Travel Notes

What’s new and how to get the best from your holiday

GO SHORT-HAUL

BRITISH AIRWAYS ( ba.com) has launched a sale on short-haul flights, with one million seats for less than £40 up for grabs until Tuesday. Trips can be booked for travel until December 2021 to destinations including Madrid, Berlin, Nice, Pisa, Oslo, Turin and Barcelona. This week, the airline also partnered with Sainsbury’s allowing British Airways members to convert Avios points to Nectar points and vice versa.

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

WHEN allowed to travel again, it seems we’ll all be more adventurous than ever before. So ToursByLocals ( toursbylocals.com) has released a new selection of tours for 2021. Trips include visiting Banana Island off Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown (£110 pp) or closer to home there’s a Plymouth walking tour (£57 pp).

BUMPER SALE

TRAVEL REPUBLIC has released a selection of deals on holidays in 2021. Spend seven nights all-inclusive in Saint Lucia at Windjammer Landing Resort from £999 pp, including flights. Or head to Dubai for five nights B&B at the Grand Hyatt from £479 pp, including flights. See the full selection at travelrepublic.co.uk.

CLEAN UP YOUR ACT

HYGIENE is likely to be at the top of our priority lists when we all start travelling again. Showerstoyou.co.uk has sought to find the European capitals with the cleanest accommodation. The winner is Lisbon, followed by Prague and Zagreb. Commiserations must go to Copenhagen, which trails the pack.