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Author: Andrew Matthews

Andrew Matthews is a British writer, born and raised in South Africa. After travelling extensively through Africa, Asia and Europe, he uses his degree in journalism to extol the positive influence tourism can have on many destinations and lives. More on Andrew here.

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This post was written for Urban Travel Blog by regular guest blogger Andrew Matthews, resident travel pundit for holiday rental experts HouseTrip.com.  Recent news that 1 in 3 British travellers prioritised access to wifi over everything except a nice view, didn’t come as a great shock. It’s fairly obvious the craven desire…

Is there anything to do in Chamonix in between winter and summer? Andrew Matthews discusses why spring and autumn might even be the best time to visit the Alps… I can’t say I’ve ever given much thought to what Alpine ski-resorts get up to between the last of the snow…

Instead of being forced to be all lovey-dovey for one specific day of the year, Andrew Matthews takes a look at some genuinely romantic options for amores throughout the annum… The great cheese festival of Valentine’s Day is behind us for another year. I hope you were among the lucky…

Not another year of scrambling for gifts on Oxford Street and Scrabbling for triple word scores against Gran! Guest poster, Andrew Matthews, has a stocking full of ideas on how to do Xmas differently this year… I have to admit I’m more than a little excited about Christmas this year.…

Andrew Matthews prefers views to queues, and in this guest post he shares some of the less famous places to look out over some of the world’s greatest cities. Prepare to use the panorama function on your phone camera! I love the Eiffel Tower. If I was given to wearing…