Barrhead Travel: Last News

A travel agent with a number of branches in the region has been named the best leisure agent by the Scottish Passenger Agents' Association.

A travel agents with branches across Lanarkshire has reported a record-breaking January - with holiday bookings up by 25 per cent.

Rangers fans have been issued a warning to book direct chartered flights being put on from Scotland to Seville for the Europa League final by today.

A leading Renfrewshire company has welcomed the end of travel red list restrictions, just in time for the festive rush.

A leading UK travel agent has welcomed the Government’s most recent review of travel restrictions.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Renfrewshire’s leading travel agent has lambasted the decision to remove Portugal from the green list of travel destinations.Barrhead Travel has said the UK Government’s decision is a “hammer blow” to thousands of travellers and those holidaymakers who are already abroad.Portugal was added to the Amber travel list at 4am this morning.It means travellers returning to the UK from Portugal are now required to self-isolate for ten days and to undergo two PCR covid tests.Jacqueline Dobson, president of Barrhead Travel said the move “further compounds” the damage that has already been inflicted on the travel industry.She said: “It’s disappointing for

redundancies as a "direct result of the impact of Covid-19". The travel company says that customer confidence in overseas holidays had dropped due to the ongoing health pandemic.This, coupled with the end of the furlough scheme, meant the company has had to make "difficult decisions".