“The Hotel Search Engine” That’s a pretty plain but wonderfully accurate description of a hotel booking tool that’s incredibly powerful, quick and informative. I like the simple, straightforward format: choose a destination, enter the dates, number of people and rooms required, then click on ‘Search Hotels’. Within seconds, Hotel Calculator scans 20-odd travel sites and [...]
velvet visits ‘Brilliant Trips’
“The world is your classroom” I love that tagline. It is so true, the world is indeed our classroom and the Brilliant Trips site provides ample travel inspiration and tools to facilitate our learning across the globe. The Brilliant Trips site, with its white background, brightly coloured illustrations and gorgeous photos, has a clean, cheery feel. [...]
Luxury North and South
My dear friend Janice Waugh recently went on a trip by train from Chicago to New Orleans. She wrote a series of fascinating articles documenting her experiences and observations which have been published on the Solo Traveler blog. Janice kindly offered to share some of her insights gained during this trip on the Velvet Escape [...]
The Velvet Parade – celebrating 150 velvet escapes
It all started with a simple “Hello world“. I was just back from an exhilarating and in certain ways life-changing five month round-the-world trip. I had experienced so much, seen so many places and met so many fascinating people that when I returned home, I felt I had to share it all. The creative and [...]
The most impressive tourist attractions
An article “The world’s most disappointing tourist spots and attractions” by my Twitter pal, TravelRants, provided some great insights and resulted in a lively discussion. It’s clear that our impressions of a certain spot or attraction are often coloured by our state of mind at that moment (e.g. our expectations), the company we’re in or [...]
Air Asia X: Next stop, USA
In an interview today, the CEO of Air Asia X announced that the airline is planning to fly to the USA from Kuala Lumpur and/or London, possibly by the end of this year. Air Asia X launched its first long-haul low cost service to London from Kuala Lumpur earlier this month. More than 50,000 tickets [...]
Travelling is good for you.. even if you’re unemployed
I read this article on MSNBC yesterday and I can definitely relate to Jisook’s experience. I was in banking myself for ten years when the ‘hammer’ came down on me last year. Like Jisook, I was already planning a world trip when it happened and it was like a dream come true when I boarded [...]
Air Asia X’s new gamble
Air Asia X commences its five-times a week service from its hub in Kuala Lumpur to London Stansted on 11th March. This will be the first attempt at a viable long-haul low cost service between Asia and Europe since the demise of Hong Kong’s Oasis Airlines last year. Will it work this time around? Only [...]
About Keith Jenkins
I'm Keith Jenkins. In July 2008, I left my ten-year banking career to travel around the world. I've not looked back since.
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