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Holidays for solo travelers. Join like-minded single travellers on a group Hosted holiday. We’ve been in business 26 years. ATOL Protected. UK 🇬🇧 based.

[GOV.UK @GOVUK]

Remember you can only take up to 2 power banks on board and these should be kept in your hand luggage.

Power banks contain lithium batteries, which can cause fires in the cargo hold of a plane.

[Politics Global @PolitlcsGlobal]

🚨🇬🇧 NEW: The UK’s new trade deal with Switzerland means Brits can go though e-gates at Swiss airports for the first time

The agreement will also scrap mobile roaming charges, make it easier for UK professionals to work in Switzerland, and could boost UK exports by £5.2bn a year in the long term

[@BBCNews]

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@thealepalombo Yes , it’s amazing

[Cruise News @The_Cruise_News]

@ftholidays Unveils Hosted Luxury Cruise For 2027
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https://t.co/ysso3EdhLP

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[Friendship Travel Solo Travel @ftholidays]

@levelsio how can you add or suggest a hotel for your hotel list , please

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

British Airways: "Let me be clear on fuel availability: we are not currently seeing jet fuel interruptions and we do not expect supply issues this summer"

And

Cathay Pacific says it will cut fuel surchanges from mid-May

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'It is actually the airline's responsibility to make sure that anybody who boards their plane is not intoxicated'.

The Sun's Head of Travel Lisa Minot speaks to @SkySarahJane about Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary's proposal to ban pre-flight airport alcohol. ⬇️

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

*LUFTHANSA SAYS FUEL SUPPLY FULLY SECURED AT HUBS TIL END JUNE

[Friendship Travel Solo Travel @ftholidays]

@CCampbell162 @Translink_NI @StephenNolan

[Ilia Stepin @martbln_dev]

Portugal just signed a new nationality law 🇵🇹

here's what changed and why it matters if you moved here trusting the rules:

residency requirement for citizenship just doubled - from 5 years to 10 years for most people. no grandfathering. no transitional protections for people already in the pipeline.

think about what that means for a second.

someone left their country. packed their life. paid lawyers, accountants, relocation fees. signed leases. built a life here. learned the language. paid taxes, very high taxes. did everything right - under the rules that existed when they made that decision.

and now the government just moved the finish line. doubled it. without saying "don't worry, you're covered."

meanwhile Portugal is out here positioning itself as a digital capital

Cloudflare opened an office here. Web Summit at Lisbon. companies are investing. conferences are coming. the whole pitch is "come build here, we're open, we're modern, we're the future of Europe."
and then this.

but here's what most people outside don't understand - and what even locals don't get:

living here with just a residency permit is not the same as living here.

every time locals find out you're an immigrant they ask "why do you need a passport?"

they don't understand what it actually means:

waiting 6 months to years(!!!) just to renew your residency permit. banks treating you like a ghost - good luck getting a mortgage, a loan, or even keeping your account open where your salary lands. basic things that every citizen takes for granted become bureaucratic nightmares that follow you everywhere.

and the family reunification situation is just nightmare.

I know people who came here in 2022. doing everything right. paying taxes. building a life. and still haven't reunited with their families in 2026. recently AIMA only opened family reunification slots for the first time in over 1.5 years.

and while you wait - you can't leave the country.

not to see your parents. not for a work trip. not for anything. because the moment your residency application is pending, you're stuck. if you leave, you risk everything.

people are sitting here and years going by. not because they broke any rule. but because the system just doesn't move.

and here's the part nobody is talking about:

AIMA - the immigration agency, formerly SEF - processes cases for years. not months. years!!

under the old 5 year rule, people were waiting 7-8 years by the time the bureaucracy finished with them.

now imagine what happens with 10 years.

it won't be 10 years. it will be 13, 14, 15! easily!
no grandfathering. no "thank you for trusting us." just: new rules, good luck.

you did everything right. followed every rule. waited every queue. paid every fee.

and the government just doesn't care.

that's not how you build a digital capital.

and one more thing - there are people who invested €500K+ into this country through golden visas. half a million euros. because Portugal said "invest here and we'll welcome you." now the rules changed on them too. no grandfathering. just: thanks for the money, good luck waiting another decade.

what does that say to the next investor looking at Portugal?

@levelsio - you are living here. you know exactly what this feels like on the ground. you've been saying that Portugal is an amazing place but the system is completely broken - and people came for you for saying it.

well. here we are.

you have more reach than most people talking about this. would mean a lot if this got your attention 🙏

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

Portugal suspends European Entry System at busy times https://t.co/KYYtCPouO7 Greece already has and other countries may follow. My experience: the fingerprint device did not work well not least because it was covered in other people’s prints and couldn’t cope with bent fingers

[Heidi Alexander MP @Heidi_Labour]

My message to Britain's holidaymakers this summer is simple: we are not currently seeing disruption to jet fuel supplies. But if we do, we've got your back.

https://t.co/W7X68SLFbR

[Department for Transport @transportgovuk]

An update on jet fuel and passenger travel plans ⬇️

[Edinburgh Airport @EDI_Airport]

🧳| Drop your bags the night before. Skip the queues in the morning.

Twilight bag drop is a free service available to passengers flying with four airlines.

Official Edinburgh Airport parking customers get 1 hour free parking when dropping bags.

👉 https://t.co/z4J74y40oF

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

"There is no economy in the world that has taxed its way to economic growth."

~ Entrepreneur, Sir Tom Hunter

[Friendship Travel Solo Travel @ftholidays]

@levelsio @nelson_rpp Is there a clickable link to sign

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

If flights are cancelled you'd usually be entitled to choose between a refund or alternative flight, but what about the hotel cost?

Full info in the Martin Lewis Money Show Travel Special: How to protect yourself & save, watch it on: https://t.co/X2NCh7Kr5a

[Peston @itvpeston]

.@Peston: “Would you book a flight at the end of August?”

@Heidi_Labour: “I’ve already got a flight booked… I’m going to a Greek island”

Transport Secretary @Heidi_Labour suggests that there is ‘no imminent danger’ in terms of jet fuel supply

#Peston

[Friendship Travel Solo Travel @ftholidays]

Travel with us in 2026 #holidays #solotravel #solotraveller #Atolprotected

[Department for Energy Security and Net Zero @energygovuk]

4/ If your flight is cancelled, you are entitled to either a full refund or to be booked onto an alternative flight if you:

- depart from an airport in the UK on any airline
- arrive at an airport in the UK on an EU or UK airline
- arrive at an airport in the EU on a UK airline