutely. now we're now joined england , leeds joined by former england, leeds and wednesday and sheffield wednesday midfielder carson palmer. so take us through this weekend's fa cup action. carson you very much indeed forjoining us this much indeed for joining us this morning. i was watching manchester city and arsenal last night . i was manchester city and arsenal last night. i was it's manchester city and arsenal last night . i was it's quite night. i was it's quite interesting. i was interested that manchester city seem to play that manchester city seem to play a full strength team which seems to be

here is our global guru, simon calder, with some ideas.are feeling the squeeze financially it is no wonder that some travellers are considering cutting back on adventures. when money is tight, seeing your ideal destination on tv or social media can stir up a load of negative feelings and leave you believing that your dream holiday, isjust that, a dream. in 2022 the travel show team went dune bashing in qatar. attended age—old ceremonies in chile, and saw some amazing creatures that also call this planet home at yellowstone. right over there in the distance is a grizzly bear. and this is how you can get to some of these destinations. the usa is full of wish list locations, hollywood, miami beach, new york city and natural wonders like yellowstone which lucy and the travel show visited in early 2022, coinciding with its 150th anniversary as a national park. this is old faithful, probably one of the world's most famous geysers. there she goes. people save for years to see amazing places like yellowstone but with the cost of living soaring, ar

the travel expert simon calder told us customers should get their money back from their travel agent, ago, they may have gone up in price. thank you. i am joined by independent travel and aviation analyst sally gethin. just tell us about why this relaunch of flybe hasn't worked? i think really, historically, flybe has gone through so many changes, corporate wise, in terms of its ownership, for example. as you pointed out, it had a very shaky situation prior to the pandemic of the first casualties. it doesn't surprise me at all this is the outcome. i would question how robust the strategy was, the management approach. there's always been a constant turn of the airline in terms of management. it faces another headwind like the fallout from brexit, a lot of the consequences are only being felt now economic league. the weak pound doesn't help and air passenger duty, because that is charged on departures, the added fee onto the ticket price, and that adversely affects domestic carriers and operators compared to overseas ones. if you are a short—haul uk operating airline, then you will take

we also say the travel expert simon calder spoke to us this morning said customers should get money back finding alternative flights could be the problem because if you booked a while ago, those flights may have gone up in price now. a tropical storm followed by heavy rainfall has killed at least 16 people in madagascar. 17 people remain missing after tropical storm chenesso hit. more than 60,000 people have been displaced since the storm reached the island just over a week ago. new zealand's prime minister chris hipkins has described the flooding in the country's largest city, auckland, as unprecedented. he's surveyed some of the worst—hit parts by helicopter. at least three people have died following torrential downpours. more than 100 people have been rescued from flooded cars and homes. giving an assessment of the situation, mr hipkins said new zealand would have to consider whether its emergency response was adequate to the challenges posed by new weather patterns. the met service has confirmed that yesterday was auckland's wettest day on record. having just surveyed some of the ext

we heard from the travel expert simon calder who said what those passengers could expect.ill ultimately be able to claim back _ expect. you will ultimately be able to claim back money _ expect. you will ultimately be able to claim back money from - expect. you will ultimately be able to claim back money from the - expect. you will ultimately be able to claim back money from the card j to claim back money from the card issuer if you _ to claim back money from the card issuer if you bought _ to claim back money from the card issuer if you bought the _ to claim back money from the card issuer if you bought the ticket - to claim back money from the card issuer if you bought the ticket or i issuer if you bought the ticket or the travel— issuer if you bought the ticket or the travel agent if you bought through— the travel agent if you bought through them. but now, you have a problem. _ through them. but now, you have a problem, the cia says you have to find alternative flight or train or coach _ find alternative flight or train or coach that will be able to get you to your _ coa

let's find more, though, let's find out more, though, with is simon calder. with me now is simon calderotentially a resolution afoot. mick lynch hasn't got back to us, but what is your view on this latest offer offer ? none at this latest offer offer? none at well thank goodness i can actually speak to you about a subject and i have talked to talked about dozens of times over the past months since the strikes began and actually have a bit of a on my face. yes so and the reason i'm optimistic that one of the three key dispute that is going on so this one is the train operators represented by the rail delivery group who in turn get a briefing signed off by mark harper. group who in turn get a briefing signed off by mark harper . you signed off by mark harper. you are speaking to i think they are getting very close to a deal with the rmt union but still the rmt dispute with network rail which i think is also probably quite close to a resolution . but quite close to a resolution. but on top of that, we've got the train operators. they are still very much i'm sorry, the train operation very

