[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@SimonCalder](/creator/twitter/SimonCalder) "USA Summer 2025. If you are considering a visit I've compiled all you need to know about Esta rules searches of your social media history and queues for Customs and Border Protection. Best plan: go via Dublin where you can be pre-cleared at the airport"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1946247564044410923) 2025-07-18 16:35:53 UTC 203.1K followers, 52.6K engagements "Just added to the Unesco World Heritage List for "outstanding universal value". No not me: Neuschwanstein the castle dreamed up by Ludwig II of Bavaria. Their Schloss our gain. The iconic twirls of towers and turrets were borrowed by Disney theme parks"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1945426655016575297) 2025-07-16 10:13:53 UTC 203.1K followers, 14K engagements "One in three flights in Europe goes to from or over France. So a strike by French air-traffic controllers has serious consequences. On 3/4 July: 3000 flights cancelled 7400 delayed Cost to aviation industry: 104m Worst-hit airports: Palma and Barcelona"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1943928270086713412) 2025-07-12 06:59:50 UTC 203.1K followers, 15.9K engagements "Accordions on a plane. Rules for musical instruments are complex. On Ryanair a cello needs its own seat in the name of "EXTRA ITEM SEAT". I was unaware easyJet allowed squeezeboxes on board and that the bellows expand. Offers for the best accordion tunes to busk with on planes"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1945836665596936267) 2025-07-17 13:23:07 UTC 203.1K followers, 23.5K engagements "UK airports begin their peak days today. Today: Newcastle has its busiest day of the summer. Friday it's Birmingham. Sunday Luton. Good luck everyone"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1947159973638582368) 2025-07-21 05:01:28 UTC 203.1K followers, 20.7K engagements "Roaming. Many mobile deals are strictly EU so beware international frontiers. Your phone may explore more widely than you causing unexpected items in the billing area. Examples: Corfu-Albania Croatia-Bosnia as well as the Pyrenees near plucky Andorra"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1946253846440755476) 2025-07-18 17:00:51 UTC 203.1K followers, 23.1K engagements "European Parliament proposals to allow all airline passengers to take X pieces of cabin baggage are unworkable and mad . a bizarre initiative from someone who clearly doesn't fly very much the easyJet CEO tells me. There isn't room in the aircraft"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1945804440281202953) 2025-07-17 11:15:04 UTC 203.1K followers, 32.7K engagements "Glasgow airport strikes threatened on three fronts with the Unite union saying walk-outs could begin as early as XX July. But if you have a booking to/from the airport don't panic. The Unite messaging is intended to concentrate the minds of the employers"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1941164311583572156) 2025-07-04 15:56:51 UTC 203.1K followers, 13.6K engagements "easyJet: April-June passengers profits and load factor up helped by late Easter (boosting April sales). But the boss of Britain's biggest budget airline says striking French air-traffic controllers landed airlines with unexpected and significant costs"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1945754837846458409) 2025-07-17 07:57:58 UTC 203.1K followers, 10.3K engagements "DfT: "The Brandenburg Gate the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie; in just a matter of years rail passengers in the UK could be able to visit these iconic sights from the comfort of a train thanks to a direct connection linking London and Berlin" Really"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1946488832783700197) 2025-07-19 08:34:36 UTC 203.1K followers, 23K engagements "easyJet: four years after Brexit passport rules took effect some ground staff for Britain's biggest budget airline are still wrongly turning away passengers who have valid passports. In the latest case: they wrecked a family's birthday 50th trip to Paris"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1945010132556857391) 2025-07-15 06:38:46 UTC 203.1K followers, 27.6K engagements "Eclipse 2026. One year one month and one day from now the greatest astronomical experience of the decade will sweep across northwest Europe straight to the heart of Spain at the peak of summer. Start planning your search for darkness on XX August 2026🔽"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1943462262536311204) 2025-07-11 00:08:05 UTC 203.1K followers, 21.7K engagements "The North Yorkshire coast is beautiful with some excellent beaches such as Runswick Bay. But as anywhere on UK