Christmas Travel Stories Reviews

If you spend your Christmas Holidays in Asia there's of course only one thing to do - go/fly/drive to the next beach and have a great time unwrapping Christmas presents while taking sun, enjoying a coconut and listening to the lazy sound of tropical waves. That was exactly my plan for 2008, preferable a small not too crowded beach in ...  Read the complete review

Christmas - A time for love, family, and children ripping open their presents on Christmas morning, then cursing Santa because for getting the wrong things. Ahh, don't we love it? In films, Christmas morning would start by two lovely children excitedly waking their parents up, then the whole family going into the large living room to ...  Read the complete review

Two years ago, at Christmas, I was living in Spain, but had booked my flight to come home for Christmas, to be with my family. Unfortunately it wasn't to be, as through ill health at that time, I was unable to make the flight. I was distraught at the thought of not being with my own family over this period, but had to accept the fact, it was the ...  Read the complete review

A True Story ----------------- I can’t remember exactly when it was that I finally stopped believing in Father Christmas and, of course, I could be lying for those reading that still believe that a burly man with good cheer and a white beard, still circumnavigates the world on Christmas Eve, sliding down chimneys and distributing ...  Read the complete review

I love travelling and I also love Christmas. I have spent Christmas is quite a few different locations, from the totally “over the top” American Christmas to the somewhat humble Spanish Christmas. I have to admit to preferring the latter and having now spent three Christmases in Spain, I would be very reluctant to travel back to the UK to spend ...  Read the complete review

CHRISTMAS TRAVEL STORIES I have just had an e mail from a cousin who lives in New Zealand and she is looking forward to their summer. However, she does add that if she could have one wish for Christmas it would be to be back in England just for Christmas Day, away from the heat and the beach, and opting for a traditional English ...  Read the complete review

I have always wanted to make the ultimate visit; no I do not mean a treck to Bethlehem (though this is my next plan of action if all the trouble stops out there). I am talking about a trip to Lapland. Now that I have two young children it seemed an even better reason to go but the cost has always put me off! However I decided to grab ...  Read the complete review

Unlike certain school-kids, I haven't got a new toy to bring in on the first day of term, so you'll just have to put with that other standby of all over-worked teachers, the holiday diary! I don't normally do the "d" word for the very reason that teachers ruined my enthusiasm for them at a very early age, but having ...  Read the complete review

Having my choice of lifestyle, I'd find a secluded beach and worship the sun every day of the year, drinking cocktails in my studded bikini and shades...... Sorry, got carried away there... However, you get the picture. That's why, when I was offered a Christmas holiday to the Florida Quays early last year, I didn't ...  Read the complete review

I am a sun worshipper. If I could have one wish for Christmas it would be to hibernate from the beginning of November and wake up at the end of March. I live on the Norfolk coast and although we do not get sharp or severe frosts, we do get bitingly cold northerly winds; a town invaded by thousands of tourists in the summer months turns into a ...  Read the complete review

A short, but cautionary tale. I am a great advocate of travel, but a yuletide adventure can be unwise. My sister (who I should point out is now very happily settled with a nice chap and a baby which is freakishly jolly and good-tempered) had exited a long relationship which had looked like heading for the altar. The first Christmas ...  Read the complete review

A couple of years ago my wife and I wanted to get away for a short break over Christmas. No particular reason apart from thinking Christmas abroad would make a lovely change. We booked a trip to Cyprus and stayed just outside Aiya Napa. We arrived here about three days before Christmas, got to our apartments and found a game of bingo ...  Read the complete review

I came to Barrow in Furness for a holiday and ended up staying as this is where my now husband lives. Every Christmas we go to my familt in Rugby and have always used rail, until the year bright spark hubby passed driving test and bought a car, what a wonderful idea of his to travel in the car!! (not) After many attempts to steady his ...  Read the complete review