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    Grave Rob - Berlin's 'Memorial to the Socialists'
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    Grave Rob - Berlin's 'Memorial to the Socialists'

    On one edge of the starkly eastern suburb of Berlin-Lichtenberg, a short walk from the wonderfully named ‘Avenue of the Cosmonauts’, sits...
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    The Rail Holiday Maker - Coming Soon?
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Feb 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Rail Holiday Maker - Coming Soon?

    Imagine ‘a kind of Portillo in Primark pants’, searching Britain, Europe and beyond for your next holiday. Have you ever wondered how...
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    Get your Free Chapter of 'The Rail Holiday Maker'
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Get your Free Chapter of 'The Rail Holiday Maker'

    Have you ever wondered how holidays happen and what goes on behind the scenes beforehand? ‘The Rail Holiday Maker’ is a peek inside the...
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    Confessions of a Hotel Inspector #3
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Dec 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Confessions of a Hotel Inspector #3

    Many moons ago I took a job as Hotel Contractor for a big hotel booking company. I didn’t stay long. Living in Leeds I could compare it...
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    The Continental Holiday of a Lifetime
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Continental Holiday of a Lifetime

    How do you fancy a little bit of time travel during this strange period when we can't venture far from our homes? I was at Wallace Arnold...
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    Switzerland - Rail Holidays with Heavenly Scenery!
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Sep 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    Switzerland - Rail Holidays with Heavenly Scenery!

    A small selection of rail holidays in the UK and abroad will be coming soon, designed and personally delivered by yours truly. If you...
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    Rail Holidays Unmasked - Join me on the next Adventure!
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Jul 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Rail Holidays Unmasked - Join me on the next Adventure!

    If you’ve been on a rail holiday in the last 15 years it’s possible that I designed it. When it’s realistic to travel again, would you...
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    Beers & Tears & Bellyaches - an Emotional Day in 'Flanders Fields'
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Jul 23, 2020
    • 9 min

    Beers & Tears & Bellyaches - an Emotional Day in 'Flanders Fields'

    “Priorité à droite! Priorité à droite!” The elderly woman had got out of the car. The car that she had just driven into our hire car. She...
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    Secret Lives of a Hotel Inspector #1
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Secret Lives of a Hotel Inspector #1

    Here's a travel industry anecdote, a tale of legend that has done the rounds over the years, often embellished but I heard it originally...
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    Bouncing off the Walls
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Jul 5, 2020
    • 4 min

    Bouncing off the Walls

    “So, Englishman! You think you’ve got palaces? We’re going to show you some real palaces!” This would have been early 1992, about half...
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    From Matterhorn to Montreux – Glacier Express & Golden Pass
    The Rail Holiday Maker
    • Dec 29, 2018
    • 8 min

    From Matterhorn to Montreux – Glacier Express & Golden Pass

    I can picture the scene vividly, even now. It was the first ever text message from my dad. He had just bought his first mobile phone....
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    Railholidaymaker

    I'm Rob Carroll, tour operator and travel writer. I love making holiday dreams, particularly those involving trains. Imagine a "kind of Portillo in Primark pants" scouring the world, looking for your next holiday.                       Contact: railholidaymaker@gmail.com

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