Holidays

Decorating for Halloween indoors and in the garden: what works in late October weather, the electrical and fire basics, and the one decoration to leave on the shelf.

Campers are always faced with a dilemma. Either you bring the entire house to your camping site or you invariably find that the one thing you need was left at home. There's no perfect way out of this, but a little thought will help improve your odds. Bring what you really need, without overflowing your vehicle or breaking your back.

Outdoors

Few people string lights up outdoors for Easter. But a great way to greet guests on this special day is to have a string on the front door in the shape of a colorful egg or bunny. You can even make a nice design in the shape of an Easter lily.

It's no accident that Easter is close to the beginning of Spring when the Earth comes alive. This ancient festival began as a celebration of fertility and new beginnings. You can help show that by planting some Easter flowers in yellow, red and blue - all traditional colors.

Every cruise booked in the United Kingdom lasting more than 24 hours is a package in law, and whether ATOL or a bond holds the security turns entirely on whether a flight was sold alongside it. A GHIC covers no treatment given aboard. The package travel rules change on 6 April 2027.

What a Las Vegas casino is designed to do, why smoking on the gaming floor surprises British visitors, and the house edge game by game — which varies from half a per cent to over twenty-five.

The muster of newly embarked passengers must take place before departure or immediately upon it, not within 24 hours of boarding; the rule changed in 2015. Survival craft capacity exceeds the number of people aboard by requirement. And the medical centre manages about nineteen cases in twenty without putting anyone ashore, but nobody regulates it and it is not free.

Taking a child under 16 out of the United Kingdom without the consent of everyone with parental responsibility is a criminal offence, and the official summary of the exception says 28 days where both governing Acts say less than one month. London's New Year fireworks bar pushchairs from the viewing areas, and Edinburgh's Street Party admits no one under 12.

Who says that you have to go out to have fun on New Year’s Eve? If it is just the immediate family this year, that’s alright. Here are five ways that you can welcome the New Year and have a few laughs at the same time.