nhs england has urged the public to use the health service wisely during the stoppage. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show. the holiday videos you didn t know you were making. i feel angry about it. i don t like being watched all the time. i think it s good for the security. through departures with a guide dog. this is the moment of truth. olga s first aeroplane experience. plus, life as a laird. why it s been boom time for scottish castles. my great grandfather built this house for entertaining. around the world, technology has become integrated into our lives and no more so than in travel. we ve got smart check ins forflights, facial recognition, passport control, and even translation apps to help you read menus. a lot of this is designed to make our lives easier, but this technology also creates something even more valuable data. the holy grail for tourist chiefs is knowing exactly what visitors think about their attractions something a bit m
so there will be restrictions in what you can and can t do. materials that you ve got to use. so there are limitations and considerations that also have significant cost implications. do people have any misconceptions when they start their search for a castle? yes, yeah. the first thing to highlight is they don t all come with a title. many people assume that you become lord of the manor, but it s sometimes not the case. but what happens if your family already has the castle? how do you keep it from becoming a financial drain? nice to meet you. so lovely to meet you. welcome! nice to meet you. this is quite the welcome! w. ali s family has lived on these grounds since the 1500s. ..though his great grandfather built this place at the turn of the 20th century, moving the family out of the now ruined castle.
the couple met in vietnam and lived in the us before moving back to ali s ancestral home eight years ago. what was the state of the place when you first saw it? it was winter when i first arrived and saw the place for the very first time. the blinds were drawn. there were so many dust sheets on tables and furniture. everything was really dark. had a bit of a morgue feel to it, to be honest. laughs so, this room is particularly personal to me because it is very much based on my idea of victoriana meets east asian. the estate had mostly welcomed hunting parties. anne wanted to move away from that tradition and focus on other types of gatherings, like weddings, though it needed a major revamp. we have done about 48 bedrooms, 15 kitchens.
i am not a designer. i don t know anything about interior design and i had to learn very quickly and i made a lot of mistakes. i think that itself is overwhelming, but it is also like running a business and recruiting, and raising really young children. i mean, there were moments in our lives between ali and i where we were on the brink of divorce, i know for sure. and that s my great grandmother there. that s my great grandfather up there. he was the guy that built this place. a lot of people dream of owning a castle and they don t think through the reality. do you have any advice for potential buyers? if you are thinking about doing anything like this and your first motivation is profitability. ..it is not going to work. i love my husband and this is me, you know, helping to fulfil his dream. and ali, it was so. it was significantly