Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
Episodes
May 31st - Gibraltar's Success
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gibraltar is the tourism success of early summer – I’m at the airport to report for you.The public mood, though, seems to be anti-travel acco...
May 30th - Back in the Air
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the air – how different is the flying experience from Heathrow?As Europe turns green, is the UK going red?And what is the outlook for Eurost...
May 29th - Ireland Opens
29 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland opens up – but with a Brexit bite.Could the green list additions be limited by the length of queues at Heathrow?And why it pays to book ahea...
May 28th - Update on Green List Announcement
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Update on green list announcement timing – I’ll bring you the latest.Bank holiday travel: what’s happening on the roads and railways?Jersey open...
May 27th - When's the new Green List?
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
France puts the UK on its version of the amber list.When will the new green list be announced – and which islands might make the cut?More on the rai...
May 26th - Airline Fury
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Airlines’ fury at green list.Green list won’t be changing dramatically.Every single train job saved in coronavirus pandemic. Please excuse ba...
May 25th - Diversionary Tactics
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Belarus: the travel repercussions continue.Diversions: in normal times why do they happen? And what are the consequences?Green/amber/red: did we get a...
May 24th - What are the Implications for Ryanair Forced Landing?
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ryanair plane forced to land in Belarus: what are the implications?After the scare, how do the airlines stack up for safety?Race to Spain gets under w...
May 23rd - Answering Your Questions
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'm tackling three questions:Why can unvaccinated people from Portugal come to the UK, but vaccinated visitors from the US cannot?How much notic...
May 22nd - Should You Stay or Should You Go?
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stay or go? Why has Spain said it wants Brits, but Germany has placed arrivals from the UK on its own version of the amber/red list.Predictions for th...
May 21st - Canary Confusion
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Big news from Spain today: the prime minister in Madrid says welcome back Brits from Monday.But the government warns against travel to, say, the Canar...
May 20th - Railway Special
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a railway special from Britain’s railway station, Clapham Junction. What the heck is Great British Railways, and what will it mean for passen...
May 19th - Government Say no to Travel Abroad?
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After recently opening travel restrictions in the UK, some government ministers now say do not travel abroad. Apart from those that say, do travel abr...
May 18th - View from the Balcony
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The travel experience in summer 2021 – worth it when you get here. But then there’s the getting back …What the European Union will decide on Wed...
May 17th - London to Faro
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I’m speaking to you from a Ryanair Boeing 737 which is shortly landing at Faro airport in Portugal, after a two-and-a-half hour flight from London. ...
May 16th - Packing Day
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Portugal is the destination of the week – and I will talk you through the possibilities and the flights departing tomorrow. I’m packing for m...
May 15th - 5000 to Portugal
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m talking about the update finally announced yesterday afternoon by Portugal, which has had many of us rushing around today trying to find a...
May 14th - The Race to the Sun
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With three days remaining before the ban on international travel is listed, we still don’t know if Portugal – the only major, viable tourist desti...
May 13th - On the Beach
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
May 13th - Today, Simon Calder, travel correspondent with The Independent, discusses the plan by On the Beach to “minimise the number of holidays th...
May 12th - All Aboard!
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
May 12th - Today Simon Calder travel correspondent with the Independent reveals the possibility of a a direct ferry service from UK to Porto in Portug...
May 11th - Trains, Planes and Automobiles
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Travelling abroad is one thing, but currently getting from one end of the country to the other is a challenge, as Britains train networks are in chaos...
May 10th - What next for the Green List?
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Calder travel correspondent for the Independent begins his daily bulletins on the situation with travel and UK Government restrictions on Green,...
Green List Travel with Simon Calder
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Independent brings you a daily update on The Green List with our travel correspondent Simon Calder the UK's leading travel journalist. His daily i...