Suspended over a selfie! Waiter ordered to leave work after asking Robin van Persie for a photo at exclusive Barbados restaurant

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• Battle for the beach! Wealthy Malibu homeowners furious after FREE app shows tourists how to reach exclusive sands
• Laura Ashley's luxury hotel overlooking Lake Windermere opens after a £3.5m refurbishment (and guests can buy everything on display in their room)
• Even Jeremy Clarkson would approve! Inside the luxury caravan styled on F1 cars and Ferraris (but it will set you back £600,000)
• No compensation. No counselling. And no flight home for stranded grandmother: Family of brothers killed on MH17 hit out at Malaysia Airlines for 'lack of compassion'
• The apocalyptic 'train graveyard' unveiled: Photographer captures images of more than 70 abandoned trains in North Carolina forest
• Seville silenced! Spanish city bans outdoor dominoes, drinks on terraces and 'chairs scraped on pavements' to reduce noise
• 'There is no suggestion it is unsafe': Qantas refuses to reroute flights to London away from Iraqi airspace in wake of MH17 missile strike
• Suspended over a selfie! Waiter ordered to leave work after asking Robin van Persie for a photo at exclusive Barbados restaurant
• 80% of women edit holiday snaps before sharing on social media (with the sitting bikini shot voted the most unflattering)
• 'I could have bought champagne!': Outrage as five-star London hotel charges man £75 for three bottles of WATER
• 'It was very emotional': Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan reveals how she jetted off to discover 'the real Majorca' after filming 'traumatic' last scenes
• Queen forced to spend first week of her summer break at Scottish lodge because Balmoral is still open to tourists
• Are you brave enough for the Regal SeaWalk? Peer down on the waves from a dizzying 128ft up on the new Regal Princess ship
• The Crafty Traveller: How to make sure you and your pound go further this year
• Water tight squeeze! Chinese swimmers pack out pools as temperatures soar (but there's not even enough space for a paddle)
• Yes mum, that's a beautiful fairytale castle... now PLEASE take us to Space Mountain: Disney World has it all - speed, terror and a Mickey Mouse cocktail
• 'There was a massive bang and a lot of flashing': EasyJet plane carrying 156 passengers forced to make emergency landing after jet was struck by LIGHTNING
• Underwater dining in the Maldives, fried tarantula in Cambodia and ELEPHANT DUNG coffee in Thailand: The top 101 foodie experiences around the world revealed
• Seaside nostalgia: Vintage photos reveal a journey through time as Britain's iconic coastal piers celebrate 200 years
• School's out for the summer! Great British getaway begins as two million head to the airport, 67,000 travel via the Channel Tunnel - and last-minute holidays in the UK soar
• Teabags, biscuits and INSTANT MASH: The top 10 things Brits can't do without while on holiday (and 50% miss sleeping in own bed)
• An end to budget flights? Private jets slash prices so tourists can enjoy VIP travel for less than the cost of an easyJet ticket
• A four-hour flight, 25C and £604: The formula for the perfect holiday revealed (and we will read Game of Thrones by the pool with Adele playing in the background)
• Is it safe to fly? As ANOTHER jet crashes, plane disaster fatalities soar 300% but experts reveal 2014 is still one of SAFEST years in aviation history
• Top ten things to do in Glasgow (if you're not watching the Commonwealth Games...)
