Press Trip

  • Podcast #096: Vienna Calling

    Welcome to Episode 096 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This podcast comes off the back of…

  • Vienna Christmas Markets

    In late Autumn 2024, I was sent by Jet2 on one of their Christmas Market breaks weekends, to Vienna. I…

  • Visiting Vienna

    You may remember in the summer of 2023, Jet2 sent me off on a trip to an all-inclusive resort on…

  • A Night At The Vienna State Opera

    I’ve never been to the opera. In my head it was always one of those things ‘beyond my pay grade’;…

  • Podcast #072: All-Inclusive Resorts

    Welcome to Episode 072 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. I am The Barefoot Backpacker. My tendency…

  • Being Non-Binary at an All-Inclusive Resort

    The St. George Beach Hotel & Spa Resort, where I went for my all-inclusive Press Trip courtesy of Jet2, is…

  • Spa Treatments

    It would be very tempting on all-inclusive holidays to stay at one of the bars and drink all day, or…

  • Our Spa Treatments

    While at the St George’s Hotel and Spa all-inclusive resort, we took the opportunity to try a couple of the…

  • My First Time at an All-Inclusive Resort

    At the start of May, Jet2Holidays sent me on an all-inclusive resort holiday. As you know, I’m absolutely not the…

  • My First Beer Spa

    The last evening of my Press Trip to the Plsen area was scheduled for a beer spa. Of course I’d…

  • Beer in Plsen

    Plsen, a city in the west of Czechia, is famous for its beer. Indeed it’s the home of an entire…

  • A Tour of Pilsner Urquell Brewery

    In September 2022 I was on a PressTrip to Plsen, and as part of that, we were given a tour…