To coincide with last night’s BRIT Awards, the Door2Tour escorted tours team thought we’d have a little fun of our own and have come up with a hypothetical list of places in Great Britain that we would issue an award to. We have come up with a few fun award categories, chosen our winner and given reasons as to why we felt they should get the award and in some cases a fun fact! To find out who our fun awards will go to, take a look at this…

Suffering from sweaty palms, nausea and an unshakable feeling of dread at the prospect of returning to everyday life? Welcome, my friends, to the dreaded Holiday Hangover…

With the School Summer Holidays almost over and everyone returning to their normal routine of school and work, we thought it would be great fun to think about those fabulous holiday souvenirs. Everyone’s had the experience of receiving a tacky souvenir from a friend or relative that’s been on holiday and for us at Door2Tour.com, there’s so many in the building, it’s unreal! One of our departments even has a competition where the aim of the game is to find the tackiest and cheapest souvenir possible and bring it back for the ‘Tack Shelf’. So we’ve taken some inspiration from all this tacky souvenir hoarding and conducted a poll of our office to find out what tacky treats everyone is hiding away (or proudly displaying) for the world to see!

Our guest blogger for Door2Tour, Jodie Logsdon, recently experienced cruising for the first time and compares her time spent on-board as to that of an adventure holiday. She took part in practically every activity available from rock-climbing to surfing, ice-skating to basketball as well as being able to visit eight different locations in just 2 weeks. Find out more about her travels with this insider's view of cruising for the first-timer. If you've been on a cruise too, get in touch and let us know your experiences or tell us your funny stories, we'd love to hear them!

We can’t be the only ones here at Door2Tour.com who quiver at the very thought of deciding on what to take when we are about to go on holiday. With the cost of taking luggage on budget airlines rising and after several months of living out of a suitcase, I have developed some handy hints on how to pack light and some essentials on what to take. Should you too quiver at the thought of the inevitable packing, take a quick peek at our guide so you can pack with ease before you travel.