Let our resident travel experts take you away to far-flung destinations, and recommend some gems closer to home, to make the most of your time away from the real world.

Latest episodes of the podcast Travel on The Hard Shoulder

• Tuesday Travel: Budapest
• Tuesday Travel: Trends for 2025
• Tuesday Travel: Bordeaux
• Tuesday Travel: Hotels over Christmas
• Tuesday Travel: Winter Sun
• Tuesday Travel: Cork City
• Tuesday Travel: Beyond Vegas
• Tuesday Travel: Christmas Markets
• Tuesday Travel: South-East of France
• Tuesday Travel: Family Halloween Events!
• Tuesday Travel: Spain on a budget!
• Tuesday Travel: Theme Parks in Orlando
• Tuesday Travel: Gothenburg, Sweden
• Tuesday Travel: Santa Barbara
• Tuesday Travel: Venice and Travel Tax
• Tuesday Travel: How to travel home during a global IT outage
• Tuesday Travel: Holiday Tech Essentials
• Tuesday Travel: Dog Friendly Hotels
• Tuesday Travel: Marrakesh
• Tuesday Travel: Munich
• Tuesday Travel: Athlone
• Tuesday Travel: Denver, Colorado
• Tuesday Travel: Champagne, France
• Tuesday Travel: Irish Hotels Celebrating Birthdays
• Tuesday Travel: Downtown Los Angeles
• Tuesday Travel: Avoiding mass tourism
• Tuesday Travel: Connemara
• Tuesday Travel: Austin
• Tuesday Travel: Colombia
• Tuesday Travel: New York City On A Budget
• Tuesday Travel: Vancouver Island
• Tuesday Travel: Florence
• Travel Wednesday: Fiji
• Travel Wednesday: Los Angeles
• Travel Wednesday: Listener Q + A
• Fancy a luxury break at a reasonable price?
• Travel Wednesday: Adriatic Sea Montenegro, Croatia and Italy
• Travel Wednesday: Newcastle
• Travel Wednesday: The USA
• Travel Wednesday: Valentines Breaks
• Travel Wednesday: Listener Q and A
• Travel Wednesday: Travel Trends 2020
• Travel Wednesday: Religious Holidays
• A break in Gdansk, Poland
• Travel Wednesday: What to do in Kilkenny
• Travel Wednesday: Honeymoon Destinations
• Top tips for Black Friday shopping
• Wine holidays, Christmas getaways and more...
• Travel Wednesdays: Seville
• The ultimate guide to travel apps
• Travel Wednesdays: Arts Holidays
• Boston - where everybody knows your name!
• Travel Wednesdays: Halloween Holidays
• Travel Wednesday: River Cruises
• Travel Wednesday: Listener Q and A
• Travel Wednesday:Christmas Market
• Travel Wednesday: Wellness Holidays
• Sporting holidays
• Food festivals around Ireland
• Travel Wednesday: Hiking Holidays
• Travel Wednesdays: Sicily
• Travel Wednesday: Barbados
• What to do and where to go in Berlin
• Travel Wednesday: Listener Questions
• Travel Wednesdays: Dubai and The Maldives
• Travel Thursday: Island Hopping
• Travel Thursdays: Festivals
• Travel Thursday: London
• Travel Thursday: Sporting Holiday
• Travel Thursday: The Edge!
• Travel Thursday: All that Lisbon has to offer!
• We're in Lovely Leitrim for Travel Thursday!
• Travel Thursday: Listeners questions
• Thursday Travel: great deals for summer holidays
• "The Gold Coast" Costa Dorada
• Thursday Travel : Space camp!
• "There's an array of things to go and see in Northern Ireland"
• "Cornwall is charming, quaint and accessible"
• Mothers' Day holiday ideas
• All your travel queries answered by The Novel Traveler!
• Thursday Travel: Get away for St. Patrick's Day!
• Thursday Travel: Christmas present ideas!
• Thursday Travel: Can you go long haul on a budget?