shores there are risks in water. Besides the RNLI's work local communities also run rescue boats and I was delighted to meet the guys from Runswick Bay Rescue Boat"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1947166422108369287) 2025-07-21 05:27:06 UTC 203.1K followers, 12.8K engagements "Airlines are blaming lots of flight delays on air-traffic control. But on routes with multiple flights such as easyJet from Gatwick to Milan yesterday they could manage things so much better. An initial 5-hour delay shrank at one point to XX minutes then increased to X hours"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1945366392259178549) 2025-07-16 06:14:25 UTC 203.1K followers, 15.2K engagements "Busiest travel weekend of the year: Friday XX to Sunday XX July. Air: Air-traffic control delays likely with Scotland hit by airspace closures due to President Trump's visit. Road: Friday to 7pm Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-6pm worst. Good luck all"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1948038780029395149) 2025-07-23 15:13:32 UTC 203.1K followers, 17.5K engagements "Passport validity for European Union. A UK passport must meet two conditions: On day of entry to the EU issued less than XX years ago. On intended day of exit from EU at least X months left before expiry date. (Also Switz/Iceland/Norway but not Ireland.)"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1664867366763675648) 2023-06-03 05:31:26 UTC 203.1K followers, 557.5K engagements ""Creeping delays" where the wait gets ever-longer are infuriating especially while the airline is flying hundreds of other (and empty seats) on other flights to Milan. Gatwick is easyJet's main base; Milan Malpensa is the largest in Continental Europe"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1945366393798410360) 2025-07-16 06:14:26 UTC 203.1K followers, 10.6K engagements "EU has revealed when the entry-exit system for UK visitors to the Schengen area will start: XX October 2025 but initially with only a minority of travellers providing fingerprints and facial biometrics. EES to be completed across Schengen by X April 2026"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1947213520786870278) 2025-07-21 08:34:15 UTC 203.1K followers, 48.4K engagements "My usual Saturday/Sunday 5.30pm Instagram Live taking your travel questions is delayed this afternoon due to my train running late. Sorry. Hoping to start at 5.45pm (the current estimate arrival at London King's Cross). Looking forward to your questions"  [@SimonCalder](/creator/x/SimonCalder) on [X](/post/tweet/1946970075681927231) 2025-07-20 16:26:53 UTC 203.1K followers, 19.8K engagements
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"USA Summer 2025. If you are considering a visit I've compiled all you need to know about Esta rules searches of your social media history and queues for Customs and Border Protection. Best plan: go via Dublin where you can be pre-cleared at the airport" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-18 16:35:53 UTC 203.1K followers, 52.6K engagements
"Just added to the Unesco World Heritage List for "outstanding universal value". No not me: Neuschwanstein the castle dreamed up by Ludwig II of Bavaria. Their Schloss our gain. The iconic twirls of towers and turrets were borrowed by Disney theme parks" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-16 10:13:53 UTC 203.1K followers, 14K engagements
"One in three flights in Europe goes to from or over France. So a strike by French air-traffic controllers has serious consequences. On 3/4 July: 3000 flights cancelled 7400 delayed Cost to aviation industry: 104m Worst-hit airports: Palma and Barcelona" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-12 06:59:50 UTC 203.1K followers, 15.9K engagements
"Accordions on a plane. Rules for musical instruments are complex. On Ryanair a cello needs its own seat in the name of "EXTRA ITEM SEAT". I was unaware easyJet allowed squeezeboxes on board and that the bellows expand. Offers for the best accordion tunes to busk with on planes" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-17 13:23:07 UTC 203.1K followers, 23.5K engagements
"UK airports begin their peak days today. Today: Newcastle has its busiest day of the summer. Friday it's Birmingham. Sunday Luton. Good luck everyone" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-21 05:01:28 UTC 203.1K followers, 20.7K engagements
"Roaming. Many mobile deals are strictly EU so beware international frontiers. Your phone may explore more widely than you causing unexpected items in the billing area. Examples: Corfu-Albania Croatia-Bosnia as well as the Pyrenees near plucky Andorra" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-18 17:00:51 UTC 203.1K followers, 23.1K engagements
