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Standard Issue Podcast

The Bush Telegraph: Are we all still going on a summer holiday?

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Laura Jackson, Deputy Head of Travel at the Times and the Sunday Times, joins Hannah to talk about the very many questions facing us all right now when it comes to booking a holiday. Where is safe to visit? How are the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East affecting long-haul flights? Should we boycott America? What are the new rules at EU borders? Are anti-tourism protests in Europe here to stay? And are the price of jet fuel and mass cancellations by airlines going to make travel unaffordable? Plus there's some important, but maybe surprising, news about the expiry date on your passport.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

On day three of leftovers for lunch, have a day off.

0:04.9

Switch it up with a double cheeseburger for 249 under McDonald's saver menu.

0:09.9

Leftovers left the chat.

0:11.7

Talk about saver satisfaction.

0:15.0

Served from 11am, price and participation may vary.

0:17.7

Fees applied to delivery orders, subject to availability.

0:20.3

Bush Telegraph. Hello, Hannah here and welcome to the Bush Telegraph. If you're a regular listener, you'll know I love a holiday. I mean, who doesn't? I'd spend every weekend on one, if I could.

0:35.4

And recently, a lot of people have engaged me in conversations about the

0:39.5

current travel situation, given all of the world's givens. And loath as I am to admit the

0:46.4

limits of my knowledge, quite often I've had to offer the answer. Yeah, I don't know. So, I decided

0:52.4

to get in an expert deputy head of travel at the Times and the Sunday Times,

0:57.1

Laura Jackson, to see if she could shed some light.

1:01.2

We chat about where in the world is safe to visit right now

1:04.4

and how the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are affecting long haul flights.

1:09.6

We're also talking about whether to boycott America,

1:12.7

new rules at the EU border and further changes still to come,

1:16.5

plus the anti-tourism protests in Europe.

1:19.4

And that's before we even get to the rising cost of jet fuel,

1:23.5

mass cancellations by airlines,

1:25.8

and some surprising news, to me at least, about the expiry date on my passport.

1:31.7

I hope there's something useful in here for anyone planning a holiday this year,

1:35.4

and I hope that despite all of these barriers, you get to go on one.

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