This is the ultimate Never Judge a Book by its Cover travel tale. The setting is August 2014, in a pokey old-school train carriage from Salzburg, Austria to Ljubljana, Slovenia. My friend Molly and I were almost a week in to a 14 day inter-railing trip around Eastern Europe, and Slovenia was on the list purely because Molly had read a novel set in its capital, which stuck in her mind. As we pulled into the grey, graffiti-ridden station surrounded…
The Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James, is something that hundreds of thousands of people participate in every year. Legend has it that the remains of St. James…
In a recent #TToT (Travel Talk on Twitter) chat, we talked all things music, music festivals and how their very existence rings in the summer season. There are so many music…
In our business, (i.e, the business of bringing travelling visitors and expert locals together), we get to meet the most interesting, talented and fun people. Case in point: Chantelle, personal stylist…
Some Twitter Chats we take part in involve lots of ongoing side conversation and related topics, and when we blog about them, we have plenty to say in our commentary. However,…
Let me introduce another one of Concierge99’s talented, interesting and friendly experts: British Tours, Britain’s longest-established private tour operator, who chatted with us over Twitter in the second iteration of our…
Wildlife tourism (of the “let’s have a look from a distance and try not to disturb anything” variety, as opposed to “big-game hunting”, which can’t help but get bad press) has…
This week I had the pleasure of chatting with one of our favourite experts offering services on Concierge99.com in the format of a Twitter interview. That’s right: 16 questions and 16 answers…
I spend quite a bit of time reading a variety of articles, blogs and opinions on where to travel, why you should travel there and how to do it right. Sometimes…
Here you’ll find our favourite bars to hang out in with friends, to get exquisitely made cocktails and while away the evening with friendly bar staff (not all of them mind you)…