• Rule Britannia! The length of 10 blue whales and set to host a £1MILLION art collection - the latest pictures of P&'s iconic ship under construction
• Caribbean sun salutations: Yoga by an infinity pool and posing Tyra Banks-style on national park rocks at Rosewood Little Dix Bay's dreamy retreat in the British Virgin Islands
• The Big One, 'get jiggy wit' da figgy' and God's House: Spend a night in Malmaison, Glasgow, while watching the Commonwealth Games
• Prince Harry tops list of celebrities Brits most want to go on holiday with ... while under 12s pick Rihanna and Harry Styles
• Caw blimey! New hotel employs Mojo the macaw as world's first real PARROT alarm clock to wake up guests
• 'Common sense goes out the window': Brits blow holiday budget just five DAYS into two-week break ... with 25% paying off debts for three months after they return
• Home to the 'Cocaine King': Haunting pictures of abandoned Caribbean villa reveal lavish lifestyle of drug lord Pablo Escobar
• Women spend a month getting bikini-ready for the beach... but it is all undone in six DAYS (and 48 hours are spent feeling ill due to overindulgence)
• The Downton-Sherlock-Paddington effect: Modern TV classics (and a rather cute bear) spark surge in Japanese visits to Britain
• Get ready, set and go to glorious Glasgow: Don't have tickets to the Commonwealth Games? Don't worry, there's plenty going on
• World's first driveable deckchair unveiled ... complete with ice drink machine, stereo and GPS parasol that moves with the sun
• Would YOU wear this on the beach? LOOMKINI thong back on eBay for £30 after it was taken down for being too RUDE (but you'll have to be brave to pull it off)
• Drunken passenger attempts to open plane door on board Ryanair flight to Dublin because he thought it was a toilet
• 'It's designed to make you feel like a mollusc': Inside the bizarre but beautiful Mexican house built to resemble a SHELL
• Spain and Bulgaria named 'value for money' hotspots ... with Italy and France the most expensive destinations this summer (where a bucket and spade costs 80% more)
• 'No loud Americans': Irish cafe sparks outrage by banning US visitors in Ring of Kerry tourist village
• Is this the scariest ride in the world? The terrifying theme park attraction that drops 100ft at 55mph - with just a NET to save you
• Beware the luggage louts! Half of Britons have been injured by suitcases... and FAMILIES are branded the worst offenders
• Get ready, set and go to glorious Glasgow: Don't have tickets to the Commonwealth Games? Don't worry, there's plenty going on
• That's one way to see Henley! Recreate the'Hotel California' experience on an island hotel made up entirely of campervans
• Forget Magaluf, British holidaymakers have more unprotected sex in Benidorm than any other Mediterranean destination ... and 2% have performed sex act in public when away
• Stop feeding the birds! Holidaymakers caught throwing scraps to aggressive seagulls in Plymouth to get on-the-spot fines in crack down on 'growing menace'
• 'The staff are all unusual quirky characters': Wes Anderson's fictional Grand Budapest Hotel gets five-star reviews on TripAdvisor
• 'Smiling happy faces, off to start a new life': Airport ground steward who checked in all passengers on board MH17 pays moving tribute to victims killed in crash
• 'It's not good enough': British pilots claim flight path decisions are made in secret and influenced by commercial pressure
• 'Put an end to this senseless devastation': Michael Douglas and Cate Blanchett lead raft of celebrities demanding ban on big cruise ships sailing through 'fragile' Venice
• Sucesso! Brazil welcomed more than ONE MILLION tourists over World Cup period (and the final was the most talked about topic in the history of Facebook)
