Take some of the headache out of Christmas travel

Many of us have to travel at Christmas. But nobody wants to compound two days of misery at the hands of their in-laws with delays, breakdowns or money problems. Tim Bennett offers some practical tips to make festive travel a less taxing - and less expensive - experience.

Many of us go travelling at Christmas whether it's a holiday abroad, or simply to visit relatives. But as well as hunting down the perfect Christmas gift for your in-laws, or working out what to pack, it's worth spending a bit of time planning, to cut down the cost and hassle of your journey.

Christmas travel: going abroad

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Tim graduated with a history degree from Cambridge University in 1989 and, after a year of travelling, joined the financial services firm Ernst and Young in 1990, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1994.

He then moved into financial markets training, designing and running a variety of courses at graduate level and beyond for a range of organisations including the Securities and Investment Institute and UBS. He joined MoneyWeek in 2007.