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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
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December 6th - Taking the temperature of the holiday industry
6 mins; December 06, 2023
December 5th - Something odd has been happening with Ryanair's boarding passes
6 mins; December 05, 2023
December 4th - Day Four in the 2023 advent calendar of travel misery
6 mins; December 04, 2023
December 1st - Simon Calder catches up with Mick Lynch following RMT pay deal
8 mins; December 01, 2023
November 30th -Navigating the Rail Chaos: A December of Disruption Ahead
6 mins; December 01, 2023
November 29th - Downgauging is a sneaky airline trick you should know about
6 mins; November 29, 2023
November 28th - Shai Weiss Unveils Virgin Atlantic's Sustainable Aviation Milestone
7 mins; November 28, 2023
November 27th - The only public transport you can use this Christmas Day
5 mins; November 27, 2023
November 24th - Eurostar's shock Amsterdam and Rotterdam service announcements
6 mins; November 24, 2023
November 23rd - How train strikes could stop Santa Claus coming to town
6 mins; November 23, 2023
November 22nd - The future of Planes, Trains and Runways at Gatwick Airport
8 mins; November 22, 2023
November 21st - Gatwick Airport gets easier to navigate to
6 mins; November 21, 2023
November 20th - Tourism in Transition: Julia Lo Bue-Said's Expert Perspective
7 mins; November 20, 2023
November 17th - Navigating the UK Rail Crisis: Strikes, Shortages, and Engineering Woes
7 mins; November 17, 2023
November 16th - More rail strike action coming this December
6 mins; November 16, 2023
November 15th - Rediscovering Sharm El Sheikh: A Resort Town in the Spotlight
7 mins; November 15, 2023
November 14th - Decoding Luxury Travel: Insights from Kuoni UK's Mark Duguid
7 mins; November 14, 2023
November 13th - Southwest Iceland is seismically seething
7 mins; November 13, 2023
November 10th - Volotea's UK Launch: A Fresh Path from Gatwick to Strasbourg
7 mins; November 10, 2023
November 9th - Will the rail strikes be over by Christmas 2023?
6 mins; November 09, 2023
November 8th - Going global with Global Airlines
6 mins; November 08, 2023
November 7th -Daring Travels and Sector Challenges: Chatting with Darrell Wade
11 mins; November 07, 2023
November 6th - Bradt Guides give their views on where you should be heading to in 2024
7 mins; November 06, 2023
November 3rd - Meet the director of the Ski Club for Great Britian
7 mins; November 03, 2023
November 2nd - What storm Ciaran is doing to travel
6 mins; November 02, 2023
November 1st - Meet the largest independent travel agent in the UK
6 mins; November 01, 2023
October 31st - What will our prime minister do about the railways?
6 mins; October 31, 2023
October 30th - A Ferry Crossing from Rhodes: Bridging Greece and Turkey
6 mins; October 30, 2023
October 27th - Navigating the Numbers: Heathrow’s Q3 Analysis
8 mins; October 27, 2023
October 26th - Cruising Conversations: The High Seas and Hipster Coffee
8 mins; October 26, 2023
Which are the best airport lounges?
7 mins; October 25, 2023
October 24th - Why there are so many airport Lounge Lizards
7 mins; October 24, 2023
October 23rd - The Heathrow Hassle: Navigating London’s Biggest Airport
7 mins; October 23, 2023
October 20th - Why I'm immune to Concorde nostalgia
7 mins; October 20, 2023
October 19th - Storm Babet travel chaos: What are my rights?
7 mins; October 19, 2023
October 18th - My favourite A-roads
6 mins; October 18, 2023
October 17th - Wondered which airport terminal is the busier? Wonder no more...
5 mins; October 17, 2023
October 16th - Travel to the Middle East
7 mins; October 16, 2023
October 13th - Competition in the Chunnel: A New Era for Eurostar?
6 mins; October 13, 2023
October 12th - Travel Law Unpacked: A Conversation with Matt Gatenby
6 mins; October 12, 2023
October 11th - How the car park fire at Luton Airport is affecting flights
6 mins; October 11, 2023
October 10th - The Tel Aviv Flight Debate: Safety or Gamble?
6 mins; October 10, 2023
October 9th - Travel Implications Amidst Israel-Hamas Conflict
7 mins; October 09, 2023
October 6th - From Paris With... Bed Bugs?