• Doggy paddle! Video captures adorable pooches howling with delight as they take to the water on KAYAKS
• We're all going on a summer holiday! TWO MILLION Britons to head abroad this weekend (and Spain, Greece and Turkey are the holiday hotspots)
• Between 10am and 1pm on the M25 ... 22 MINUTES after setting off: Exact moment family rows kick off on holiday road trips
• 'Any flavour you like... as long as it's vanilla': The ice cream parlour so cool it has only sold ONE secret family recipe for 85 years
• Is this the end of getting valuables stolen on holiday? Padlock beach bag that sounds an ALARM if thieves try to tamper with it
• Going solo in Bora Bora: How to holiday on the world's most romantic honeymoon island ... ALONE
• Now that's a reason to stop traffic! Head-cam footage shows thrilling ride down 1,000ft urban WATER SLIDE that closed down city's roads
• Whizz down the ski slopes in Sierra Nevada, eat at luxury alpine restaurants and enjoy scintillating flamenco shows. There's so much more to Granada than meets the eye
• Wish you were where? British tourists spend 22 MILLION HOURS lost each year while abroad (because we leave our phones in the hotel)
• Clear turquoise waters, pristine sand and the world's largest pools: The idyllic MAN MADE beaches that rival Mother Nature
• How budget airlines REALLY make their money: Jet2 and Wizz Air rely on optional extras MORE than Ryanair, with only 65% of their income coming from ticket price
• Wifi for men and a room with a view for women: Infographic reveals what makes a perfect hotel for Brits
• Brits vote Las Vegas the 'overspend' capital of the world ... as 57% of holidaymakers admit to blowing their budget when abroad
• 'It is approved airspace': Malaysia Airlines defends rerouting flight over Syria war zone just days after tragic MH17 crash
• From taxi drivers who steal your luggage in Vegas, to the street games pickpocket in Paris: Infographic reveals the top 40 tourist scams to watch out for this summer
• A ghost town? Far from it! Detroit is in high spirits with plenty on offer for tourists willing to ignore the gloomy headlines
• 'There was blood everywhere': Passenger hit over head with bottle of Jack Daniels in 'drunken' fight on board flight to Thailand
• Gold dig backfires! 'Budget' hotel slashes massively inflated Commonwealth Games prices from £1,500-a-night to as low as £350 as athletes arrive in Glasgow
• From London to Westeros! Tourist films Queen's Guard playing Game of Thrones theme tune at Buckingham Palace
• 'It's a mark of respect for the victims': Malaysia Airlines bans use of MH17 flight number ... as country prepares for drop in tourism in wake of tragedy
• Fly from Tokyo to San Francisco in 83 seconds! Amazing time-lapse video gives a pilot's eye view of sunrise, sunset and even the planet Venus on flight over the Pacific
• Rise of the 'statuscation'! Brits brag about their holidays online for TWO MONTHS... says travel boss who took THAT Christ The Redeemer selfie
• Is this FINALLY the end of fighting for room in overhead cabins? Boeing introduces 'Space Bins' to store all the hand luggage that you're allowed to carry on board
• Is this FINALLY the end of fighting for room in overhead cabins? Boeing introduces 'Space Bins' to store all the hand luggage that you're allowed to carry on board
• 'Made from volcanic eruptions and geological errors!': Inside 17th-century Santorini wine caves transformed into luxury hotel suites
• Shocking footage shows the dramatic moment THREE ski slopes collapse at £19m holiday resort in Turkey
• Making hay while the sun shines! Business is booming for Britain's only deckchair maker ... as he teams up with Fred Perry for new stripy clothes range
• St Lucia is the Pussycat's whiskers: ASHLEY ROBERTS' ambition was to visit this lush Caribbean isle and the Doll definitely didn't want to Get Out of Here...
