Expert Simon Calder answers your questions about international travel
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Expert Simon Calder answers your questions about international travel

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Simon Calder clears up passport rules in exclusive Q&A after travellers were wrongly turned away at airports
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Simon Calder clears up passport rules in exclusive Q&A after travellers were wrongly turned away at airports

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Every country currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list
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Every country currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list

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Every country currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list

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Every country currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list

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Extreme weather already forcing almost a third of travellers to change holiday plans
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Extreme weather already forcing almost a third of travellers to change holiday plans

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Join an exclusive Q&A with Simon Calder and our travel team – tackling winter sun, Christmas travel and more

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The best travel new year’s resolutions
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The best travel new year’s resolutions

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Ask The Independent’s travel team your holiday questions in our exclusive event
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Ask The Independent’s travel team your holiday questions in our exclusive event

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Simon Calder to host an Ask Me Anything to answer your questions on air traffic control chaos
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Simon Calder to host an Ask Me Anything to answer your questions on air traffic control chaos

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Simon Calder answers your questions on wildfires, easyJet cancellations and post-Brexit summer holidays
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Simon Calder answers your questions on wildfires, easyJet cancellations and post-Brexit summer holidays

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Seven urgent travel questions answered by Simon Calder

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The Gambia finally lifts all Covid travel restrictions
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The Gambia finally lifts all Covid travel restrictions

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Canada has scrapped Covid travel restrictions
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Canada has scrapped Covid travel restrictions

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Simon Calder tackles your travel questions on cruises and holiday cash
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Simon Calder tackles your travel questions on cruises and holiday cash

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Ask Me Anything: Simon Calder to answer your travel questions on autumn breaks, New Year trips and winter sun
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Ask Me Anything: Simon Calder to answer your travel questions on autumn breaks, New Year trips and winter sun

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Is the airline regulator finally about to get some teeth?
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Is the airline regulator finally about to get some teeth?

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Covid travel restrictions ‘disproportionate and confusing’ says MPs
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Covid travel restrictions ‘disproportionate and confusing’ says MPs

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This is how Brexit, Covid and the fuel crisis could affect travel in 2022
2 years, 11 months ago

This is how Brexit, Covid and the fuel crisis could affect travel in 2022

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Travel in 2022: What does the rest of the year hold in store?
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Travel in 2022: What does the rest of the year hold in store?

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Spain and Italy Covid travel restrictions before
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Spain and Italy Covid travel restrictions before

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Which countries have fewest Covid travel rules?
3 years ago

Which countries have fewest Covid travel rules?

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Ask Me Anything: Simon Calder answers your questions as travel restrictions ease
3 years, 1 month ago

Ask Me Anything: Simon Calder answers your questions as travel restrictions ease

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Morocco to lift international travel ban from 7 February
3 years, 2 months ago

Morocco to lift international travel ban from 7 February

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Grant Shapps promises to ‘set Britons free’ with easing of travel rules
3 years, 2 months ago

Grant Shapps promises to ‘set Britons free’ with easing of travel rules

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Expert Simon Calder answers your questions on travel in 2022
3 years, 2 months ago

Expert Simon Calder answers your questions on travel in 2022

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France travel restrictions: British tourists to be banned
3 years, 3 months ago

France travel restrictions: British tourists to be banned

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Expert Simon Calder examines what travel will look like in 2022 during live event
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Expert Simon Calder examines what travel will look like in 2022 during live event

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Travel expert Simon Calder to answer your questions at exclusive live event
3 years, 3 months ago

Travel expert Simon Calder to answer your questions at exclusive live event

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Travel industry fury at southern Africa ban
3 years, 4 months ago

Travel industry fury at southern Africa ban

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No countries added to red list in latest travel update
3 years, 4 months ago

No countries added to red list in latest travel update

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Travel expert Simon Calder to answer your questions live as US opens up to UK tourists
3 years, 4 months ago

Travel expert Simon Calder to answer your questions live as US opens up to UK tourists

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Red list for travel cut to zero countries from today
3 years, 4 months ago

Red list for travel cut to zero countries from today

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Travel expert Simon Calder answers 17 questions amid latest rule changes
3 years, 5 months ago

Travel expert Simon Calder answers 17 questions amid latest rule changes

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Why The Independent is putting sustainability front and centre in our travel coverage
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Why The Independent is putting sustainability front and centre in our travel coverage

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Travel industry despair: ‘My agency has sent two people abroad this year’
3 years, 9 months ago

Travel industry despair: ‘My agency has sent two people abroad this year’

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Epidemiologist questions ‘confusing logic’ of UK travel restrictions
3 years, 9 months ago

Epidemiologist questions ‘confusing logic’ of UK travel restrictions

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Simon Calder’s ‘Ask me Anything’: the Independent’s Travel Correspondent will answer your questions live
3 years, 9 months ago

Simon Calder’s ‘Ask me Anything’: the Independent’s Travel Correspondent will answer your questions live

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Fury from easyJet boss at government ‘tearing up its rule book’
3 years, 9 months ago

Fury from easyJet boss at government ‘tearing up its rule book’

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Everything you need to know about travelling to Spain right now
3 years, 10 months ago

Everything you need to know about travelling to Spain right now

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Can I travel into and out of UK’s Covid hotspots for a staycation this half term?
3 years, 10 months ago

Can I travel into and out of UK’s Covid hotspots for a staycation this half term?

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Simon Calder’s Travel Week Newsletter: Sign up for updates and holiday tips in a fast-changing world
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Simon Calder’s Travel Week Newsletter: Sign up for updates and holiday tips in a fast-changing world

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Scotland lockdown: travel and holiday rules eased
3 years, 11 months ago

Scotland lockdown: travel and holiday rules eased

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Portugal lifts flight ban, paving way for summer holidays
3 years, 11 months ago

Portugal lifts flight ban, paving way for summer holidays

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Which countries will be safe for travel this summer?
3 years, 11 months ago

Which countries will be safe for travel this summer?

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What travel is possible from 29 March?
4 years ago

What travel is possible from 29 March?

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British summer time? For now, winter intensifies
4 years ago

British summer time? For now, winter intensifies

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Travellers will be given vaccine certification for foreign trips, says minister
4 years ago

Travellers will be given vaccine certification for foreign trips, says minister

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Travel industry fury at ‘coordinated campaign’ to undermine holidays
4 years ago

Travel industry fury at ‘coordinated campaign’ to undermine holidays

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Spain to lift ban on British tourists from 30 March
4 years ago

Spain to lift ban on British tourists from 30 March

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