simon calder joins us here to chat all things travel. cessful were the armed forces in averting any disruption from the border forces strike ? well, it is fair forces strike? well, it is fair to say that this strike, which ended actually in the early hours of yesterday morning , was hours of yesterday morning, was about the least effective strike that i've seen in the travel realm intended to disrupt operations. bear in mind that the government itself warned that there was going to be severe disruption . suella severe disruption. suella braverman the home secretary said you might want to reconsider your christmas travel plans. easyjet said expect two hour waits. none of that materialised. but that was not because they were just kind of passing everyone through and not doing the proper checks were they because that's what they do because that's what that's trying that's what they're trying to say the unions are say is that the unions are trying there's quite trying to say there's quite a lot of think missing formation lot of i think missin

travel expert simon calder says hundreds of people have lost their jobs. ndreds of people have lost theirjobs. i have a great deal of sympathy for the thousands of people booked today to fly on flybe who are now having to make other plans do not go to the airport is the message from the civil aviation authority but also of course for the hundreds of staff who are waking up to discover the airline they worked with until yesterday . he no longer exists yesterday. he no longer exists graphic bodycam footage has been released in the us showing police in memphis beating a black man who died three days later. a warning some people may find the following video distressing. you know . what you distressing. you know. what you it's ? 29 year old tyree nichols it's? 29 year old tyree nichols was kicked punched and pepper sprayed as he cried out for his mother . five sprayed as he cried out for his mother. five black sprayed as he cried out for his mother . five black officers have mother. five black officers have been sacked and are facing murder charges . president j

simon calder , thank you very much. calder, thank you very much.n echoing those thoughts. sean from sussex, saying, i think these rail strikes disgusting, i have to leave hours before normal to leave 2 hours before normal to leave 2 hours before normal to a bus work. now, with no to get a bus work. now, with no trains, i still won't get to work on i work full time, work on time. i work full time, get 20 grand a year get less than 20 grand a year and get a already. it's and they get a already. it's selfish stopping people their wages. friend can't a wages. my friend can't get to a funeral because of these funeral friday because of these strikes, many messages like strikes, so many messages like that morning . i want that this morning. i want to hear from paul says british hear from paul who says british drain the highest drain drivers are the highest paid europe. the bullet paid in europe. bite the bullet and them . yeah fed up and replace them. yeah fed up with it i. keep your thoughts coming in this morning. doom and gloom, though, this morning on

simon calder , him. back on now.ho you regularly see popping up a of popping up in a variety of different locations . simon, am i different locations. simon, am i right in thinking ? you are right in thinking? you are currently plane . i've just currently on a plane. i've just arrived in egypt , met a currently on a plane. i've just arrived in egypt, met a guard at airports , patrick. and at some airports, patrick. and at some point he a great, great pleasure to be here . point he a great, great pleasure to be here. i'm point he a great, great pleasure to be here . i'm enjoying the to be here. i'm enjoying the i will be enjoying the warmth , the will be enjoying the warmth, the sunshine. and i even got here would you believe on a train that ran to time and really to hear your discussion just now i think possibly increasingly we will see more and more people who are deciding that they cannot for economic reasons continue to strike. we're now into 20 days by the end of this strike, if the workers from the rmt union who

that was simon calder.oken about some time now. in recent days we had an update on the of complaints, but also now the fact that people, or the allegation, the assertion, that people are pulling out of making a complaint due to fear?— pulling out of making a complaint due to fear? that is right. dominic raab is of course _ due to fear? that is right. dominic raab is of course the _ due to fear? that is right. dominic raab is of course the justice - raab is of course thejustice secretary and deputy prime minister. he has been facing allegations of bullying about his conduct during previous stints in government and there have been eight formal complaints lodged against him. they are now being investigated by an external lawyer, a man named alan toy qc. dominic raab denies allegations of bullying, he says he has behaved properly throughout. now, the bbc understands a number of members of the civil service who are planning to launch formal complaints against mr raab ultimately did not, because they would have h

so we're hoping to talk to travel editor simon calder . travel editor simon calder. there is.ain people my goodness, we are again people will be looking back about 30 weeks or so sorry 30 days or so to the last closure of manchester airport duty snowfall. that was around the 10th of december. and here we are again. unfortunately yes, the diversions already started. i'm just looking here . flights i'm just looking here. flights coming in from new york and lingus. that's in birmingham . if lingus. that's in birmingham. if you're waiting for somebody coming in from qatar on on qatar railways. well in birmingham, too. and cathay pacific's flight from hong kong. that's now in london . and that gives you some london. and that gives you some idea of the mess that this is going to create, because, of course, all of those flights due to go out somewhere else, takeoffs been halted . and yes, takeoffs been halted. and yes, well, exactly as you predicted , well, exactly as you predicted, andrew, it's going to get worse before gets better. what will see is an awful lot of people building u

