Plane Talk: Build in a day’s buffer if you can Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice “I’m off to Lebanon and Syria ,” announces Jeroen van Marle casually. (I should stress that the Foreign Office warns against travel to parts of the former and all of the latter).