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Budget Airline Passengers Flood Car Hire Desks in Rome

Posted on: Friday, May 16th, 2008 in: Car Hire News

Car hire companies at Rome’s Ciampino Airport are preparing themselves for a deluge of customers following the seizure of an entire fleet of Terravision buses by local police.
Terravision is a British company that offers bus services from and to Ciampino Airport for passengers on budget airlines.
Commenting on the situation, Terravision’s marketing director Yakuta Rajabali said […]

European Consumer Centre Solves Your Car Hire Concerns

Posted on: Friday, May 16th, 2008 in: Travel Advice

The European Consumer Centre in Dublin has drawn up a list of handy tips for car rental.  Earlier this week, a full list of tips was launched on the centre’s website.  A synopsis of the most common misconceptions and problems are as follows:
Alleged Damage:
The ECC says the most common problem they’ve been hearing about is from customers whose credit […]

Two Thirds of Brits Cannot Find Their Holiday Destination on a Map

Posted on: Thursday, May 15th, 2008 in: Top Travel Destinations

Geography teachers all over the UK will be hanging their heads in shame today when they see the results of a survey by LateRooms.com that shows almost two thirds (63%) of British adults couldn’t identify the location of their favourite holiday destinations on a map.
Over half of adults in the UK admit that they never check a map […]

Cannes Opens with Jack Black and 40 Panda Bears

Posted on: Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 in: Craig's Thoughts

Yes the 61st Cannes Film Festival kicked off with Jack Black arriving with 40 people (without sweat glands I take it) dressed as Pandas arriving by boat onto the South of France resort to promote his latest film.
Kung Fu Panda is an animated film in which Jack lends his voice to the lead character Po […]

Salzburg Skips to the Beat of new Sound of Music Hotel

Posted on: Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 in: Top Travel Destinations

The hills of Salzburg will be alive with fans of the Sound of Music this July, when the von Trapp family villa opens its doors as a hotel for the first time.
Guests at the hotel will be able to enjoy all of their favourite things (sorry) about the movie at the hotel, from sleeping in […]

Passenger Who Was Forced to Spend a Penny on Flight awarded Two Million Dollars

Posted on: Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 in: Airline News

A man who was refused a seat on a five-hour jetBlue flight and told to “hang out” in the plane’s toilet has sued the airline for $2 million (€1,296,677.46 million) on the grounds of “extreme humiliation”.
The passenger in question, Gokhan Mutlu was flying from San Diego to New York in February, when he was told […]

Australian Driver Could Not Give A Fosters For His Child

Posted on: Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in: Travel Advice, Uncategorized

An Australian driver who chose to buckle up his beer rather than his child escaped with just a fine this week.
Police in Alice Springs were said to be “shocked and appalled” when they pulled over the car in Australia’s Northern Territory.
They reported that a 30-can pack of beer was strapped down between two adults in the […]

Seven Rules for Greener Holidays

Posted on: Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in: Travel Advice

Good planets are hard to find.  This summer, be kind to our Earth by following our tips for enjoying the world’s most beautiful destinations with a clear carbon conscience.
1. If you haven’t already, think about renting a compact, biofuelled or hybrid car.
2. Extend your holidays.  Go overseas once a year for four weeks instead of twice a year […]

EU Commission Slams Online Travel Pricing

Posted on: Monday, May 12th, 2008 in: Airline News

One in three customers who book their flights online are being conned by confusing adverts, according to a new report by the European Commission.  A check on hundreds of airline and travel agency websites found “serious” problems such as hidden charges on one in three of the sites monitored.  Airlines and travel companies have been […]

Discover England for Yourself with Car Hire

Posted on: Monday, May 12th, 2008 in: Top Travel Destinations

England- land of afternoon tea, twin-sets and bowler hats it ain’t.  According to the Rough Guide to England, old blighty is now better known as a nation of overweight, celebrity obsessed TV addicts.
The four travel writers who penned the new guide say there is nowhere so “fascinating, beautiful and culturally diverse, yet as insular self-important […]