• Florida-themed Norwegian Getaway cruise liner has 27 dining options, a pirate-style haven for kids and the perfect place to chill
• Revenge of the beer nerds in Brussels! Drinking in the joys of the Belgian capital... where it's always
  Hoppy Hour
• Sleep in a car park capsule! New pod hotel at Tokyo Narita Airport means you'll never spend the night on a terminal bench again
• What REALLY happens to your bags after check-in! Video shows Ryanair luggage handlers carelessly hurling passengers' bags on to tarmac
• Modern Nicosia: After decades as a tourist backwater, Cyprus's capital has burst into life... and the mojitos are going down a treat
• Finnair forced to admit they were wrong after claiming the airline didn't fly in Ukraine airspace in wake of MH17 tragedy
• Roads BEST travelled! The world's most awe-inspiring stretches of asphalt from Bolivia's Death Road to Norway's Road to Nowhere
• Wild romance! Cheek-to-cheek with hippos and elephants, lazing with lions, and lapping up the love on an African safari honeymoon
• The custard tarts are reason enough to visit Lisbon... its total lack of pretence is why I'll keep returning to this lively yet laid-back city
• Own your own fairytale castle for a steal! 1,000-year-old Castell de Celra in Spain's Catalan region is on the market for just £1.5million
• Succulent food, fairytale castles, a haven for hikers and a sense of humour worthy of its own World Cup await in the Black Forest
• From a tucked-away café in Bondi to the best Brussels beer house: See the world's top 150 secret restaurants, bars and attractions as revealed by locals
• Malaysia Airlines offers refunds to travellers wanting to postpone or cancel flights with the carrier after MH17 disaster 
• It's the simple pleasures in life! A THIRD of Britons say their top holiday memory is a family camping trip, above breaks abroad
• Forget the minimoon this is the moneymoon! Start married life in style on the world's most expensive honeymoon with a cool £152K price tag (flights not included)
• Singapore Airlines plane was flying just 15 MILES away when MH17 was shot down over Ukraine ... and 55 aircraft flew over danger zone on the SAME DAY
• At least the bill won't be too painful! Delhi's street dentists charge just 50p - but don't use anaesthetic or sterilise equipment and work by torchlight after dark
• 'Don't judge the airline. I would fly with them anytime': Travellers pledge to continue flying with Malaysia Airlines after flight MH17 is shot down over Ukraine
• What a rip off! Hotel room prices in Glasgow soar 158 PER CENT to up to £448 a night as city prepares to host Commonwealth Games
• Bird's eye view! Amazing new treetop hotel has giant bamboo sleeping tipi 'nests' snuggled among the lush forest canopy
• The Lee Westwood holiday! World's most expensive golf trip whisks you around all 48 courses on European Tour in a private jet ... at a cost of £250,000
• Plan to extend opening hours at Machu Picchu to DOUBLE the number of visitors... despite concern about ruins being damaged
• The Big Bargain! New York is the top destination for British travellers this year as favourable exchange rate means tourists get more bang for their buck
• Great British bucket list! Buying a holiday home, driving Route 66 and a trip to the Maldives top list of things to do before we die (but 60% will never get round to them)
• Open sesame! Diver captures incredible footage of undiscovered cave in New Zealand ... HALF A MILE underground
• An insider's guide to Ibiza: From dining under the stars to ultra-glamorous nightlife, Kiss FM's DJ Neev reveals what's hot this season on the party island
• Eurostar hit by 'World Cup effect' as holidaymakers delay summer trips to Europe to avoid football fans
• 'It needs to clean up its image': Sex scandal resort hit by bookings slump as holidaymakers and celebrities snub Magaluf
• Seek afternoon sunshine when flying east, and morning rays when travelling west: Infographic reveals 15 ways to beat jetlag
• Medical bills for holidaymakers DOUBLE in 10 years to more than £900 (but one in four Brits still don't bother taking out insurance)
• Smashing furniture, fighting and throwing TVs out of windows: Magaluf hotels set to evict record number of British holidaymakers this year
• Shock horreur! France named the friendliest nation in Europe by Chinese tourists (and the UK only ranks joint 10th with Germany)
• Fly and flop: British travellers third laziest in the world on holiday (and one in five can't even be bothered to go SWIMMING)
• Tourism authorities in Magaluf insist police do not turn a blind eye to wild sexual antics that put Mallorca holiday resort in spotlight
• Thomas Cook 'extremely concerned' after puppy was crushed to death by workers at Cyprus hotel ... as appalled tourists call for accommodation to be boycotted
• Express island hopping! Greek airline to launch seaplane service to shuttle holidaymakers around islands by air
