Posted on October 23, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by HappyTellus via Flickr Over at Travel Rants, Darren Cronian is letting off steam about why he thinks you shouldn’t rent a  holiday home abroad.  Obviously struggling, he came up with just five reasons.  Only five?  Is that all he could scrape together? Well, I’ll see your 5 and raise you 10…reasons why it’s a [...]

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Authorities in Switzerland are still scratching their heads in wonder at how an Italian driver managed to chalk up 15 traffic violations during an 11 minute rampage through eastern Switzerland. Police were first alerted to the driver when his jeep raced past their unmarked car during a thunder storm on Sunday. After [...]

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Hi Fiona We’re heading to Disneyland Paris over the mid-term with our three children. We’ve arranged to rent a car from Paris CDG airport to take us there.  We also hope to get around the city in our rental car.  Although we’ve visited and rented cars in France many times, we’ve never [...]

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Don’t know if you’ve heard but London’s Gatwick Airport has a big FOR SALE sign on it. BAA originally announced that it would sell Gatwick in September 2008, just before the end of the Competition Commission’s market investigation ended, but today it’s all official. Airport authorities say that it will lead to [...]

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Tattooed JJ via Flickr I read with interest the story about how a panicked renter recently contacted the Daily Telegraph’s Travel Advice column with a serious problem. Last month, thieves broke into his holiday home in the south of France and not only did they steal the keys to his hire, but they also drove [...]

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

In the latest instalment of our  ‘Reviewer Reviewed’ series, this week we thought we’d turn our attentions to Review Centre. Review Centre is a site that does exactly what it says on the tin – you’ll find it’s a talking shop for just about anything you can think of rating or indeed, slating. So let’s [...]