Here is something to cheer you up during these long dark winter months – a chance to win holiday prizes and a chance to prove to your friends how good your travel knowledge is. The Quest for the Gold Ticket has been launched by ebookers and by simply answering some testing travel questions you gain entries in to a prize draw for tickets […]
Continue reading »easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has announced that it is opening an additional 13 new routes across Europe, for Summer 2009 bringing the total number of routes to 416. Five of the new routes will operate from UK airports, giving travelers even more choice of popular destinations. These include routes from London to Munich, Zurich, Vienna and Bodrum in Turkey and Manchester […]
Continue reading »A statement on nationalrail.co.uk has rejected claims that the National rail enquiries website crashed on Monday when the bad weather hit. This will come as a surprise to the thousands of passengers who were desperately trying to get rail updates on Monday morningas they prepared for work. However, according to the release, the website handled 48,000 simultaneous visits during the […]
Continue reading »To celebrate the launch of the Warner Leisure Hotels new booking engine, starting from Thursday 29th January and running for 5 days only there is an exclusive online sale where customers can save an extra 30 or 70 per room. Book a 3, 4 or 5 night break online and save an extra 30 per room (for bookings to be […]
Continue reading »Usually when you make a complaint to an airline or holiday operator you expect the usual brush off or a derisory compensation offer. But a Virgin Atlantic customer who complained recently received a call from the Virgin boss Richard Branson. Having experienced a poor flight from Mumbai to London at the end of last year the passenger sent an e-mail including a […]
Continue reading »The Find Holiday Parks team has launched a new site, FindHolidayParcs, which focuses on non UK based holiday parcs across Europe. Featuring partners such as Keycamp and Eurocamp, the website provides easy access to parcs in France and Spain with other locations in Europe, such as Italy, to be launched in the coming weeks. The site has a sophisticated search […]
Continue reading »As the recession starts to bite, Virgin Atlantic have announced that they are introducing a pay freeze for its staff. Coming in to effect in March, the freeze aims to ensure that Virgin Atlantic remains in a strong position during the downturn. Chief Executive Steve Ridgway commented that they were taking responsible action to protect jobs.
Continue reading »Although the doom and gloom about the economy seems fairly non stop, The Self Catering Guide – a UK directory of cottage and self catering accommodation – has reported strong visitor traffic and sales during January. Traffic in the first weeks of the year is up 56% on the same period last year and backs up data seen elsewhere that […]
Continue reading »Macdonald Hotels have just released a fantastic offer for their Aviemore Resort – rooms at the Aviemore Inn are on offer for only £19.99 per room per night. This offer is valid for stays between 23rd Jan – 28th Feb 2009 and uses promotion code PE3. This is a limited offer with only 1500 rooms available at this price, and […]
Continue reading »It would appear that the tougher financial climate is not bad news for all in the travel trade as the Hostelling International website has reported a 31% increase in bookings. In 2008, 87,123 overnight stays were booked through the hostel travel website with Paris in France proving the most popular destination. In fact, Paris hostels were listed in 3 of […]
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