Before you book an overseas holiday, check your passport validity, the destination's entry rules, visa requirements and travel-health needs, and build the time and cost of those checks into your plan. A holiday can look perfectly straightforward until you check your passport, look into travel health and realise there are costs and appointments to fit in before you go. Warren learned that the expensive way: a same-day passport renewal, a full day at the passport office and a t

Morocco can take you from the lively lanes of Marrakesh to the Atlantic breeze of Essaouira, the mountain roads of the Atlas and the wide-open quiet of the desert. The colours, sounds and pace can change dramatically in a single trip, which is part of the appeal, and why a little thoughtful planning goes a long way.

Warren Milburn has visited New York twice. Here's what first-timers need to know: where to stay, how to get around, and what the city really feels like.

A custom travel itinerary is a trip plan built around you specifically: your interests, your pace, your budget, and the places that actually matter to you. It is the opposite of a package holiday, where someone else decided the hotel, the timing, and which sights you see. A well-built custom itinerary puts every decision back in your hands, with someone who knows how those decisions interact. After four decades of business travel across the UK, Europe, the US and the Far Ea

The best UK getaways are not about cramming in the most places. Warren Milburn explains how to think about what you actually want from a trip before you start booking.