Category Archives: MailOnline

From early morning markets to late night gallery openings: How to take in Toronto’s thrilling highlights in one long weekend

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Published on MailOnline on 1st May 2016:

It’s an unlikely travel challenge: squeezing in all the highlights of Toronto in just three days – especially when it takes seven hours in the air just to get there from the UK.

But as I’m time-short and visiting Canada for the first time, I didn’t want to miss a thing.

Making the most of my long weekend means rising early and taking advantage of the markets for breakfast and packing as many highlights in before ending the day at attractions that run late into the night – which is all helped by getting orientated with the city first.

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The best travel job you don’t know about: Hilton’s ‘tastemaker’ explores the world to research new hotel restaurant concepts

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Published on MailOnline on 25th March 2016:

For some, having money to go on holidays is perhaps the best part of working.

But there is one job that actually pays you to be a full-time tourist.

Helen Teschauer, a New Yorker based in London, works as a Restaurant Development Manager at Hilton Hotels. As part of her job, she visits the most exciting tourist spots, tries out the latest restaurants and hits the hippest bars at destinations around the world – all for research.

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Luscious ice wines, sticky maple syrup and a marshmallow to top it off: Why Niagara is the sweetest place on Earth

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Published on MailOnline on 27th February 2016:

Minus 10 degrees Celsius is a feeling that’s difficult to explain until you’ve felt it.

It’s the moment your face begins to feel the chill and then moments later, almost nothing at all. Until, that is, the wind lowers the temperature just a few degrees further and it becomes colder than you knew possible.

Those were the bracing conditions I faced when I travelled to Canada for the first time – to Ontario’s Niagara-on-the-Lake for the ice wine festival.

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Now THAT’S getting away from it all: The most remote places in Britain to stay include a sea fort in the Solent, a Highland castle and a cottage hidden in Snowdonia’s forest

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Published on MailOnline on 14th February 2016:

Getting away from it all might be the throwaway phrase for travelling, but it’s often far from reality.

Many of us end up thrown in with hoards of other tourists, despite travelling for hours to reach exotic locales.

If you look in the right places though, a few of the most remote locations can be found right here in Britain.

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Are solo travellers getting a raw deal? Why singles holidays with zero supplement might not be as good a deal as you think

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Published on MailOnline on 15th December 2015:

Travelling to an unknown destination can be daunting but it can be even more off putting if you face the prospect of holidaying alone.

A decade ago, solo travellers incurred a hefty singles supplement that seemed to penalise them for holidaying on their own. But as a growing number of people are travelling alone, an increasing number of singles tours have sprung up.

MailOnline Travel asked are these promises of solo travel really good value for money or are single travellers getting ripped off?

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