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February 14, 2024
One of the world’s best luxury windsurf holiday resorts, the JW Marriott in Mauritius, just got that little bit better! Experience Elevated Buffet Dining: Le Manoir Dining Room presents a revamped buffet experience, now with interactive cooking stations and a diverse selection of global flavours. Witness our skilled chefs craft your breakfast favourites like eggs, […]
April 5, 2022
Incoming visitors will no longer have to present a negative PCR test taken 72 hours before going on a windsurfing holiday to Mauritius. (Port Louis, 12 March 2022) The Republic of Mauritius drops the requirement for all incoming visitors to presenta negative PCR test before being allowed into Mauritius. Previously, fully vaccinated passengers had to present a […]
March 16, 2022
Effective from now (16 March 2022), fully vaccinated travellers will no longer have to present a negative PCR test taken before arrival in Mauritius. Covid-19 testing is still required on arrival (day 0) in Mauritius, and it is mandatory to arrange Covid-19 insurance health cover. Fully vaccinated is defined at having had two doses of a […]
September 8, 2021
Portugal has some of the best windsurfing in Europe, with a rare combination of flat water and superb waves. The two very best windsurfing beaches in Portugal are opposite ends of the country (Sagres windsurfing in the South, and Viana windsurfing in the North), but actually easy to combine with a stopover in Lisbon, one […]
June 21, 2021
Travellers from the UK can now enter Greece with a negative rapid antigen test result for Covid-19. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has updated its advice for Brits travelling to Greece, which says arrivals need proof of a negative rapid antigen test from an authorised laboratory, undertaken within the 48-hour period before the scheduled […]
June 16, 2021
People fall into two groups. Those of us that love new things and quickly jump on the bandwagon and those of us that are more stuck in our ways – if it ain’t broke why fix it? So on one hand the explosion of windfoiling can be seen as gimmicky. It is extra stuff to […]
May 19, 2021
Britain’s elite windsurfers choose the Canary Islands as a training base for the iQFoil class, Olympic Sailing’s newest discipline. The British windfoiling team are in Lanzarote for a 2024 Olympic Training Camp and are one of many professional sailing teams who have chosen the Canary Islands as their training base for the Olympics. The […]
February 24, 2021
The Travel & Hospitality Awards is proud to announce that Planet Travel has been awarded as the winner in the 2021 European Travel Awards programme. “While this year has been the toughest the travel industry has ever faced, we endeavour to recognise those who deserve praise and to promote the hard work of tenacious […]
December 17, 2020
Travelling to Europe from 1 January 2021 Following the UK leaving the EU, and the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, it’s important that you’re aware of the changes in requirements that come into place when travelling to Europe from 1 January 2021, and how these may impact you if you’re […]
November 23, 2020
Emirates has expanded its Covid-19 insurance offer with additional multi-risk travel cover for all customers who buy a ticket from 1 December. The insurance is free to customers and includes up to $500,000 emergency medical expense cover; and trip cancellation cover. The airline said the insurance cover, a step-up from the Covid-19 cover it introduced […]