It's long been known that the Germans are happy to strip off in their parks, the Spanish shun swimwear on certain beaches and the Scandinavians are content to b...
Luxury travel agent Black Tomato has launched a new "never-to-be-repeated" experience in Bolivia as part of its Blink collection of trips. First introduced a ye...
This summer, a team of UK university students are driving the length of China's New Silk Road, all the way from London to Yiwu. Having already cycled the origin...
From Macau to the Bahamas, poker tournaments with huge cash prizes are held every month in glamorous destinations around the world. For a growing number of play...
After years of waiting, a futuristic extension of Paris's famous Louvre art gallery is to open in the Middle Eastern emirate of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UA...
Globetrender first wrote about mystery travel in May when it reported on a number of new travel platforms that lets you book holidays abroad without you knowing...
Next summer, luxury travel company Blue Marble Private will be offering daring (and very wealthy) divers the chance to explore the wreck of the Titanic, located...
Jason Goodier is not your average Canadian expat living in Tokyo. When we met about a decade ago, we were both teaching English as a foreign language at a compa...
Have you ever turned up at an airport without knowing where you’re going on holiday? Rose Dykins reports on the 'surprise travel' trend that allows you to do ...
In a landmark moment for conservation and tourism, Chile has declared 11 million acres of wilderness as protected National Parkland. The initiative was sparked ...
NASA has announced it has found a solar system of seven Earth-sized exoplanets – located 39 light years away, three of them could host alien life forms. Unfor...
Have you been cliff camping, storm chasing or volcano boarding? If not, you haven't lived. The trend for extreme travel is gathering momentum, with adventurous ...
Snowfall was at a record low in November 2016 across the lower 48 United States. Ben Brown investigates the effect of climate change on ski resorts around the w...
Iran and Antarctica are two destinations on the 2017 travel hotlist. Globetrender gives you the low-down on what to expect, when to go and how to get there.
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Following a survey of 1,000 people by credit card comparison site totallymoney.com, Globetrender can reveal the ten most popular bucket list trips to book aroun...
Globetrender editor and founder Jenny Southan wrote the cover story for the November 2016 issue of Business Traveller magazine on the opening up of Iran.
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MasterCard has revealed its Global Destination Cities Index, which ranks every city on the planet according to traveller volume. Over the last four years, Londo...
For the sixth year running, Melbourne has been ranked top in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) liveable cities index of 140 urban centres.
Earlier this...
Nudist holidays were once confined to quiet beaches, but the demand for nude experiences is growing rapidly on the back of the body positivity movement. Ben Br...
A survey has revealed the top ten countries people from the UK most want to emigrate to, with more than 40 per cent citing “safety” as the main motivation f...
Since launching in July, location-based augmented reality smartphone game Pokemon Go has become a global phenomenon. But unlike other video games, this one is i...
The trend for "extreme travel" is gaining traction, with tour companies such as Total Management creating thrilling packages for only the bravest of travellers....
Chain hotels are so last century. These days people are looking to stay in unusual hotel rooms, in places with personality and a sense of the exotic.
Alex St...
Two new luxury cruise trains will begin operations in Japan next year, with the launch of the Twilight Express Mizukaze from JR West, and the Train Suite Shiki-...
