Category: Travel News
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Todays Question – Will I get a refund from Africa Safari Club?
Every day we are asked questions by our customers so we thought that we would put a sample of these on our blog so that anyone who wants an answer to the same question can have the benefit of our reply. The last question we posted was about the best way to travel from New…
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Celine Dion to help attract visitors to Las Vegas
Las Vegas is fighting back against the recession that has hit the city hard in the last few years. I last visited Las Vegas in 2005, just before the American economy took a nose dive and with it the number of visitors to LAs Vegas slumped. Unemployment in Las Vegas is over 15% and the…
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Africa Safari Club Ceases Trading
Africa Safari Club, the Africa specialist selling holidays to Kenya and Nile cruises has ceased trading leaving about 500 clients overseas. The company, according to the CAA has over 1,000 forward bookings. All the holidays sold by Africa Safari Club were ATOL protected which means that customers abroad will be able to continue their holidays. Customers…
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Spanish Airport Strikes Called Off
There is good news today for people who have booked or are thinking of booking a holiday to Spain this year. The threat of strikes disrupting Easter holiday and summer holiday flights to and from Spain looks to be over after airport authority AENA and the Spanish unions agreed a deal to end the dispute.…
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Leeds Bradford Airport Cuts Links with the Capital – again !
At the end of March 2009 BMI axed their flights between Leeds Bradford Airport and London Heathrow. That service played a vital link between the Yorkshire and Humberside region and London. The route was used by both business people and passengers going on holiday from London Heathrow. It wasn’t long before the airline Flybe stepped…
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Fast Food and Sex with Strangers – Why we go on holiday !
Kuoni Holidays are one of the most respected long haul tour operators. They sell quality holidays to many destinations around the world. Kuoni have just released a report about why people from different countries go on holiday. Here is what Kuoni have discovered. French holidaymakers seek budget food, Italians have the most sex with strangers,…
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Do Brits complain Enough ?
Us Brits have a reputation for queueing and being polite and reserved. Well, maybe I meant to say we used to be like that ! Complaining is always a good idea as in theory it should improve the customer service offered by those companies who receive the complaint. In the past we used to put…
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Do you still enjoy your holidays abroad?
I was interested to read in the Travel Trade Gazette that visits abroad fell by 15% in 2009 and that the number of holidays taken dropped by 7 million. That’s an amazing statistic and if you divide 7 million by the number of travel agents, tour operators and airlines in the UK that’s a considerable…
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Take the train to the slopes this season.
As more and more people take the decision to reduce the number of flights they take per year, the train is becoming increasingly popular, not least with skiers making their way to the mountains. Here are a number of ways of getting to popular resorts in the French Alps by train: The Eurostar Direct Ski…
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Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Opens its Doors
Have you ever wanted to drive a Formula 1 car ? I know that I would love to drive around a famous race track as fast as possible in an F1 car, but the chances of that happening are fairly slim. However, there is a new visitor attraction about to open in Abu Dhabi that…
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Beware of Fraudulant Holiday Villa Bookings
Booking holiday villas on the internet and booking a separate flight has become popular in the last few years. Be warned, however, because booking a holiday villa yourself leaves you exposed to financial loss. Firstly, you are probably not financially protected if one part of the holiday goes “pear shaped”. This situation might leave you…
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No Frills Airlines Really Annoy Me
I have written before about no frills airlines and their marketing tactics and especially the hidden costs of flights. Here is another example. I today booked some flights to Amsterdam with Flybe. According to their website the outbound flight was free and the return flight would cost £14.99 per person. I thought I had found…