It’s time for our Travel Experts to step up and come to the rescue of another blog reader that’s desperate to pick their oversized brains for some of their superior travel tips and advice.
This week, Natalie from Birmingham has a question about travelling through South America.
I’m looking to go to South America in October, but because of work commitments I’ll only be able to go for 2 weeks. I’ve never been to this part of the world before, how do you suggest I should spend that 2 weeks to guarantee an amazing experience? Natalie, Birmingahm
A great question who’s answer will interest many people Natalie, let’s see what our Travel Experts suggest for you…
Tayrona National Park.
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Every month on the STA Travel Blog, we invite our resident nurse, Michelle Sellors to bring you up to speed about everything you need to know about a particular subject, related to her favourite subject of travel health.
Michelle has 11 years experience in the industry, and now works closely with our teams in our STA Travel Clinics, in Liverpool and Manchester.
This week, she’s chosen to focus on one of the world’s most misunderstood diseases, yellow fever. These are the facts, as seen through the eyes and experience of Michelle, a professional nurse. Continue reading →
Today’s blog post comes from Flora Moffat, a Travel Expert in the STA Travel Goodge Street store, in London.
I remember the exact moment I found out that STA Travel were giving me the opportunity to go to Peru, I screamed the store down with excitement!
Peru had always been a country that I wanted to visit. A trip to Brazil earlier in the year really opened my eyes to South America, and how amazing and deep the culture is.
I began to research all the individual places and sites that we were going to see, and the reality of how beautiful and interesting Peru really was began to set it; and it was an easy 15-hour flight from London.
There were so many reasons I wanted to travel in Peru: it has so many natural and cultural treasures, and a deep history, as well as amazing food, handmade crafts, interesting cultures, and the yummy drinks.
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It’s that Ask the Experts time of the week again and there’s a pretty juicy question for Amy to get her teeth stuck into…
Gemma wants some advice on a big tip through the Americas, which will be a pretty epic experience in anyone’s book. If you like what you hear, and want to challenge our Experts to answer one of your own burning travel questions, send us an email and we’ll put it to them right here on the blog.
Let’s see hear Gemma’s question before we put it to our trusty Experts…
I’m 28 and am looking for a multistop ticket that will take me on a few stops through North and South America, can I book a multistop flights with STA Travel if I’m not a student or under 26? If so, can you suggest any routes that you think would be good and not too expensive? Gemma.
Sounds like you’ve got some pretty exciting times ahead of you Gemma! Ok, Experts it’s over to you!
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‘I want a holiday’. How many times have you uttered that sentence so far this year? For me, it’s got to be around 26 times (yep I’m boring myself as well as everyone else).
If you’re in my position but your bank balance is out to spoil your fun, then you should find this list of affordable adventures pretty interesting.
Here are 12 of our best value, week long, adventures, meaning that you can get away on the kind of awesome experience you’ve been jealously hearing about from your friends for the past few months. Which one’s caught your eye?
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