Posted on April 30, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by exfordy via Flickr It’s a pity Addo National Elephant Park didn’t exist when little Nelly packed up her trunk and waved cheery-bye to the circus.  She would have loved it here.  Well, over 450 elephants can’t be wrong. In fact, they’ve made themselves quite at home in the park which is situated 75km [...]

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by ifijay via Flickr Depending on which guidebook you read, you’ll find Camps Bay touted as either Cape Town’s answer to South Beach, St Tropez or Marbella. Bottom line: Camps Bay is WAG heaven and about as far away as you can get from the roaring, sweaty crowds of the city’s Green Point Stadium. [...]

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Pluca via Flickr It seems like only yesterday when Charlize Theron was plucking Ireland out of the draw for this year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa.  If only she wasn’t joking. Anyway, enough of the Irish violins. With World Cup fever everywhere else reaching delirious point, I thought the time was ripe [...]

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via CrunchBase Over the past few weeks, I’ve stumbled across all kinds of useful travel sites that I’d wish I’d known about the last time I was planning a trip away.  After lots of deliberation (and much daydreaming about upcoming journeys), I’ve come to the conclusion that the following three deserve gold stars, in my book anyway… [...]

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Last week’s European airspace shutdown resulted in 22% of international car hire bookings being cancelled and over 95% of passengers not showing up to collect their cars at European airports, according to latest figures. At the moment, the disruption is thought to amount to an estimated loss of €65 million (£57 million). [...]

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Dollar Thrifty as we know it is no more. US car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings Inc has just announced that it is snapping up its rival car rental company for a cool $1.2 billion. Combined,  the companies plan to compete even more effectively and efficiently against other multi-brand car rental companies. [...]