BirdInFlight wrote:
Well they weren't "holidays" were they; the show went to film there. I bet he didn't even get to have much time in the locations. He almost certainly did not have to pay for those trips outside the UK; the production company who make the show would have footed the bill for the expense of making those shoots over there.
I don't think he necessarily would have need to "get inspiration" -- they just want to make the show more interesting by showing other locations to the viewer, other ideas that have been implemented "around the world." It adds interest to not just show an example from "down the road."
It was a joke.