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The Latest Breaking News from Simon Calder

Going for gold in Paris on a bronze budget – Simon Calder’s cheap Olympic weekend

The Man Who Pays His Way: I challenge you to take the tourism decathlon around the French capital

The Independent UK

Train drivers talks to resume in bid to break two-year deadlock and put an end to rail strike misery

Aslef union says train drivers have not had a pay rise for five years

The Independent UK

Ryanair boss warns passengers face summer holiday flight cancellations over air traffic control crisis

Exclusive: ‘It’s awful for our crews, it’s awful for passengers’ – Eddie Wilson, chief executive Ryanair DAC

The Independent UK

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Amid the anti-tourism trend, here are 6 destinations that desperately want you to pay them a visit

Exclusive: Almost every destination wants more tourists, not fewer

The Independent UK

M25 closure, Wimbledon and England’s Euros final could lead to travel chaos this weekend

The AA says roads in and around London will be ‘incredibly busy’

The Independent UK

Flights to Berlin for the Euros final are sold out – here’s how England fans can get to the capital in time

Exclusive: A flight to Poland or the Czech Republic could be the best bet, but rooms are surprisingly affordable

The Independent UK

Simon Calder: Do I need a passport to fly within the UK or to Ireland?

In practice airlines demand ID from adult travellers

The Independent UK

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EasyJet cancel London to Belfast flight and offer stranded passenger a 2,300-mile round trip to Malaga instead

Exclusive: Britain’s biggest budget airline offered a connection that allowed time on a Mediterranean beach

The Independent UK

Cheap travel expert claims airport hack is a ‘waste of money’

The premium security service took almost twice as long as the standard line

The Independent UK

Simon Calder reveals how to get a travel bargain during the Olympics – as tourists shun Paris this summer

‘International markets show a significant avoidance of Paris’ says Air France, as British Airways cut fares to the French capital

The Independent UK

30 years of travel with Simon Calder: Join our special event for exclusive Q&A with our travel correspondent

The Independent’s latest Virtual Event will allow views to hear Simon’s favourite travel stories, discover his most beloved holiday destinations and savour his top jet-setting tips

The Independent UK

Join an exclusive Q&A with Simon Calder and our travel team – tackling winter sun, Christmas travel and more

VIRTUAL EVENTS SERIES: The Independent’s travel team will be helping you make the best of your Christmas holidays during an exclusive online event

The Independent UK

Be careful what you wish for – especially when it comes to passport rules

The Man Who Pays His Way: Brexit changed much for travellers – but not everyone seems to agree on what, or why

The Independent UK

Flights from two Manchester airport terminals cancelled after power cut

Outage causes major delays as officials advise people due to travel from terminals one and two not to come to airport

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The Independent UK

Simon Calder warns that without these documents you could be turned away from Spain

Exclusive: The ‘Letter of Invitation’ takes weeks to obtain, and is one of many Brexit hurdles the UK insisted on applying to its citizens

The Independent UK

Constituency challenge: Sunak vs Starmer in the tourism stakes

Exclusive: How do the party leaders’ patches compare as visitor attractions?

The Independent UK

Has the shadow of Covid finally departed for travel?

The Man Who Pays His Way: The last Cathay Pacific plane to seek sanctuary in the desert has left storage in Alice Springs – the end of a dismal era

The Independent UK

‘EasyJet made a fool of me – and then refused to admit passport mistake’

Exclusive: Passenger wrongly denied boarding says ‘for seven weeks easyJet continued to repeatedly blame me for their mistake’

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The Independent UK

Time for easyJet to reflect on how it deals with passengers

The Man Who Pays His Way: What easyJet should learn from its latest passport foul-up

The Independent UK

Revealed: Our changing travel tastes, by guidebook sales

The Man Who Pays His Way: Comparing bestsellers over 30 years is enlightening

The Independent UK

Meet the UK’s unluckiest rail passenger: Pat Williams from Crewe

The Man Who Pays His Way: We must reboot the new year, according to the Julian calendar, and hope train travel improves

The Independent UK

Albanian tourism minister seeks high-end visitors for Europe’s bargain nation

Exclusive: ‘You will not have mass-market holidays on the beach at Albanian resorts,’ vows tourism minister

The Independent UK

Trains versus planes: when it all goes wrong, your rights are very different

The Man Who Pays His Way: Rights for airline passengers are far stronger than for international rail travellers

The Independent UK

Should you sleep your way across Europe? Ask the experts

Train Talk: Make sure the times are civilised and check that you won’t miss out on great scenery

The Independent UK

10 things travellers should remember at Christmas

The Man Who Pays His Way: All you need to know, from avoiding airport security stress to finding flight bargains on 25 December

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