6 mins; October 06, 2023
October 5th - Navigating the £36bn Transport Shift
10 mins; October 05, 2023
October 4th - End of the line for HS2
7 mins; October 04, 2023
October 3rd - The HS2 Debacle: Hopes, Hypes, and Harsh Realities
6 mins; October 03, 2023
October 2nd - Hiking Highs: Tales from the Pyrenean Trail
9 mins; October 02, 2023
September 29th - Rail Disruption Resumes Amid Union Strikes
5 mins; September 29, 2023
September 28th - A visit to Le Volcan in Le Havre and another exquisite library tour
5 mins; September 28, 2023
September 27th - Exploring Helsinki's Unique Library
6 mins; September 27, 2023
September 26th - Gatwick Grounds Flights: The Impact of Staff Shortage
6 mins; September 26, 2023
Sep 25th - Scottish National Gallery project
7 mins; September 25, 2023
September 22nd - An ode to carpooling
6 mins; September 22, 2023
September 21st - Out go the green taxes on travel, though did they ever exist?
7 mins; September 21, 2023
September 20th - Strikes & Shifts: The Balance of Transport Rights
8 mins; September 20, 2023
September 19th - Ryanair still won't compromise
7 mins; September 19, 2023
September 18th - The future of travel with emerging tech
7 mins; September 18, 2023
September 15th - Another air traffic control problem hits Gatwick
6 mins; September 15, 2023
September 14th - Abolishing peak-time rail tickets
10 mins; September 14, 2023
September 13th - World’s best-connected airports
7 mins; September 13, 2023
September 12th - First Choice is back – kind of
6 mins; September 12, 2023
September 11th - Morocco After the Earthquake
7 mins; September 11, 2023
September 18th - How augmented reality and AI might change the travel industry
7 mins; September 11, 2023
September 8th - Do independent travel agents agree with me about the scale of the disruption?
5 mins; September 08, 2023
August 7th - Are things getting worse?
6 mins; September 07, 2023
September 6th - I've read the report into the air-traffic control shutdown so you didn't have to
8 mins; September 06, 2023
September 5th - Airlines have been under attack for adding extra charges for baggage and seating. Is this fair?
6 mins; September 05, 2023
September 4th - British Airways' U-Turn flights
6 mins; September 04, 2023
September 1st - There's no solution in sight to national rail strikes
5 mins; September 01, 2023
August 31st - Copenhagen travel has it's perks
5 mins; August 31, 2023
August 30th - What did go wrong with the UK's air traffic control system?
6 mins; August 30, 2023
August 29 - Travel chaos from a technical issue
6 mins; August 29, 2023
August 28 - Scandinavian simplicity extends to... buying tickets
7 mins; August 28, 2023
August 25 - Travel chaos arrived before the bank holiday started
6 mins; August 25, 2023
August 24 - All the travel challenges this bank holiday
6 mins; August 24, 2023
August 23rd - New airline flights to Cairo this Winter!
6 mins; August 23, 2023
August 22nd - Concorde remembered
7 mins; August 22, 2023
August 21st - Brace yourselves for the next round of train strikes
8 mins; August 21, 2023
August 18th - Lonely Planet's Vice President on the future for the iconic travel brand
6 mins; August 17, 2023
August 17th - British Airways Speedbird Pilot Academy
6 mins; August 17, 2023
August 16th - Why fly with Ryanair?
8 mins; August 16, 2023
August 15th - The couple who lost £110 for an honest mistake
6 mins; August 15, 2023
August 14th - The Great Race Across Europe Finale
9 mins; August 14, 2023
August 11th - Unexpected items in the billing area
7 mins; August 11, 2023
August 10th - Disruption as usual? Things have been worse...
6 mins; August 10, 2023
August 9th - Keeping a lid on delays at Dover
6 mins; August 09, 2023
August 8th - The resurrection of US railroad travel?
6 mins; August 08, 2023
August 7th - Flight delays across the world
6 mins; August 07, 2023
August 4th - The Great Race Across Europe
6 mins; August 04, 2023
August 3rd - What's new in Southern France?
7 mins; August 03, 2023
August 2nd - Plans announced for returning to Rhodes
5 mins; August 02, 2023
August 1st - Plane Etiquette with Simon Calder
5 mins; August 01, 2023
July 31st - France's bewildering bargain public transport options
6 mins; July 31, 2023
Exploring the wonders of Perpignan
6 mins; July 28, 2023
July 27th - Two pieces of good news
7 mins; July 27, 2023
July 26th - A note of caution for the Foreign Office's response to this summer's wildfires
7 mins; July 26, 2023
July 25th - Calls grow for Rhodes to be put on 'No Go' list
7 mins; July 25, 2023
July 24th - What lessons can be learned from the response to Greece's wildfires?
4 mins; July 24, 2023
July 21st - The great getaway gets underway
6 mins; July 21, 2023
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