• British Airways snubbed again! Not a single UK carrier makes it into world's top airlines... and just two European companies are mentioned
• EasyJet will be first airline to test volcanic ash cloud detection technology, using infra-red imaging to spot danger up to 60 miles away
• 'Don't they bother checking ID?': Teenager flies with easyJet to Mallorca using his brother's passport despite heightened security at airports
• Fasten your seatbelt! From a dramatic vertical climb to heart-stopping turns, amazing video shows Boeing Dreamliner perform fighter jet-style stunts
• It really is the Big One! Blackpool Pleasure Beach is voted UK's best theme park (and named among Europe's top 10 attractions)
• Buddhist statues, beautiful harbours and lush green parks! The breathtaking aerial shots that show there is more to Hong Kong than soaring skyscrapers
• In the doghouse! The quirky Swiss lodge that lets you rent a room next door to its huskies... but there's no guarantee they'll keep the noise down
• 'It was like Pompeii': British family recount moment they were forced to evacuate Spanish holiday apartment as raging forest fire approached
• Hotel in deepest, darkest Peru offers guests the chance to meet real Paddington Bear - but experts warn he's in danger of extinction
• Forget the iPad, pack the Play-Doh: The top toys to take on a plane revealed... as parents admit their main travel concern is keeping children entertained
• Kenya warns its citizens to avoid travelling through Heathrow Airport, after British holidaymakers advised to leave popular coastal area of Lamu
• 'I could have died': Holidaymaker suffers facial injuries after trapdoor fails to open on 110ft-high Vertigo waterslide in Benidorm
• Cops use Taser on drunk man who led them on a 30-minute chase round Legoland water park and told them his name was Pterodactyl
• Sacre bleu! France forced to launch 'homemade' logo for restaurants in bid to combat declining culinary standards
• Bye, bye boardies! Swimwear sales show 242% more men going for Daniel Craig-style briefs as women ditch itsy bitsy bikinis for retro high-waist beach styles
• £43,000 for a flight across the Atlantic is a 'dream come true'! English IT entrepreneur wins auction for place on historic Lancaster Bomber trip 
• Take me to your lido! The great British tradition of outdoor swimming pools is alive and well... and they make a great day out
• Clark Gable, Jack Kerouac, Simon and Garfunkel... they all found America with Greyhound, the iconic bus company marking 100 years
• See the Rock in style! Sunborn's new £120million 'yotel' (or yacht hotel) brings a touch of five-star class to Gibraltar
• Barcelona as you've never seen it! British photographer uses 26,014 images to create two-minute 'flow-motion' video masterpiece
• Summer in Shandong Province! Thousands pack onto the beach in Chinese city of Qingdao as temperatures soar into the thirties (but they're not out for a tan)
• New York-bound Delta Air Lines flight makes emergency landing at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion amid Hamas bomb threats on Israel airport
• World's most stylish tree house! Designers' three-storey glass creation is super chic (but it's not brilliant for hide and seek)
• Costa Brava without the crowds! See the real Spain from the seat of a bicycle without a tourist in sight
• Death of the travel agent? 75% of Brits now buy flights online 'because it's cheaper' and half book a holiday in just 30 MINUTES
• See the Rock in style! Sunborn's new £120million 'yotel' (or yacht hotel) brings a touch of five-star class to Gibraltar
• From The Beatles at Abbey Road to Oasis in Soho: Music fan superimposes iconic album covers over street scenes where they were photographed
• One giant leap... to New Mexico: Virgin Galactic unveils hotel partner for space tourists (and it's out of this world!)
• 'A tragedy waiting to happen': Police warn against tomb-stoning craze after reports of daredevils jumping off 30ft pier in Dorset
• 'I feel like hell but glad to be alive': British man recounts terrifying moment he was almost crushed by bulls at Spanish festival
• Iguanas on a plane! Endangered reptiles are so rare they were upgraded to fly home to Bahamas in plane CABIN after being smuggled into the UK in socks
• It was worth the wait! Photographer spends eight hours a night in the snow to capture jaw-dropping images of Northern Lights
• 'Drunk man abused passengers and cabin crew' on board Virgin Australia flight to Perth forcing pilot to return to Sydney
• Kissing snaps, 'duck face' pouts and sandy toes: The selfies we love to snap on holiday (but just 6% dare take a Kim-style 'belfie')
• A third of Brits sneak teabags into their holiday luggage but sleeping in our own bed is what we miss the most while away
• The green on the blue! World's only floating golf course that sits in the middle of a lake... and can only be reached by BOAT
• From jellyfish-infested waters to bright pink pools, the world's strangest lakes revealed (but would you dare to take a dip?)
