The Globetrotters Club

The travel club for independent travellers.

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  • Globetrotters Travel Award

    A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested in a �1,000 travel award? Know someone who is? We have �1,000 to award each year for five years for the best submitted independent…

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  • Travel Facts

    Travel Facts Brazil takes up 47.8% of South America. Australians have a huge 380,000 sq m of land per person – and yet 91% live in urban areas. Nearly a…

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  • Armed Dolphins Let Loose

    Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico. Experts who have studied the US navy's cetacean…

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  • Record Numbers of travellers

    At September's World Tourism Day, the the United Nations Today said that more and more people can afford to travel. In 1950 it was 20 million, last year 760 million,…

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  • Plymouth – Banjul Rally

    You may have heard of the Paris – Dakar car rally, well, here's a slightly different take on the idea of driving a car across deserts and getting lost, but…

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  • Being Careful: the Philippines

    The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office advise against all travel to central, southern and Western Mindanao, and the Sulu archipelago including Basilan, Tawi-Tawi and Jolo, where military and police operations…

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  • Airline of the Year 2005

    Skytrax have conducted the world's “largest” passenger survey, was conducted over an 11 month period (June 2004 – May 2005) to find the world's Airline of the Year. The results…

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  • Get In Print

    Europe From a Backpack travel book series are now accepting submissions for Italy From a Backpack and Spain From a Backpack. They are looking for first-person must-tell stories. If you…

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  • Globetrotters Travel Award

    A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested in a £1,000 travel award? Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each year for five years for the best submitted independent…

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  • HK Airport Best 2005

    Hong Kong International Airport is named Best Airport worldwide in 2005 passenger survey. For the 5th consecutive year, passengers have rated Hong Kong International Airport as the world's Best Airport.…

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