Wherever you travel this year, we urge you to be safe and be prepared.  Even if you are not travelling on one of our holidays.  That’s why The Healthy Holiday Company has become a partner of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in its Know Before You Go campaign.  We and the FCO advise that before you travel abroad you should do the following:

1. Ensure you have taken out comprehensive travel insurance.

2. Learn about medical requirements at least six weeks before you travel.  The Healthy Holiday Company will, of course, help you with advice on this at time of booking your holiday.

3. Understand local laws and customs in the country or countries you plan to visit.

4. Learn about your destination on the travel advice section of the FCO website

5. Understand what British consular staff can and can’t do for travellers.  See FCO faq

6. Make a photocopy of your passport and store it in a safe place.  We would also suggest scanning it on to a secure online database.

If your passport is lost or stolen abroad you must first go to a local police station and complete a written report. You need to take this along with two passport-size photos to the nearest British consulate or embassy – these are listed at www.fco.gov.uk/travel

In theory, you won’t get a new passport unless you have a police report. In practice, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office acknowledges that not all police forces will agree to issue a report for a lost passport. It says “you need to demonstrate that you have at least tried to report the theft”.

A new passport cannot be issued immediately. Staff will first need to run a check on your identity with the UK passport office, and you will need to complete a LS01 form to cancel your old passport.  Once this process is complete, the FCO staff will issue you with a machine-readable Emergency Passport which will be valid for less than a year. Before you are given this, you will need to pay a fee in the local currency.

Clearly, it’s a good idea to take great care of your passport and to keep a safe record of its details!

Finally, if you are in a country without a British consulate, you should either contact the consulate of another EU country or a British consulate in a neighbouring country.

Find the latest Foreign & Commonwealth Office travel advice at www.fco.gov.uk/travel

… for the chance to win a a gorgeous new yoga outfit.

destination yoga has teamed up with Asquith London to create a fabulous new competition giving you the chance to win a brand new yoga outfit (up to the value of £120) made from Asquith’s range of wonderfully soft organic cotton and bamboo fabrics.

All you have to do to enter the competition is to go to our facebook page and ‘like’ it.  Just click here to go to the facebook page! What could be simpler?  Oh, and we would love it if you would be kind enough to tell your friends and family about this competition too.  The more the merrier please.

Asquith offers the finest quality clothing, which is deliciously soft, organic and ethically produced. Classic, elegant and comfortable styles with a perfect, flattering fit made from softest fabrics, Asquith London provides the perfect kit for summer yoga and Pilates classes, travelling, holidays and retreats. Each garment is designed with both comfort and style in mind and is perfect for the hotter months!

Bamboo fabrics are not only kinder to the environment, they are also beautifully light and ‘wick’ moisture away from your skin so you can say goodbye to feeling clammy, and enjoy that summer glow! And the organic cotton is super soft and breathable, and feels great next to your skin.

Competition Rules

1. Anyone can enter.  All you have to do is ‘like’ our competition.
2. The winner will be chosen at random on 20 June 2011 at 16.00
3. If we are unable to contact the winner via facebook because their account does not allow direct messages, we will re-do the draw until a winner can be found.
4. The winner may choose any 3 items from the Asquith London range to make up an outfit (up to £120)

Just click here to go to the destination yoga facebook page and enter the free prize draw!

in:spa has teamed up with BPP, Europe’s leading provider of professional education, to launch a new training programme called Healthy Leadership.  The email announcing this new training opportunity for professionals is being despatched tomorrow (see below) and links through to a specially created micro-website for further information.  To view, please click here

Introducing ‘Healthy Leadership’

The Athenaeum Hotel, London | 22-25 October or 26-29 November 2010

We’re delighted to announce the perfect solution for busy professionals that can’t afford to take too much time from their hectic work schedule to achieve their training requirements – a luxury weekend of cutting-edge health and leadership training.

You can obtain 16 hours of training (CPD accredited), while giving your mind and body the overhaul it deserves with our Healthy Leadership weekend at the 5-star Athenaeum Hotel in London, brought to you by BPP Professional Development in partnership with in:spa, the UK’s leading provider of luxury healthy holidays.

For an amazing introductory price of £2,295, you will receive your accommodation, all meals and snacks, 16-hours of Leadership training, with a daily selection of health and relaxation programmes, including fitness training, yoga and massage. The concierge can even organise an optional evening at the theatre for you on Saturday!

If your partner doesn’t want to miss out on a great weekend in London, you can bring them too to enjoy everything except the CPD training for a special additional price of just £195!

For more information visit us at bpphealthyleadership.com, or contact us via e-mail
on healthyleadership@bpp.com

To ensure the best quality training, we are restricting each weekend to just 16 delegates
– so book early to avoid disappointment!