Claire Body - Independent Travel Expert

Claire Body - Independent Travel Expert Independent Travel Expert with nearly 30 years experience. I work as part of the Travel Network Grou For all your travel requirements. Completely independent.

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🇵🇹Postcards from Porto ❤️My daughter, Izzy was in Portugal last week. Her photos of Porto were too good not to share. I ...
20/05/2026

🇵🇹Postcards from Porto ❤️

My daughter, Izzy was in Portugal last week.
Her photos of Porto were too good not to share. I hope you enjoy them, Claire x

🇳🇿 It’s been keeping me quiet, but what a pleasure to work on a two month New Zealand itinerary for one lucky couple. An...
14/05/2026

🇳🇿 It’s been keeping me quiet, but what a pleasure to work on a two month New Zealand itinerary for one lucky couple.

An in-depth delve into both the islands, exploring everything this wonderful country has to offer, self-driving but with trains, boats, helicopters thrown in - a real bucket list trip, I’m very excited for them!

👇Check out this beautiful villa in lovely Kalkan on Turkey’s stunning Turquoise Coast - dates available for this summer....
08/05/2026

👇Check out this beautiful villa in lovely Kalkan on Turkey’s stunning Turquoise Coast - dates available for this summer.

🇹🇷House of Dreams (Kalkan, Turkey)

A villa that feels like a real home from home ☀️💛

House of Dreams is one of those rare villas that feels personal, peaceful, and completely genuine, more like staying in a beautiful home than a holiday villa 🌿✨

🏡Accommodation: 2 bedroom villa (sleeps 2-4)

✨Stunning sea views

✨Home from home comfort

✨Roof terrace

✨Wonderfully romantic

🗓️Availability ( Package Price, based on 4 sharing, 7 nights )

🔹 28 June 2026 from £1,121pp (last week available)

🔹 19 July 2026 from £1,319pp

🔹 09 August 2026 from £1,336pp

🔹 23 August 2026 from £1,236pp

‼️Price includes: Villa; Flights (inc. 1 hold bag per person); Hire car (inc. additional driver and zero excess insurance); Welcome pack; Pre-departure & overseas concierge services; Full ATOL protection; Complimentary hamam and boat trip; Free entry to Indigo Beach Club; Tourist taxes.

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Add a little extra to your stay • Charter a boat around Kalkan Bay 🚤 • Learn the art of Turkish cooking 🍳 • Kayak to the Sunken City of Kekova 🛶 • Private in villa chef 🍽️ • Meze delivery straight to your door 🫒✨

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Please get in touch for further details, Claire x

🇰🇭 Meet Nina! She’s a Hero Rat 🐀 There is no escaping Cambodia’s troubled history, numerous invasions and a brutal civil...
15/04/2026

🇰🇭 Meet Nina! She’s a Hero Rat 🐀

There is no escaping Cambodia’s troubled history, numerous invasions and a brutal civil war, which only ended in the 1990’s.
After decades of war, sadly one of the horrific legacies is there are millions of land mines and unexploded bombs in some rural parts of the country.

We visited APOPO whilst we were in Siem Reap and met the amazing Hero Rats, who are trained to sniff out explosives as part of the work to make the land safe again for the locals 🐀

One shaggy dog, desperately in need of a groom, but happy and enjoying the sunshine ☀️ and the bluebells this Easter we...
07/04/2026

One shaggy dog, desperately in need of a groom, but happy and enjoying the sunshine ☀️ and the bluebells this Easter weekend 🐣

Hope you all had a lovely long Easter weekend, Claire x

🇰🇭Siem Reap continued…Of course, no stay in Siem Reap would be complete without visiting the incredible Angkor Wat ❤️We ...
01/04/2026

🇰🇭Siem Reap continued…

Of course, no stay in Siem Reap would be complete without visiting the incredible Angkor Wat ❤️

We got there in time for sunrise, which was truly special.

We also visited Ta Prohm, which featured in Tomb Raider and Angkor Thom - an unforgettable day

🇰🇭 After Hoi-An we headed over to Cambodia, to Siem Reap.This is a very different culture to Vietnam, very much shaped b...
30/03/2026

🇰🇭 After Hoi-An we headed over to Cambodia, to Siem Reap.

This is a very different culture to Vietnam, very much shaped by their horrific past and decades of invasion and civil war.

We found the people to be incredibly warm and welcoming.

This post covers Siem Reap (excluding Angkor Wat), Tonle Sap Lake, and Kampong Phluk stilt village - we were visiting in dry season but during the rainy season the water rises and it becomes a floating village

🇻🇳Vietnam - Part 3 - Hoi AnAfter a sad farewell to Archie, we continued on to Hoi An. Where we had some beach chill time...
27/03/2026

🇻🇳Vietnam - Part 3 - Hoi An

After a sad farewell to Archie, we continued on to Hoi An. Where we had some beach chill time, as well as exploring the ancient old town and quite a bizarre basket boat ride, through the coconut forest which culminated in surreal floating Karoke!!

🇻🇳 Vietnam - 2nd stop - Halong Bay Archie joined us for our two night Vietnamese junk boat cruise around Halong Bay.We s...
23/03/2026

🇻🇳 Vietnam - 2nd stop - Halong Bay

Archie joined us for our two night Vietnamese junk boat cruise around Halong Bay.

We stopped at Cat Ba Island, where we cycled through the lush countryside. We kayaked around a traditional floating village. Visited caves and beaches, and enjoyed life on board as we cruised through the unique stunning seascape that is Halong Bay, with its thousands of limestone islands rising from the emerald waters - a magical experience

🇻🇳👇Incoming - some holiday photos of my own! ✈️ We headed over to Vietnam, to meet up with Archie for a few days and vi...
20/03/2026

🇻🇳👇Incoming - some holiday photos of my own!

✈️ We headed over to Vietnam, to meet up with Archie for a few days and visit parts of Vietnam that I didn’t see last time I was here!

First stop… Hanoi 🇻🇳

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