• Are they ready for it? Most hated budget airline in the US to give 8,000 air miles to EVERY unhappy passenger who moans about it on social media
• Palaces, castles, mansions ... Photographer travels for two years capturing the decaying but grand abandoned buildings of Europe
• A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES
• Auf wiedersehen! Flight searches from UK to Germany up 300 PER CENT as football fans jet off to watch World Cup final
• Flushed with success! Toilet tour of London offers holidaymakers a guide to city's quirkiest WCs (but you might not get a seat)
• 'Run Jason!': Shocking video captures heart-stopping moment young boy is chased by angry bison in Yellowstone National Park
• Set sail like a star! Yacht that hosted Sir Paul McCartney and Elizabeth Taylor now up for holiday charter (but it'll set you back £127,000 a week)
• One in 10 holidaymakers admits forgetting their passport when going abroad (with more men than women leaving ID behind)
• Half of women pack their partner's holiday suitcase ... with 7% choosing clothes for them as well (in attempt to avoid embarrassing outfit choices)
• At least it's getting shorter! Harry Potter fans queue for five hours.... after seven-hour wait on day one at Diagon Alley (but fans say it's worth it)
• A third of holidaymakers feel threatened into buying extra insurance from car rental desks ... with fears of losing £1,500 in excess charges
• Would YOU want to land here? China flattens mountain for £80m airport with nail-bitingly terrifying runway ... 2,000ft above sea level
• And the most popular tourist city in the world is .... London tops prestigious visitor poll ahead of Paris, New York and Beijing
• World's most expensive city for airport taxis revealed - and it isn't London or New York
• Stepping out of the shadows in splendid South Africa: How jubilant Johannesburg is joining Cape Town as an A-list metropolis
• 'We will help you get absolutely s*** faced': Now Barcelona cracks down on drunk tourism with bid to ban booze cruises offering unlimited beer and sangria
• 'It will revoluntionise the way we holiday': From on board skydiving to a 300ft-high observation pod, Royal Caribbean unveils virtual tour of 'world's most futuristic ship'
• The Grand Canyon at its grandest: Beautiful images of waterfalls and hidden corners in Arizona's most celebrated natural landmark
• Holidaymaker offered SIX STAMPS as compensation after Royal Mail loses his passport forcing him to cut holiday short and spend £500 on new flight
• 'Get ready to board now': easyJet to send passengers 'helpful' texts about when to open passports to avoid delays at airport
• All flights suspended from Brisbane airport after woman drives CAR through fence on to runway in major security breach
• Virgin Atlantic pays £47,000 compensation to passengers who set up Facebook group to complain about 26-HOUR flight delay
• No need to worry about drinking and driving! Dutch hotel offers beds in giant WINE BARRELS (and it throws in a bottle for free)
• Marco Pierre White: 'I didn't set foot abroad for 30 years but now I love to sail the seas - as long as I can take some HP sauce along with me'
• Just don't ask me to swim with fish! Actress Lisa Maxwell has the trip of a lifetime at the five-star Dinarobin resort in Mauritius
• On the Tour de France route: Max Wooldridge joins a group of Australian cyclists in Provence before heading to Mont Ventoux to watch the professionals fly past
• 'You're sleeping on three months of other guests': Three-star hotel chain's cleaning schedule leaked (revealing mattresses are only washed every THREE MONTHS)
• The Pompeii of the North: Tables laid for breakfast and clothes neatly folded... new museum shows cottages frozen in time by Icelandic volcano that devastated an island
• Bahamas beach from THAT Daniel Craig Bond scene 'under threat' from fashion tycoon Peter Nygard... who plans to build anti-aging research centre on the coast
• After shocking Magaluf video, Blackpool tourism bosses ban Geordie Shore cameras from filming wild nights out in seaside town
