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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

June 28th - It's the Small Things

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

The Independent

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

3.6628 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Today: as Mediterranean Islands go green for travellers to the UK, the barriers go up for British visitors.


A leading analyst says 22 more countries deserve to be on the green list.


And don’t neglect the small things – the travel industry really can’t afford to mess up.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

At Cabri, we know everything in life is better shared.

0:03.5

So we're giving up to 50% off Merlin UK attractions

0:06.9

when you buy participating packs of Cabri and Cabri biscuits.

0:10.6

So who will you take?

0:12.2

We're taking our neighbour, Mrs Robinson.

0:14.8

She knows the names of all the fish, even the funny-looking ones.

0:18.4

With days out at Sea Life London, Cabri World and more.

0:22.3

Grab your participating pack of Cabri today. Visit fun.cabry.com.com. UK for teas and

0:27.0

seed booking information.

0:33.4

Hello and thanks for joining me for the latest on travel and destinations from the Greenlist and the travel desk of the Independent.

0:42.9

It's Monday the 28th of June and as you might be able to tell I'm on a bus traversing the Kingdom of Vife.

0:50.4

This is the X-60 from Edinburgh Airport across the fourth to Dundee in eastern Scotland.

0:57.4

I wasn't expecting to be on it, but that's a whole new story.

1:01.7

Today, as Mediterranean islands go green for travellers to the UK,

1:07.4

the barriers go up for British visitors there.

1:11.6

A leading analyst says 22 more countries deserve to be on the UK Greenlist.

1:18.9

And don't neglect the small things.

1:21.4

The travel industry really can't afford to mess up.

1:25.0

Of course, this podcast is completely free, as is my weekly travel email.

1:30.1

You can sign up at independent.co.com.uk forward slash newsletters. Well, I have been covering

1:38.5

this weekend the way that various countries are putting the UK on the red list from their point of view.

1:47.7

And the rule appears to be for pretty much everywhere that you are going to be in a much stronger

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