Simon Calder

Simon Calder is Britain's leading travel commentator and is known as “the man who pays his way” which means that he pays for his own travel. He began his career at Gatwick airport, where he cleaned out planes for Sir Freddie Laker and, later, frisked passengers. He then started to write travel guidebooks and travel articles. Today Simon is Travel Correspondent for The Independent. Simon also writes for the Evening Standard, National Geographic as well many other publications. Simon is a regular guest on national TV and radio, often seen on BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain, This Morning, CNN, ITV News, Channel 5 and Sky News. Plus BBC Radio 2, 4, 5, LBC, Times and Talk. He is frequently interviewed on national and local BBC radio. Simon has a weekly travel podcast called You Should Have Been There. Plus, he records a Daily Podcast for the Independent. He has many followers on Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok and You Tube. Hundreds of people a day get in contact with Simon through his webs