• Mind your heads! F16 fighter jet lands dangerously close to plane spotters during display at RAF Waddington Airshow
• Seconds away from disaster: Dramatic moment two planes almost collide on runway at Barcelona airport caught on video
• Ban on term-time family holidays is 'hurting' British tourism, claim Cornish businesses... as hotel group goes into administration
• Sex acts in public, drunken orgies and 'causing carnage' ... what really happens at 'out-of-control' parties run by Magaluf company involved in THAT shocking video
• Day three at 7.30pm ... Brits reveal the precise moment they begin to switch off while on holiday (but 5% admit to CRYING the day they have to return home)
• All aboard! Ferrari designer unveils plans for new £30m ultra-luxury train in Japan ... with glass walls and high-end bedroom suites
• Turtle in a hamburger, guns inside Mickey Mouse and a corpse wearing sunglasses ... the five most bizarre items passengers have tried to smuggle on planes revealed
• The British Riviera! Wild beaches and warm people abound on a break to the Isle of Man
• Diabetic mother trapped in hotel lift for THREE HOURS awarded £300 payout ... and survived by having Rich Tea biscuits slipped through the door
• Holiday like an A-lister on the cheap! Luxury private Thailand resort where Kim Kardashian stayed auctions breaks for charity (at 70% less than she paid)
• The year of Sarajevo: War history tours are the best-selling excursions, but life has changed for the Bosnian capital
• Make mine a schooner! New infographic reveals Aussies spend the most money on beer in the world ... but pints are cheapest in Ukraine
• 'We urge people to hang up': Bogus holiday offer warning as scammers target airline customers with promise of credit for flights
• Fly under water! The hand held fin that lets you swim like a dolphin while being dragged behind a SPEEDBOAT (just don't forget to come up for air)
• Tidal traffic lights! Sully Island installs warning to stop daytrippers getting stranded in Bristol Channel ... half a mile from land
• Wigwam village that will never blow away as it's made of CONCRETE (but don't worry, you can still use the wifi)
• Making hay while the sun shines! Barn hotel offers guests the chance to sleep on straw bales for the ultimate rustic experience
• 'It objectified women': Air New Zealand safety video featuring bikini-clad models dropped after thousands sign petition calling it sexist
• For sale: Stunning 200-acre Mediterranean island goes on the market for £1.2m... complete with its own Roman ruins
• British Airways forced to make emergency landing at Heathrow after 'burning smell' in cockpit
• Is this the end of elbow wars on planes? Device wraps around passengers' arms to create a portable rest ... meaning no more mile-high fights
• The ultimate selfie tour! 3G-enabled cars launch in South Africa so holidaymakers can take photos and share them online instantly
• 'Mickey Mouse treats us like we're crazy': Disability charity takes Disneyland to court for 'institutional discrimination'
• Houseplant Hotel! Charlie Dimmock launches flower-sitting service after 43% of Brits admit to returning from holiday to find shrubs dying
• Sunbathing topless, skinny dipping and getting a tattoo: 60% of Brits admit to daredevil behaviour on holiday (including things they would NEVER do at home)
• 'God knows where my picture has ended up': Investigation under way after newlywed issued passport with WRONG woman's photo
• Best views from the cockpit! Pilots reveal their top 10 airport approaches (and the London skyline scoops second place)
• Pilot arrested for indecent exposure after stripping down to his pants in front of passengers in protest over airport security
• It's not a mirage! Secret swimming pool hidden in the Mojave Desert ... but travellers need to crack GPS coordinates to find it
• 'Wearing bikinis can attract sexual attacks': Indian minister tells tourists to cover up on Goa beaches... and avoid going to bars
• 'It sickens me': Gemma Atkinson hits out at the Pamplona bull run - and the tourists who take part in the notorious Spanish fiesta
