Things To Do On A Day Trip To Hastings

Hastings Southeastern

Find out what to do on a day trip to Hastings, including checking out the beach huts, riding the funicular railway and eating great seafood.

With my lifestyle, I’m often jetting off here, there and everywhere, but when I have prolonged periods at home, I love nothing more than a day trip. Visits to historic cities like Oxford, Bath and Cambridge. Trips to see friends up north, and weddings in the countryside. My favourite escape though? The great British seaside.

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Ooh What’s All This about Changes To Our Holiday Habits?

Watching surfers on the North Shore, Hawaii

What do you look for when you’re booking a holiday, and have your habits changed over the last few years? It’s pretty likely the answer is YES!

As someone who travels for a living, and hopefully inspires you to venture on a few trips too, changes to holidaying could mean big things!

Just a couple of days ago, a UK travel survey dropped into my inbox that really got me thinking. I get plenty of reports on the travel industry, packed with stats, facts and figures. 90% I wave goodbye to pretty quickly! But it was interesting to see that in this particular study, holiday habits are really starting to change.

Blending in on the terrace at The Zetter Hotel, London

I asked friends and family about it, and similar to the survey, price, weather and reviews were three of the top things they researched thoroughly before parting with their hard earned cash. I used to get obsessed with checking the weather before my holidays. Refresh. Sunny. Refresh. Sunny. Refresh. Showers. Damn, I wish I hadn’t looked. And repeat…

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Top 10 Things To Do In Hampstead, London

Lovely views across the ponds in Hampstead

The best things to do in Hampstead include a great food market, cute streets, pubs and of course Hampstead Heath.

When you think of London, you probably just think of the centre. But WAIT! There’s sooooo much more to this amazing city than Oxford Street, Piccadilly and Soho. Having lived in Camden for many years, I found myself growing to love North London.

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