Category: Gadgets

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 […]

Top 10 luxury fashion items for him this Spring

Top 10 luxury fashion items for him this Spring

By on Apr 15, 2015 in Accessories, Clothing, Featured, Gadgets, Travel Equipment

This post is a continuation of our new, regular series of quarterly fashion round-ups, both for him and for her. For her, see this post, and for him, read on. Greens and blues have been dominant across many of the SS15 collections and statement stripes are also said to be in vogue. Whether you’re looking to adopt […]

6 tried and tested travel accessories from my latest trip

6 tried and tested travel accessories from my latest trip

By on Mar 24, 2015 in Accessories, Clothing, Featured, Gadgets, Luggage, Photography, Travel Equipment

As many of you will have already seen, I had an amazing time on my last trip to Tokyo and Singapore. I was able to pack so much into the week, which was great, but also able to trial a few more travel-related items which I share with you here in my latest ‘tried and […]

The easy way to check on your duty free purchase allowance

The easy way to check on your duty free purchase allowance

By on Mar 07, 2015 in Accessories, Gadgets, Travel Equipment, Travel Miscellany, Videos

It’s well known that when entering a country you must declare goods that you have purchased overseas, but keeping a detailed record of each and every item can be hassle when all you want to be doing is enjoying the trip. Actually, though, it needn’t be… thanks to today’s technology, the task of recording all […]

The smart new luggage that syncs with your smartphone

The smart new luggage that syncs with your smartphone

By on Mar 04, 2015 in Accessories, Gadgets, Luggage, Travel Equipment

Wouldn’t it be good if your luggage could weigh itself? Or if it could lock and unlock itself depending on how close you are to it? Or if it could charge your phone or other devices? Or if could send you a reminder if you accidentally left it somewhere? Or how about if you could […]

9 must-have travel photography accessories

9 must-have travel photography accessories

By on Feb 25, 2015 in Accessories, Gadgets, Luggage, Photography, Travel Equipment

Travel photography allows you to hold the world in the palm of your hands and to capture the rare beauty of the world in all her finery. Whether it’s shooting the lavender dusted fields of Provence or catching the last fingers of sunlight over the spires of Florence, you want to make sure that you […]

6 tried and tested travel accessories from my latest trip

6 tried and tested travel accessories from my latest trip

By on Feb 23, 2015 in Accessories, Africa, Clothing, Europe, Gadgets, Morocco, Photography, Regions, Travel Equipment, United Kingdom, Western Europe

On one of my latest excursions, I did back-to-back trips to London and Marrakech. In London, I was working on an assignment for American Express, putting a piece together about some iconic viewpoints from venues around the city, whilst in Marrakech I was attending a luxury travel conference but also enjoying a little free time […]

A light-hearted look at the top 5 luxury travel trends for 2015

A light-hearted look at the top 5 luxury travel trends for 2015

By on Jan 15, 2015 in Accessories, Accommodation, Clothing, Cruises & Boat Travel, Fun Stuff, Gadgets, Going Out, Resorts, Restaurants, Speciality Travel, Travel Equipment, Travel Miscellany

The start of the new year is always a time for the travel industry to review data (or consult crystal balls) and present predictions for the top trends influencing travel in the coming year. Some of these trends grow year on year and 2015 is no exception; for example, immersive experiences summed up by the […]