• Return To Sender! Graceland may remove two tourist attraction aeroplanes once owned by Elvis Presley (leaving fans All Shook Up)
• Cristiano Ronaldo and Joey Essex set the trend as research shows men are more concerned with a holiday tan than women
• 'Everything in Dubai is the best of the best!' TOWIE star Lydia Bright reveals her top five favourite hangouts in celeb holiday hotspot
• 'What happens in Magaluf, stays in Magaluf': The Wanted's Tom Parker designs hilarious clothing range for summer tourists
• From Iran to Timbuktu: Elderly couple travel around the world to spread the word about their favourite football team
• Spotting the Northern Lights tops bucket list of things to see before you die (and the Niagara Falls and Egyptian Pyramids make the top five too)
• Orient Excess: TOM MANGOLD boards an Art Deco train that takes you from Bangkok to Singapore - and gives you lots to boast about
• A little piece of heaven: Glyndebourne is right up there with 'the finest things God ever made'
• Is this America's most patriotic tourist? Holidaymaker creates video of himself visiting all 50 US states to wave the Stars and Stripes
• Packing light! One-fifth of travellers only fly with hand luggage for a two week break (but a third get fined because it's too heavy)
• Flight tickets 'to rise by £5' per passenger - to make up for the compensation airlines have to pay out to delayed tourists
• Boozy Brits abroad: Half of us drink every day on holiday, while a third admit they make a start in the DEPARTURE LOUNGE
• Vodka with a twist of Louis Vuitton? World's first perfume bar invites guests to match their cocktail to their favourite SCENT
• At least you won't hear the people next door through the walls: The no-frills Chinese hotel made out of an OLD CONCRETE PIPE
• The world's top tippers? Americans and Germans lead the way, with just a quarter of Britons leaving a gratuity (but that's better than the French and Italians)
• Muddy hell! Hotel searches soar by 92% after rainy Glastonbury forecast (and 2% admit they will lie and say they camped)
• The world's most powerful passports: Infographic reveals which nations have the best access to the world (clue - Britain trumps US Canada and Australia)
• Lighting up the skies! Amazing video shows mind-bloggling extent of air travel between Europe and North America in 24-hour period
• In the footsteps of the Starks: Game of Thrones super fan visits ALL the series' film locations (and manages to keep her head!)
• Our perfect holiday includes six Facebook updates, four Tweets and four Instagram snaps (and we want seven 'likes' in return)
• Istanbul in the flow lane: Jason Goodwin heads out on to the Bosphorus to get the best view of the city's awe-inspiring sights
• A woozy weekend with a Tuscan temptress Florence is a place for gentle strolling, loafing in gardens and very very long lunches, says Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
• Mrs Brown's Boys D'exhibition: Dublin museum opens special display, where you can try on Agnes Brown's clothes and see the set from the hit show
• A squiffy kangaroo, a snacking giraffe and a surfing gentoo: Just some of the sensational entries to the National Geographic competition. Could you do better?
• Andy Murray's hotel selling alcohol at six times its retail value (and the top wine is £800 CHEAPER at London's Berkeley)
• Now that's a flying visit! The £12 zipline that whisks you from Spain to Portugal at 50mph (and transports you one hour back in time)
• Want to see what Hell looks like? The burning crater that is set to become Turkmenistan's hottest tourist destination (thanks to a blunder by Soviet scientists)
• As The Only Way Is Marbs returns to our screens, Lauren Pope reveals her ultimate guide to the popular Spanish beach resort
• Is he auditioning for Planet of the Apes? Cheeky monkey grabs tourist's phone slaps his girlfriend then turns camera on himself to film a selfie
• Passenger sues BA after booking flights to historic Granada, in Spain, and ending up 4,000 miles away in Grenada, the Caribbean