"European Parliament proposals to allow all airline passengers to take X pieces of cabin baggage are unworkable and mad . a bizarre initiative from someone who clearly doesn't fly very much the easyJet CEO tells me. There isn't room in the aircraft" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-17 11:15:04 UTC 203.1K followers, 32.7K engagements
"Glasgow airport strikes threatened on three fronts with the Unite union saying walk-outs could begin as early as XX July. But if you have a booking to/from the airport don't panic. The Unite messaging is intended to concentrate the minds of the employers" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-04 15:56:51 UTC 203.1K followers, 13.6K engagements
"easyJet: April-June passengers profits and load factor up helped by late Easter (boosting April sales). But the boss of Britain's biggest budget airline says striking French air-traffic controllers landed airlines with unexpected and significant costs" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-17 07:57:58 UTC 203.1K followers, 10.3K engagements
"DfT: "The Brandenburg Gate the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie; in just a matter of years rail passengers in the UK could be able to visit these iconic sights from the comfort of a train thanks to a direct connection linking London and Berlin" Really" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-19 08:34:36 UTC 203.1K followers, 23K engagements
"easyJet: four years after Brexit passport rules took effect some ground staff for Britain's biggest budget airline are still wrongly turning away passengers who have valid passports. In the latest case: they wrecked a family's birthday 50th trip to Paris" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-15 06:38:46 UTC 203.1K followers, 27.6K engagements
"Eclipse 2026. One year one month and one day from now the greatest astronomical experience of the decade will sweep across northwest Europe straight to the heart of Spain at the peak of summer. Start planning your search for darkness on XX August 2026🔽" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-11 00:08:05 UTC 203.1K followers, 21.7K engagements
"The North Yorkshire coast is beautiful with some excellent beaches such as Runswick Bay. But as anywhere on UK shores there are risks in water. Besides the RNLI's work local communities also run rescue boats and I was delighted to meet the guys from Runswick Bay Rescue Boat" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-21 05:27:06 UTC 203.1K followers, 12.8K engagements
"Airlines are blaming lots of flight delays on air-traffic control. But on routes with multiple flights such as easyJet from Gatwick to Milan yesterday they could manage things so much better. An initial 5-hour delay shrank at one point to XX minutes then increased to X hours" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-16 06:14:25 UTC 203.1K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Busiest travel weekend of the year: Friday XX to Sunday XX July. Air: Air-traffic control delays likely with Scotland hit by airspace closures due to President Trump's visit. Road: Friday to 7pm Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-6pm worst. Good luck all" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-23 15:13:32 UTC 203.1K followers, 17.5K engagements
"Passport validity for European Union. A UK passport must meet two conditions: On day of entry to the EU issued less than XX years ago. On intended day of exit from EU at least X months left before expiry date. (Also Switz/Iceland/Norway but not Ireland.)" @SimonCalder on X 2023-06-03 05:31:26 UTC 203.1K followers, 557.5K engagements
""Creeping delays" where the wait gets ever-longer are infuriating especially while the airline is flying hundreds of other (and empty seats) on other flights to Milan. Gatwick is easyJet's main base; Milan Malpensa is the largest in Continental Europe" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-16 06:14:26 UTC 203.1K followers, 10.6K engagements
"EU has revealed when the entry-exit system for UK visitors to the Schengen area will start: XX October 2025 but initially with only a minority of travellers providing fingerprints and facial biometrics. EES to be completed across Schengen by X April 2026" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-21 08:34:15 UTC 203.1K followers, 48.4K engagements
"My usual Saturday/Sunday 5.30pm Instagram Live taking your travel questions is delayed this afternoon due to my train running late. Sorry. Hoping to start at 5.45pm (the current estimate arrival at London King's Cross). Looking forward to your questions" @SimonCalder on X 2025-07-20 16:26:53 UTC 203.1K followers, 19.8K engagements
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