🚅 🇯🇵 Chuffed to be a finalist at the Inspire Global Media Awards with my article "Fast Train to Fukui" for @travelweekly. Not bad for my first stab at trade writing. Thanks to the judges and to @abarnesbrown for the commission. Look forward to seeing everyone at the party 🎉
Would you take travel advice from Germany's new AI influencer? Is 'Emma' a huge marketing fail OR the future of how we choose our holidays? Read my scoop and let know what you think 🤔 #AI#InfluencerMarketing#TravelNews#VisitGermany
'So weird': German tourist board introduces AI 'travel influencer' - and there's already a backlash after just ONE Instagram post https://t.co/GcSSTWy6aV @JacobWLewis#Germany#visitgermany#travel#AI
I caught some waves in Rotterdam! 🏄♂️🌊The city opens @RIF010 today, the world's first inner-city wave pool. Surfing between office blocks & McDonald's? Surreal. Read what I thought of it and why ‘Manhattan on the Maas’ is such a hot summer destination https://t.co/s1thpVo9KZ
🇯🇵Japan's happiest prefecture, Fukui, is getting its first bullet train🚄 on Saturday. It’ll be easier than ever to explore its Zen temples, coastal towns, and artisan villages. My @travelweekly article + @InsideJapan’s new tour are your keys to the region https://t.co/I415q3ZPzj
How I snowboarded 8 miles across the Alps to smuggle a pizza from Italy to France. My wild lunch run story is up on @InTheSnowMag 🍕🏂 #LaRosiere#skiadventure https://t.co/85vlnQBTBq
Proud of how my Japanese held up in Hokuriku! 🇯🇵 Did all my interviews in Japanese for this @MatadorNetwork story on the techno temples, warrior monk hideouts, and hell caves of Japan's Buddhist heartland. Uncovering secret Japan on a new bullet train: https://t.co/pbw8lSOrnp
You could fly to America 🇺🇸, catch the bus to the nearest Apple Store & have cash left over for a dozen Dunkin Donuts 🍩 with the savings 💵 made buying an iPhone stateside. More money saving tips in my guide to shopping on holiday in @theipaper today https://t.co/0nCzRwi7DL
What to do if December's rail strikes disrupt your airport travel plans...🚝❌
Our guest travel expert, @jacobwlewis, has put together an in-depth Q&A on how these strikes will affect travel to major UK airports in December...
FIND OUT: https://t.co/7XU37Flhzh
@ianMpackham I'd subtly drop a tweet about it, posing as a question to my travel writer friends. A little nudge to spark a sense of urgency among the editors. Then, just sit back, relax, and watch my strategic game unfold. May the best editor snap it up! Clever move 😉
Nice to see my byline back in @theipaper 🗞️ with my guide to budget-friendly city stays. My penny-pinching secret? Swap city centre bustle for suburban charm in Amsterdam & save! #freelancer#travelwriter#travelexpert https://t.co/ajEUjS7Jsb
@KayaChey_x@theipaper Aww, thanks. It sounds obvious but it works and I genuinely enjoy the extra exploration. My favourite was actually Belfast on the cheap, by staying in Lisburn at the @Haslem_Hotel
Hiking through a misnomer. This Donegal 🇮🇪 beauty spot was called ‘An Gleann Neamhe’ or The Heavenly Glen 🪽, until an English cartographer mistranslated it as ‘An Gleann Neimhe’ – The Poisoned Glen ☠️ Got a favourite misnamed travel destination?