About Simon
Simon Calder is a travel journalist and broadcaster born in Crawley, Sussex in 1955. He started as a cleaner at Gatwick airport and wrote travel guidebooks including works on Amsterdam, Cuba, and eastern Europe. He was radio engineer at the BBC before becoming travel correspondent for The Independent in 1994. He presented BBC2's Travel Show and was a regular presenter on BBC1's Holiday programme from 2003-2007. He hosts The Travel Expert podcast with Greg Dickinson covering travel advice and destinations. Known for refusing free travel from the industry and advocating for passenger rights.
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- travel journalism
- BBC television presenting
- podcast presenting
- travel guidebook authorship
- consumer travel rights advocacy
- low-budget travel approach
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