NeedToTry: Leonardo Royal, Tower Bridge
Leonardo Royal hotel near Tower Bridge offers spa, pool, restaurant and executive lounge. Perfect Valentine's weekend escape with basement spa surprise.
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‘I quit the UK to live on a cheap Spanish island – now I don’t break the bank to leave the house but I have to make tea in a saucepan’
Olivia Mamode left pricey London for Menorca with just a suitcase - now enjoys beachside dates, cheap rent and hikes, though she brews tea in a saucepan.
Itchy passengers ‘pray for flight to end’ after mosquitoes swarm plane
Passengers plagued by mosquitoes on IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Delhi - crew offers only lemongrass patches as itchy travellers swat bugs and pray for journey to end
Sunbathers in hysterics as hotel plays The Chase theme tune around swimming pool
Brit sunbathers left in stitches as Spanish hotel blasts The Chase theme at poolside - viral video racks up over 1 million views on TikTok
Brit visits ‘den of espionage’ where 52 Americans were held hostage during international incident
Explorer visits Iran’s ‘den of espionage’ where 52 Americans were held hostage in 1979 - Kieran Brown shares rare look inside former US embassy turned propaganda museum.
‘I’m a Benidorm expert – you MUST do this ONE thing when on the beach to avoid a hefty fine’
Brit in Benidorm warns tourists to pay for beach loungers and umbrellas or risk a £129 fine - inspectors ramp up checks as crowds grow during peak season.
Savvy woman nabs cheap flight to dream location but there’s a BIG catch – she gets just seven HOURS to enjoy it’
Savvy traveller takes £37 return flight for extreme day trip to Oslo - skis for four hours at quiet resort and spends just £185 total before flying home same day.
‘We ditched our jobs for a year to travel the world WITHOUT paying for pricey hotels – this is our secret money-saving hack’
A couple quit their jobs to travel the world and saved thousands by house and pet sitting in pricey destinations like Hawaii, Australia, and Switzerland.
Fuming parents forced to shell out £126 to sit with two-year-old on a Wizz Air flight
A couple was outraged after paying £126 to sit with their two-year-old on a Wizz Air flight, blaming unclear rules and a confusing online check-in process.
Budget traveller bags night abroad for less than cost of PINT
Budget traveller Curtis Mitchell Jones bagged a €5 hotel stay in Kazakhstan - cheaper than a UK pint - but endured cockroaches, broken plumbing, and a dissolving bathroom.