Category: Gadgets

3 tried and tested accessories from my latest trip

3 tried and tested accessories from my latest trip

By on Oct 11, 2016 in Accessories, Clothing, Europe, France, Gadgets, Regions, Travel Equipment, Western Europe

My latest trip was to the Paris Motor Show on behalf of Infiniti, driving the beautiful Q30 from London to Paris, before enjoying the show and a few Parisian highlights, including dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant. If you’ve not seen the post from the trip, you’ll find it here. Also on that trip, I got […]

6 tried and tested accessories from my latest trip

6 tried and tested accessories from my latest trip

By on Oct 05, 2016 in Accessories, Clothing, Featured, Gadgets, Travel Equipment

Our last trip involved a couple of weeks in Spain during which our boys competed in a sailing event. We also got the opportunity to explore a little and particularly loved our time in San Sebastian. During the trip, we also tried out some new products and include details of these for you below. Waterproof […]

How to automatically backup your phone every time you charge it

How to automatically backup your phone every time you charge it

By on Sep 19, 2016 in Accessories, Featured, Gadgets, Travel Equipment, Travel Miscellany, Videos

Backing up your phone can be a bit of a chore sometimes, especially as you travel. You have to fire up your laptop, connect your phone, launch the relevant software and wait. Imagine, though, if you could back up a phone – be it Android or iPhone – without the need for a laptop at […]

What travellers really want from hotels

What travellers really want from hotels

By on Apr 08, 2016 in Accessories, Accommodation, Gadgets, Hotels, Travel Equipment, Travel Miscellany

What is it that we really want from hotels nowadays? For me, luxury travel is all about service and attention to detail and, when it comes to rooms, hotels aren’t always getting it quite right. Free WiFi is thankfully becoming more commonplace (despite some notable exceptions) but in some cases, the provision of in-room facilities […]

What's it like to fly the DJI Phantom 4 drone?

What’s it like to fly the DJI Phantom 4 drone?

By on Apr 01, 2016 in Featured, Gadgets, Photography, Travel Equipment

Despite having been founded only 10 years ago, Chinese technology company DJI has grown to be comfortably ahead of the game when it comes to the drone market. You may have already read my initial review of the DJI Phantom 3 Advanced drone, but now DJI have taken us by surprise with the introduction of […]

Win a smartwatch, tablet, portable WiFi hotspot and more!

Win a smartwatch, tablet, portable WiFi hotspot and more!

By on Mar 22, 2016 in Accessories, Featured, Gadgets, Photography, Travel Equipment

To celebrate the launch of their new smart watch, the ‘Nigma’, WorldSIM are giving away a collection of their best travel gadgets. One lucky winner will win a smartwatch that can be used as a phone as you can put a SIM card inside, a 7” Android tablet, a portable WiFi hotspot so you can […]

4K photography - so easy that even a child can do it!

4K photography – so easy that even a child can do it!

By on Feb 18, 2016 in Attractions, Europe, Featured, Gadgets, Going Out, Photography, Travel Equipment, United Kingdom, Western Europe

If you’re a regular reader you’ll have seen me posting about 4K photography a few times over the last few months. If you’re new here, here’s a very quick summary – 4K photography is when you shoot in HD video, and the quality is such that you can pick out a single frame and yet […]

What's it like to fly the DJI Phantom 3 Advanced drone?

What’s it like to fly the DJI Phantom 3 Advanced drone?

By on Feb 17, 2016 in Accessories, Attractions, Europe, Featured, Gadgets, Going Out, Photography, Regions, Travel Equipment, United Kingdom, Western Europe

A drone has to be one of the ultimate gadgets nowadays so you can imagine my delight when I got to trial the DJI Phantom 3 Advanced drone recently. DJI, if you haven’t heard of them already, are comfortably the market leaders when it comes to drones, controlling around 70% of the global market, and […]

Top 10 luxury travel gifts for him this Valentine's Day

Top 10 luxury travel gifts for him this Valentine’s Day

By on Feb 09, 2016 in Accessories, Clothing, Featured, Gadgets, Luggage, Travel Equipment

Men aren’t always the easiest people to buy for, especially when it comes to buying a romantic gift. So, to make the task a little easier for you, here are 10 suggestions for you to make the process a little less challenging. Whether the man in your life travels for business or pleasure, we hope […]

Win the amazing Panasonic Lumix GX8 camera worth over GBP1,000!

Win the amazing Panasonic Lumix GX8 camera worth over GBP1,000!

By on Jan 27, 2016 in Accessories, Featured, Gadgets, Photography, Travel Equipment

Regular readers will know that I’ve been trialling a rather special camera this last few months – the Panasonic Lumix GX8 from Lumix UK. Retailing in the UK at £1099 with the 14-42mm lens, not only does it offer superb image quality but it’s also amazingly compact and has consequently taken the DSLR market by […]

5 tried and tested travel accessories from my latest trip

5 tried and tested travel accessories from my latest trip

By on Jan 14, 2016 in Accessories, Clothing, Featured, Gadgets, Travel Equipment

My latest ‘tried and tested’ review round-up is from two trips that I made back-to-back. First I went to Lisbon with Infiniti and became aquainted with the new Q30, before returning ‘home’ but only getting as far as a hotel at the airport because I was heading out to Dubai the next day to familiarise […]

3 tried and tested travel accessories from my latest trip

3 tried and tested travel accessories from my latest trip

By on Nov 23, 2015 in Accessories, Gadgets, Luggage, Travel Equipment

If you haven’t already seen it, my last special feature reported on our stay at Stone Lodge, the gatehouse to the beautiful Combermere Estate in Shropshire. During our week there, we enjoyed some fantastic weather for the time of year and there were a few new items we were able to trial, and you will […]

How to give your luggage a voice and detect whether it's mishandled when you travel

How to give your luggage a voice and detect whether it’s mishandled when you travel

By on Nov 20, 2015 in Accessories, Air Travel, Gadgets, Luggage, Speciality Travel, Travel Equipment

If you’re a frequent traveller – and perhaps even if you’re an infrequent one – chances are that at some point you’ve had a problem with your luggage. Perhaps it’s been dropped, hurled about, left out in the rain, emerged on the luggage carousel torn or half open, or perhaps it’s not even emerged at […]

10 top tips for improving your 4K photography

10 top tips for improving your 4K photography

By on Nov 02, 2015 in Accessories, Featured, Gadgets, Photography, Travel Equipment

As many of you may recall from my introduction to 4K photography last month, I have been trialling the Panasonic LUMIX GX8 camera and its 4K capabilities. The camera allows me to shoot HD video at the rate of 30 frames per second, with each frame providing me with a high resolution photograph that can […]

3 tried and tested travel accessories from my latest trip

3 tried and tested travel accessories from my latest trip

By on May 26, 2015 in Accessories, Gadgets, Luggage, Travel Equipment

Those of you who read about our trip to North Cornwall will know already that we had a great week, and were spoilt with both wonderful accommodation and some great weather. On my last trip we tried out just three new items – an advanced backpack, a high quality travel organiser and an app that […]

Win a new Sigma lens for your DSLR camera!

Win a new Sigma lens for your DSLR camera!

By on May 18, 2015 in Accessories, Gadgets, Photography, Travel Equipment

If you have an interest in photography, you’ll be familiar with the name Sigma.  Although the company lends it name to a range of camera models, it is best known as a manufacturer of quality lenses. Some of you may recall that earlier this year I road-tested the Sigma 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro | Contemporary lens on […]