Charlotte

Trying to be a good mother, daughter, wife, sister & friend. Living and working in south London. Travelling a lot.

[Charlotte @cmdhindle]

@altybob @SimonCalder It isn’t. Listen free on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

Episode 2 of The Travel Expert podcast with @Greg_Dickinson and me: now ready for your listening pleasure.
July package bargains.
The first million-dollar holiday.
How to get a World Cup break for under £1,000.
And Eclipse '26 – the greatest show on earth.
https://t.co/GQ2WbYGUSc

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

The Travel Expert has landed!⁠
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In the first episode of The Travel Expert, @SimonCalder and @Greg_Dickinson discuss the chaos caused by the EU's new biometric border measures, and dissect how to make things as painless as possible when travelling to Europe this summer. ⁠
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Plus, they share their greatest travel experiences – from Turkey's Lycian Way to the Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina – and answer pressing travel conundrums from Telegraph readers. ⁠
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Click below to listen to the first episode and email us at [email protected] if you have any questions for Simon and Greg ⁠

https://t.co/8pzG54Dgmy

[Charlotte @cmdhindle]

@maluchick @SimonCalder @Greg_Dickinson Yes. He’s still “the man who pays his way@.

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

The first edition of The Travel Expert, the new podcast from Telegraph Travel, is out.
Each Friday the brilliant @Greg_Dickinson and I tackle the top travel stories and your questions.
Keen to hear your views on the pod & the travel topics we should cover.
https://t.co/JxOpbO2yYN

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

@SimonCalder will be putting his wealth of expertise to use in The Travel Expert, a new weekly podcast that he is presenting for The Telegraph. ⁠
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'I’m very excited to be joining The Telegraph. They have a fantastic travel team with great ideas'⁠
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'It’s thrilling to be doing a proper travel podcast, and working on it with @Greg_Dickinson, who’s young and dynamic. I think the main thing I can bring is experience: having kicked around for a long time, I know quite a lot of useful stuff'⁠

Available every Friday, wherever you get your podcasts 👇
https://t.co/8pzG54Dgmy

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

EU entry-exit system.
The EES was never intended to contend with the British.
Most of the “third-country nationals” crossing Schengen frontiers are from the UK.
We add too much pressure in too many inadequate border locations.
Europe must pause and reflect
https://t.co/tGH6Dia6wV

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

Travelling to the US in 2026?
From Esta rules to the prospect of having your smartphone use investigated: “Officers may search a traveller’s mobile phone during the inspection process.”
Plus the joy of "pre-clearance" in Ireland before flying to the US.🔽
https://t.co/EImAvFU1Ie

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

Bank holiday getaway: Dover now warning : "There is currently a 120-minute processing time for tourist traffic in the Buffer Zone. Please note there is also external congestion on the Port approach roads.”
https://t.co/NuCH4rgdo7

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

Heathrow travellers: Elizabeth Line and Heathrow Express trains are currently suspended to and from the airport.
The Piccadilly Line is closed this weekend for engineering.
Best alternative is Tube to Hammersmith, then bus.
No GWR trains running to/from London Paddington, either.

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

First on Everest: Graham Hoyland has written a brilliant book about pioneering mountaineer Howard Somervell.
Graham will be telling me more at Hatchard's excellent bookshop in Piccadilly in central London, on Wednesday 13 May at 6.30pm. Tickets here, £10🔽
https://t.co/UBor4nQv1i

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

This is a massive story and it is only receiving surface coverage from the American media.

[Charlotte @cmdhindle]

@LBC @TomSwarbrick1 Why?

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

EU entry-exit system: Greece goes its own way.
The EES – fingerprints/facial biometrics taken from all "third-country nationals" – is supposed to operate at all Schengen area frontiers.
But Greece has decided to drop the biometrics for UK passport holders.
https://t.co/MNWEOG7RMM

[Charlotte @cmdhindle]

@policy_uk @mathingy1 @SimonCalder @MichaelRosenYes It is rude.

[Charlotte @cmdhindle]

@mathingy1 @policy_uk @SimonCalder @MichaelRosenYes It’s sort of rude to call people stupid. Many, many people are being caught out as a result of this ruling and holidays are being ruined. If this story saves just one person from being caught out it is 💯 worth it. Thank you @SimonCalder and @MichaelRosenYes

[Charlotte @cmdhindle]

@jimmyg1972 @SimonCalder @MichaelRosenYes Yes, you have.

[Charlotte @cmdhindle]

@NealOKelly @Alex_on_A14 @SimonCalder @MichaelRosenYes I love know it alls!

[Charlotte @cmdhindle]

@policy_uk @SimonCalder @MichaelRosenYes Yes, really unkind. Have a nice life.

[Charlotte @cmdhindle]

@policy_uk @SimonCalder @MichaelRosenYes Sorry you feel you want to be unkind when you post.