Latest Tips & Advice

• Beating jet lag on your next flight to Australia

  

  Travelling to Australia involves a serious long-haul flight and the dreaded jet lag. But there are plenty of things that you can do to keep those jet lag effects to a minimum.

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• Intrepid’s London travel store is evolving

  

  You may have noticed that Intrepid’s Islington travel store on Upper Street closed its doors this week. An exciting refurb is under way.

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• Majestic Morocco is beckoning

  

  Mystical, golden, historic and beautiful are just a few of the words that you could use to describe Morocco, a country steeped in unique culture and landscape. And never has there been a better time to visit.

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• Munich’s Oktoberfest: Guide to the world’s greatest beer festival

  

  THE GUIDE | Say ‘prost!’ to Oktoberfest. Everything you need to know about the Munich Beerfest.

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• Oktoberfest Top 10 tips

  

  So, you’re off to Oktoberfest in Munich? Here’s the ten best ways to make the most of the Beerfest debauchery.

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• The Guelaguetza; not an infectious disease

  

  THIS WEEK IN…..Mexico. Oaxaca celebrates its big event of the year.

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• Oktoberfest: The one where everyone is drunk on beer

  

  Oktoberfest: The ultimate town fair in the heart of Bavaria, there’s more it than just drinking beer.

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• Travel quiz, FREE beer and great prizes!

  

  Get your mates together and hop along to the Topdeck Happy Traveller quiz night at Belushi’s on the last Wednesday of every month. You’ll get a free beer, some great travel deals and you could win some great prizes!

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• Istanbulievable! – Megaguide for a megatropolis

  

  THE GUIDE | A complex sprawl of rooftops, ancient architecture and a burgeoning European capital of arts and entertainment, Istanbul is a thriving city full of historical sites, shopping, delicious food and fun.

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• Australian government urges against running with the bulls in Pamplona

  

  The federal government is urging Australians thinking about running with the bulls in Pamplona to think again.

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• FREE seminar: How to write a Lonely Planet

  

  Award winning Lonely Planet travel writer Frances Linzee Gordon will be giving a FREE seminar at Intrepid Travel Islington.

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• Happy Travellers – the monthly event for travel lovers

  

  Get a team together and test your travel knowledge at the next Happy Travellers event. Last Wednesday of the month at Belushi’s Hammersmith.

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• This Week In… Birmingham

  

  It’s official, Birmingham is the Home of Metal. Must be something evil in the water.

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• Why Cape Town is the world’s sweetheart

  

  THE GUIDE: Cape Town was recently voted by Trip Advisor as the World’s ‘Top Destination’. The Australian Times discovers just what it is about the city that blows people’s hair back…

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• Keep rollin’, rollin’, rollin’: Get on the buses

  

  THE LIST: We talk you through the 5 classic types of bus journey that you need to do before you die. The wheels on the bus….

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• La Tomatina: The one where they throw tomatoes

  

  This unassuming town in Eastern Spain turns red for one day every year as they host the biggest food fight in the world; La Tomatina. Don’t forget to wear your whites!

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• Some very Happy Travellers indeed

  

  Our readers were grinning and winning at the first Happy Travellers event, at Belushi’s in Hammersmith on Wednesday.

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• DREAM ON: Free Flights to the Arctic!

  The Arctic is one of the hardest destinations to kick off the bucket list – being out of the way and prohibitively expensive it’s only a lucky minority who make it out there to appreciate region’s the otherworldy landscapes and abundant wildlife.

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• THE GUIDE: Overlanding in Africa

  So you’re thinking about heading to the mother continent? Overlanding is the most practical way to cover a lot of Africa, and from a ground level you get a real sense for the place – the good, the bad and everything in between for the adventure of a lifetime.

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• Destination Taster Africa

  Topdeck Travel’s Festival Manager Amelia Lawrence gives you the low down on some of Africa’s diverse highlights.

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