here is our global guru, simon calder, with some ideas.eam went dune bashing in qatar. attended age—old ceremonies in chile, and saw some amazing creatures that also call this planet home at yellowstone. right over there in the distance is a grizzly bear. and this is how you can get to some of these destinations. the usa is full of wish list locations, hollywood, miami beach, new york city and natural wonders like yellowstone which lucy and the travel show visited in early 2022, coinciding with its 150th anniversary as a national park. this is old faithful, probably one of the world's most famous geysers. there she goes. people save for years to see amazing places like yellowstone but with the cost of living soaring, are such trips becoming out of reach? as always, if you can travel at times of low demand you will get the best deal. keep costs down by taking cabin baggage only. most transatlantic airlines now charge extra for anything you want to check into the hold, but at the same time offer generous hand luggage allowances and there is

lot experts talking to a lot of experts throughout morning, throughout the morning, including simon calder, of course, knows, before course, who knows, travel before this. absolutely. but in the meantime, think you've got meantime, i think if you've got if yourself are watching the if you yourself are watching the programme you you went programme and you all you went on the flight. get in on a fly, the flight. get in touch with well, if you've touch with us. well, if you've got booked with be got flights booked with fly, be getting us. tell getting in touch with us. tell us what's the situation that's left you in and what your opfions left you in and what your options are going to be. do you think? and think? yeah, let us know. and hopefully we can talk to you a little bit later on in the programme. to that. then in programme. back to that. then in just first let's just a moment. but first let's tell a major speech on tell you about a major speech on the economy yesterday. we're trading all day yesterday, the chancellor called on people who retired the retired early during the pandemic retu

welcome and here to tell us where those places are and how they've decided on this is travel expert simon caldernumber of effects. what constitutes a warm welcome? okay well, basically, booking.com have gone through over 240 million reviews, shows that people who've stayed in places have left and calculate those places, which issued the warmest welcome and looked at how towns and cities are placed in terms of the proportion of great reviews and extraordinarily , york is right extraordinarily, york is right up there in the top ten worldwide and i think even more interesting possibly is what's happening in the uk. kirk in orkney is absolutely top of the list. pitlochry in the highlands also there, but four locations in northern ireland or enniskillen in county fermanagh, ballycastle of course, county antrim, beautiful resort, newquay , castle county down and newquay, castle county down and newry in county down. yes. are all there couple in lincoln , all there couple in lincoln, cleethorpes and stamford are very different. different sides of the county, very different places, but both gorgeous . an

here's a man who loves a bit of sexy time travel expert simon calder. look at him in the dark .in the dark for ? where are you getting dark for? where are you getting ready. where are you? i'm here at bath station. burdick stream. the noisy train has just arrived. i hope that all the people who are getting off the train and coming through the gates behind me have a valid ticket . because if they don't, ticket. because if they don't, then unfortunately they are going to be hit with a fine. yes, it is 50 sorry, going to be hit with a fine. yes, it is 50 sorry , £100, but yes, it is 50 sorry, £100, but it's halved to just £50 if you are able to pay it within three weeks. but that's up around £20. so an extraordinary rise in the who have simon. simon, just clear this up for me. i have seen are in my imagination i have seen people over the years being on an intercity train or whatever and purchasing their ticket when the ticket master comes around . am i imagining comes around. am i imagining that or is that now not legal or what's that what's the situation 7 right. what's that what'

i wonder if border force anything to do with this, because we've seen during the strikes like simon calderel guru , called it the least travel guru, called it the least effective strike. he's ever covered because the armed stepped in and really sort of nailed it, didn't they? they upset smashed this thing. so yeah.is upset smashed this thing. so yeah. is that an area where generally we could just improve? i think it depends what the aim of the strike was obviously that's an industrial relations dispute but it's not tenable for the to keep sustaining that level of you know can complete for those border force and so yeah that is not a workable situation we do need to get those workers back onto onto the front line looking ahead to the future of aviation and in the uk, i mean, is it a gloomy picture and can continue to expect to poor service generally do you think . certainly in terms do you think. certainly in terms of. i don't think, yeah , we of. i don't think, yeah, we shouldn't expect poor service to regulate. is pushing regulate. so the caa is pushing hard with airlines to get them to h