Low cost flight operator Ryanair has incensed passengers by charging the average family £40 to process a single card payment. The airline has a policy of charging each passenger a £5 charge for a one-way flight when booking by card even if all the flights are bought in one transaction. This means that a family or four will have to […]
Continue reading »The Travel Magazine Wanderlust is launching a new book in Autumn 2009 and is looking for people to help them. The book aims to highlight unusual places, people and events and wants readers to send photos that showcase anything that is offbeat such as food, quirky art of weird wildlife. The best submissions will be printed but all entrants will be […]
Continue reading »As many people are preparing to escape the UK for a warmer Christmas holiday, there is no better time to remind those flying of our favourite travel tip…. buy your food and drink before you get on to your ‘low cost’ airline. A recent study by Which? has shown that Ryanair travellers fare worst, having to pay £16.05 for a sandwich, small […]
Continue reading »We have a sneak preview of some special offers available from DFDS Seaways – available from the 1st January. Newcastle – Amsterdam 2 Night Mini Cruises – 2 for 1 – From £69 for 2 People A two night cruise from Newcastle to Amsterdam starts from £67 for 2 people. This includes: 2 nights on-board ship in an en suite […]
Continue reading »The Competition Commission looks set to tell BAA to sell some of its airports – rumoured to be Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh. BAA, which is owned by Spanish business Ferrovial, currently runs 7 British airports, including Heathrow, but has been under fire for poor customer service and performance. The Competition Commission believe that new owners for some of the airports will […]
Continue reading »bmibaby, the regional flight operator, has a 1 week sale offering up to 40% off ALL routes from Birmingham, East Midlands, Cardiff and Manchester for travel between 1st January and 24th October 2009. This offer is only available for one week until 16th December 2008. bmibaby fly to a whole host of fantastic summer 09 destinations where you can find […]
Continue reading »With so many worrying signals from holiday operators about 2009, it is good to see FlyBe continue to grow strongly, now being the leading regional domestic airline, and confidently roll out its summer 2009 timetable. The airline will offer 181 routes during the summer including new routes to Jersey (from Inverness, Dundee and Manston in Kent) and increased frequency from […]
Continue reading »According to new customer statistics from www.sunshine.co.uk the number one reason for cancellation of holidays is due to relationship break-ups. The research talked to more than 2000 holiday-makers found that a relationship split is the number one reason people cancel their holidays. Ironically 12% of couples that book a romantic break do not even end up boarding the plane, let alone jetting off […]
Continue reading »According to a recent survey the thing that drives us most mad when travelling on holiday is the person in the seat behind kicking your seat. This is followed closely by those that push their seats back with no regard for the person sitting behind, those that spend the trip talking on their mobile phone and those people who try and […]
Continue reading »The Civil Aviation Authority has reported that nearly a quarter of International traffic – that’s almost 40 million passengers – are travelling to see friends and family. This is a big rise since 2001 and highlights the increasing importance of friends and family travellers to the airline industry and travel industry as a whole. Will the impact of the credit crunch increase mean that the […]
Continue reading »