Natalie Chalk 💚

On Daily Mail’s news desk, commissioning, subbing and editing across the paper, Mail+ and | Passion project: travel newsletter @thechalkmarks

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🇨🇳Britons get 30-day visa-free China travel until December
🇪🇸Spain pushes tourists inland to slow travel hotspots
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia sees booming luxury travel demand! Welcome to your fact-packed, must-read weekly travel round-up…
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🇨🇳BRITS to get visa-free travel to China
🏖️easyJet names top emerging holiday hotspots
😎Madonna loves Margate!
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🧳Package holidays surge
🏖️ Bermuda, Crete, and Costa Rica lead BA Holidays
🇺🇸 The US named top travel destination 2026!
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✈️🏝️ Money was tight in 2025 but holidaymakers were determined to get away. They searched for vouchers, travelled out of season and shifted from the Med to Southeast Asia. What else made the travel news? Welcome to your fact-packed, annual travel round-up
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💸 English cities set to introduce a tourist tax
🖤 British Airways & Ryanair slash fares for Black Friday
💅🏽 Skincare travel trend sees rise in glowcations!
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🇱🇹 Vilnius ranked Europe’s most affordable Christmas market
🛍️ Black Friday deals you need to know
📈 Sunday named most popular day to book a holiday!
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🌆 Brussels, Lyon, Marseille, Vienna top European city breaks
🌃 Richard E. Grant sightsees overcrowded cities by night
⬆️ Flight costs to rise as air duties set to increase in Budget!
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EXC Richard E. Grant reveals how when he travels he waits until dark to go out to avoid tourists
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Richard E. Grant just revealed that he visited eight countries this summer - travelling solo and with hand luggage only after once losing his bags in New York ✈️🧳 @WTM_London

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Reporting live this week from @WTM_London (someone had to, so I said YES 🤩)
Top trending holiday destination for 2026? Somewhere, anywhere cheap please!👇
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🍭Brits prioritise seeking out local snacks over sightseeing
🚅Virgin aims for 2030 Paris services
👻 Tower of London tops Britain’s list of haunted sites!
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🌊 Don’t freak because this is so chic – it’s ocean walking. All you have to do is walk through water, which is great for burning calories and for the derrière. It's used by athletes for resistance training but has started to take off in France.
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✈️🗞️ Jet2 boss condemns Rachel Reeves for 'screwing Middle England' amid fears cost of holiday will soar if taxes are hiked in Labour Budget
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📉 British passport falls to 8th on global index
🎢 Theme parks see profits spike during Halloween
👑 Passports to showcase King redesign!
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😴 Holidaymakers swap adventure for calm-cations
⚠️ French air traffic strike to disrupt European flights
🚆 Eurostar passengers to Paris must show medical insurance.
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🤖 AI travel agents are here – Google, step aside
🚮 Copenhagen rewards tourists for good deeds with free experiences
👢 Clark’s museum showcases 200 years of shoes!
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🇳🇴 Norway holidays for Northern Lights bookings surge sharply
🧳 Travel ranked our top priority over shopping and dining out
😎 Summer holidays lengthen to 9.8 nights from 8.3!
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Greggs and Gail’s side by side - a match made in oven! ❤️

#walktowork #tubestrike @GreggsOfficial @Gails_Bakery @NetworkRailLST

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🇲🇽 Mexico tops list of all-inclusive escapes
🇫🇷 France seeks wealthier tourists despite huge visitor numbers
🔴 Overtourism is blamed for Lisbon tram crash disaster!
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