Travel News
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Travel News

(retrieved every 12 hours)

Get prepared before Euro 2012 kick off
Be on the ball when planning to travel to and from matches for Euro 2012.
10 May 2012 | 10:33 am

Victim of a forced marriage or know someone who is?
If you are worried you might be forced into marriage or are worried about a friend or relative call us on 0207 008 0151.
9 May 2012 | 9:37 am

Stay safe during elections
We advise British nationals to exercise caution and be vigilant during and after election periods overseas.
9 May 2012 | 9:00 am

Demonstrations in Bangladesh: update for British nationals
Political and other demonstrations can quickly turn violent in Bangladesh.
2 May 2012 | 4:22 pm

Travelling to Spain? Check your travel plans don't get disrupted
Visitors to Spain are advised to allow extra time to clear security at airports, ports and border crossings due to additional security around the European Central Bank Summit on 2-4 May.
2 May 2012 | 4:19 pm

Travelling in Europe? Make sure you are covered
After research showed over half of British travellers believe that an EHIC entitles them to free emergency medical care anywhere in Europe, the FCO reminds Brits to check the restrictions before travel
24 April 2012 | 3:21 pm

Possible strikes in Portugal
Disruption in air travel expected should strikes proceed as planned. British nationals are advised to keep in touch with their airline or tour operators for more information.
12 April 2012 | 1:37 am

Indonesia earthquake - advice for British nationals
An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the western coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia on 11 April. A tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean region issued immediately after the earthquake struck has now been lifted.
11 April 2012 | 1:46 pm

Nigeria travel advice updated
Following explosions in the cities of Kaduna and Jos on 8 April 2012, you should exercise particular vigilance and caution over the Easter period.
9 April 2012 | 10:41 am

Temporary closure of British Embassy in Mali
We have temporarily suspended all in country services immediately, including consular services and withdrawn our staff from our Embassy in Bamako.
6 April 2012 | 10:47 am

Rebranding as TravelChimps.Com

We are re-branding and moving our site to its new address of TravelChimps.Com.

The Travel Information Site

The research tools you need, and up to date travel news (sources include the US, UK, Australian and Canadian Governments).

Our Trip Planning and Research Tools Dashboard has been showcased by the UK Government (innovate.direct.gov.uk). The Dashboard includes weather and WIFI hotspot locator by city, advice and vaccinations by country , time zone, currency convertor etc.
Our Travel Advice widget has been tweeted by the UK Foreign Office.
Our travel tools are also available as a Facebook App.

The best booking and price comparison search for Flights, Hotels, Hostels, Travel Insurance and Car Hire (either on-site or via links).

We explain why we think these are the best and offer alternatives e.g. our "review of 7 well known Hostel Booking sites".

Informative articles - see examples on the right sidebar.

A bookstore with an interface to the whole Amazon catalogue, custom designed for travel, outdoor pursuits and winter sports (currently being re-developed).

Our aim:

To be your bookmarked choice for obtaining travel information, planning your trip, and booking.

Site News:

New Name, New Site

2 Feb 2012

Yep, InBlighty is not a memorable name for a Travel Information Site. We will be re-branding as TravelChimps.Com and will eventually move all our content to the new site. New articles e.g. Cruises from Seattle will also be posted to TravelChimps.

New Facebook Vacation & Travel Advice Dashboard released

16 Aug 2011

We have converted our site's travel tools dashboard into a Facebook App - so you can get the travel information you need straight from your Facebook account.

Providing the same information as our data.gov.uk showcased Travel Research Tools page; it includes: Travel Advice, Health, and Malaria Info by country. Embassy locator, International Dialling Codes, time zone, and currency conversion. WIFI hotspot location and weather by town. Links for emergencies. Price comparison for flights, hotels, travel insurance and car hire. Hostel search.

We have also embedded the Facebook app as a Vacation Advice and Trip Planning page on our sister site hotels.via.us.com, and may consider providing this service to other Travel Websites.

New cruise article added.

17 March 2012

Our cruise articles include:

Cruise Vacation FAQ Top five questions asked by first time cruise buyers - with answers!
Cruises from Bridgetown, Barbados and San Juan, Puerto Rico
Cruises from Seattle to Alaska
Cruises from Vancouver, Canada
Cruises From Alaskan Ports - Seward and Whittier

Widget for websites (Travel Advice by Country)

14 Sep 2010

Do you have a travel blog or website, if so you can provide your visitors with advice on over 200 countries by using our free widget.

Available as a Wordpress Widget, Blogger.com gadget, HTML iframe, or as PHP - all can be customised to the look of your site.
Demos: Blogger Travel Site Wordpress Travel Blog

For more information and to obtain the code visit our widgets page.

18 Oct 2010: The UK Foreign Office have tweeted our travel widgets.

Sydney by Water

29 Nov 2011

An alternative look at Sydney on our sister site.

Moldova: Hotels, Hostels, Homestays and travel tips

18 April 2011

We have added a page (link immediately above) to our hotels site. Based on our authors experience; it provides useful information for visitors to Moldova as well as links for all types of accommodation

Hostel Booking Website review

30 Jan 2010

A mini review and test of 7 major Hostel Booking sites.

Car Hire: Pitfalls and Booking

28 June 2010

Precautions to ensure you don't end up paying more than you expect for car hire.
We also explain the differences between agents, brokers and franchisees and give our opinion of where to book.

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