Over 50s Holidays

Win a 7 night 5* Mediterranean holiday for two

Silver Travel Advisor, the mature travellers’ review and advice website, is offering a first prize of a luxury 7 night walking holiday on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Gozo, courtesy of Headwater Holidays, with half board accommodation in the island’s top hotel, the 5* Ta’Cenc, set in 400 acres of private grounds and including return Air Malta flights.

The older you are, the more you save

In times of austerity and with the summer holidays in full swing, it’s no surprise that consumers are being bombarded with promises of promotional offers, discounted rates and last-minute deals.

Top ten holiday packing tips for mature travellers

Over fifties travel review website Silver Travel Advisor has come up with its definitive holiday packing list for the mature holidaymaker this summer.

Silver Travel Advisor’s top tips for keeping healthy at 37,000 feet

Flying off to exotic lands is a glamorous and exciting way to travel. But, it can be equally hazardous, distressing and sometimes fatal, with dry eyes, wind and constipation among the least worrying of a myriad of symptoms!

Holiday packing tips for mature travellers

Over fifties travel review website Silver Travel Advisor has come up with its definitive holiday packing list for the mature holidaymaker this summer.

Globe-trotting grandma wins national holiday competition

61 year old grandmother, Jean Smith, from Huyton in Liverpool, has won a two night stay at the 4* Red House Country Hotel in the Peak District, courtesy of the UK’s fastest growing travel review site for over 50 year old travellers Silver Travel Advisor.

Prize draw for silver travel reviewers

Throughout July 2011 the over 50's travel advice and holiday review website, Silver Travel Advisor, is offering free entry to a prize draw to win a Mozart themed Danube river cruise for two with Noble Caledonia, including performances by the London Festival Opera and presentations about the life, times and music of Mozart by guest speaker Roddy Greenburgh.

Older, wiser and still travelling

Goodtogoinsurance.com, specialist insurer providing travel cover for the over 65s and those with pre-existing conditions, welcomes a report from consumer group Which?, highlighting the lack of affordable insurance for the older traveller.

Grandparents grounded with childcare duties

Grandparents’ well-earned getaways are becoming increasingly threatened, with 50 per cent of UK families now depending all year round on the generation, dubbed ‘Retired Help’, for their childcare.

Travel bridges the generation gap in 2011

According to escorted touring specialist, Journeys of Distinction, 2011 is the year of the 60+ gap year with more older travellers taking more exotic and longer travels than ever before, a marked change from 2000 when a much younger gap year generation were travelling the world between school and university.

Baby boomers take travel experiences to a new level

“65 is the new 45” and that means trekking, zip-lining and bike tours are no longer off limits. A study conducted by Preferred Hotel Group, in conjunction with YPartnership, found that baby boomers want to take their travel experiences to a new level, where experiential, active and thematic travel is at the top of their lists.