Posted on October 13, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

Flood watch: For now, those holidaying in the Thai capital are safe, but that isn’t stopping local authorities from feverishly trying to stop Bangkok from being flooded by the tides hitting the north of the country. Already, hundreds of workers have been drafted in to construct barrier walls on the edge of the city which is [...]

Posted on October 06, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

Niggling worries that next year’s London Olympic Games could cause traffic delays for London commuters and visitors getting around town with car rental London have been given some credence by a new report sent to businesses by Transport for London. As an estimated 5.3 million people head to London next year for the Olympics, commuters [...]

Posted on October 04, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

  Next time you’re driving around the French capital in your car rental Paris, look out for an invasion of bubbles drifting through the streets.  No, locals haven’t embarked on a sudden washing frenzy – we’re talking Bubble cars and what claims to be the biggest self-service electric car scheme to ever have been undertaken. [...]

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

Next time you’re visiting Barcelona and you decide to immerse yourself in the local culture with car rental Barcelona, you’ll have to cross the traditional bullfight off your list of things to see and do when you visit the city. From January 1 2012, bullfighting will be banned in Barcelona and Catalonia.  Last weekend, Sunday [...]

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

EasyJet has just announced details of its 2012 schedule.  The airline will now be offering 110,000 flights in 300 destinations.  That’s an extra 18 million seats looking to be filled between March 25 and September 2 2012. Extra seats have been added to destinations such as Barcelona, Alicante, Madrid and Rome, while the routes are [...]

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

Forget slapping your luggage on the bathroom scales or paying over the odds for bulging excess baggage – British department store Debenhams has stumbled upon a solution to wipe the smile off those pesky budget airline officials. Rather than splashing out on checked-in luggage fees, savvy passengers are filling their free hand-luggage to capacity and “wearing” the rest of their [...]