Published this month:

• TIPPED OFF Carnival Cruises hike ‘compulsory’ tips to 18% – and only HALF of extra 3% is for staff
• SKY-HIGH FEES Passenger racked up $300 bill when he didn’t put phone in flight mode on plane
• THAT’S NOT N-CE Flight attendant reveals the ‘a**hole special’ cocktail she serves to rude passengers
• BRIS-TOLL Bristol Airport traveller shocked after 2 days’ parking costs more than his FLIGHT
• SNAP HAPPY Rich family wants to pay someone £80k a year to travel the world photographing them
• SANDS TASTY Canary Islands beach has sand that looks exactly like POPCORN
• ROOMS TO GO New self-driving hotel rooms travel as you sleep – and send room service via DRONE
• BIG SPLASH Yas Waterworld named best water park in the world and the pictures look amazing
• including Eiffel Tower and the Louvre due to ‘yellow vest’ protests
• BLACK TO GOLD Blackpool to get new £300m tourist attraction on Golden Mile featuring UK’s first ‘flying theatre’
• PATIENCE YOU MUST HAVE Star Wars fans could wait SIX HOURS for Millennium Falcon ride at Disneyland – but there are ways to skip the queue
• TAX FOR LOO Scottish Highlands may get £1-a-night tourist tax so visitors don’t have to go ‘behind a bush’
• FRANCE TRAVEL UPDATE Strasbourg shooting – here’s the latest advice from the Foreign Office if you’re travelling to France
• FLYING WOE Brits more likely to suffer delays and cancellations than any other European travellers
• AIR RAGE Couple fined £3,000 for causing plane diversion after PUNCHING each other in mid-air argument
• WINTER SAVER January is the cheapest time of the year to go on holiday and you can save over £300 per week compared to August
• DEADLY POPULAR Wedding Cake Rock in Australia is getting a new fence to stop more selfie deaths
• CABIN FEVER If a flight attendant calls for ‘hot coffee’ in your row and it never comes – they probably fancy you
• THRILL OF A RIDE Carnival Cruises are launching the first ever roller coaster at SEA on their new ship Mardi Gras
• loading food wear same gloves as they use for removing trash
• FOR CROC’S SAKE Tourist drops his phone into a CROCODILE pit – and the devastation on his face says it all
• TIP OF THE ICEBERG You will be able to visit the Titanic from 2019 – but it’ll set you back over £83,000
• PLANE IT BY EAR Breastfeeding during take off can help your baby avoid ear pain while flying
• STERILE COCKPIT RULE Pilots are by law banned from chatting when plane is below 10,000ft
• HASTA LA VISA Brits visiting the US are warned to sort their ESTAs early as they will no longer be approved instantly
• WALT A SURPRISE Disneyland IS the happiest place on earth according to Instagram – but not the one you think
• ‘ATMOSPHERE IS AMAZING’ What’s it like to fly on Christmas Day? Cabin crew reveal turkey, mince pies and dressing up are all part of the journey
• N-ICE IDEA You CAN take a full bottle of water on a flight – but only if it’s frozen solid
• CY ME UP Cyprus is the cheapest holiday destination for Brits this January – and you’ll get a better deal than Tenerife or Lanzarote
• BARGAIN HOLS British Airways, EasyJet, Virgin Atlantic, and Ryanair – the airlines currently having sales on flights
• WHAT A STINKER Plane to London was forced to divert four hours into its journey after a toilet became blocked
• ESTA PAIN Donald Trump’s government shutdown means Brits may not be able to visit the US if they don’t already have an ESTA
• LION’S DEN You can stay in a holiday cottage that’s surrounded by over 70 lions in South Africa
• PLANE RUDE Passenger lets her toddler graffiti all over the tray tables – and even guides his hand
• THEFT OR THRIFT? You can take hotel dressing gown and towels without being charged according to a housekeeping employee
• BAG NEWS Ryanair left dozens of holidaymakers without their luggage after ‘utter chaos’ at Stansted
• NOT SO FAR, FAR AWAY Disney’s latest behind the scenes teaser reveals its new Star Wars park is almost finished
• CABIN FEVER The bizarre things that passengers have done on flights in 2018 – from weeing in the galley to performing couples’ yoga
• WAT-ER FEE Brits visiting Venice will soon be charged up to 10 euros as the Italian city introduces new tourist tax