Travel

Thinking about booking a cruise holiday but unsure about what to expect? We asked Oddfellows member and experienced passenger, Wendy Atkins, to give us the lowdown on the magic of cruising.

If you pressed pause on a trip away this year, there’s no reason to stop your taste buds from travelling. We invited our resident foodie, Michele Boustead, to put the latest trend in mail order, restaurant-quality meal boxes to the test, and ‘sent her off’ to Cornwall, France and India.

As the National Trust starts to slowly reopen some of its historic sites, Oddfellows Travel takes a look at five landmarks now open to pre-book.

Don’t think that volunteering holidays are just for gap-year students or hipster millennials, because having a few more years under your belt can be an advantage when it comes to snapping up sought-after spaces. Your accrued life and work experience means that you’ll have a lot to offer.

There was a time when British wine was the laughing stock of the wine world, but times have changed. With more than 700 in the UK, from the Channel Islands to the Outer Hebrides, what better way is there to find out more about our domestic wine than to visit a vineyard?

Let your love of Strictly Come Dancing take you places! Whether you’re an armchair fan or love a twirl around the dance floor, take your passion for a foxtrot to another level by combining it with a spot of globe-trotting.

The idea of staying at a youth hostel might make you shudder in horror. Aren’t they just for teenagers and students: stark, dormitory-type buildings with strict wardens, sleeping bags and chores to do? Think again.

Oddfellows member Pat Brunner used Oddfellows Travel to book herself a great birthday break to Alvaston Hall in Cheshire and here she shares her experience with us.