Posted on September 22, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Thousands of UK and Irish holidaymakers will be caught up in travel chaos next week if workers in Spain press ahead with widespread strike action. Holiday hotspots including the Canaries and Majorca will shut down public services on Wednesday, as Spain holds its first general strike since 2002. Unions are protesting against [...]

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via CrunchBase   A video of a US bus driver reading his Kindle while driving has become an internet sensation. The driver was filmed by a passenger in Portland Oregon, apparently reading at the wheel while caught up in the city’s I-5 rush hour traffic. During the video, the driver can be clearly seen [...]

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Plans are afoot to launch Europe’s first Christian theme park in Mallorca.  If the €10 million, (£8.5 million) development goes ahead, it will feature a range of religious-themed attractions including live resurrections and last suppers. Sigma, the company behind the plans say they are awaiting a ruling from the town hall in [...]

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia We’ve all been there – you pick up your rental car in Europe, the UK or US only to open the door on the passenger side. Oops.  Forgot they drive on THAT side of the road… Blaming major jet-lag, you turn around to make sure nobody has seen your gaffe, before swiftly jumping into [...]

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Who knew it was so hard to drive a US rental car into Canada? Guess what? Right now it is ILLEGAL. Really? Yep. Under current regulations, Canadian residents entering Canada in non-Canadian vehicles (such as rented vehicles registered in the US) do not meet the conditions for the temporary importation of non-Canadian [...]

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Old Shoe Woman via Flickr Today our question of the week comes from a customer called Samuel. Samuel says: “My brother is 74 and coming to visit me in Spain.  Would he be able to hire a car? Thanks Samuel Fiona says: Hi Samuel Thanks for your question.  This is a tricky one, [...]