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 [...]

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

On Strike: Greek Air Traffic Controllers Greek airport officials have issued a warning of “significant disruption” at airports throughout Greece  due to a proposed strike by Greek air traffic control starting this week. Those set to be affected won’t just be passengers travelling to Greece however.  Delays will also have a knock-on affect  for Europe-bound Greeks, from autumn holidaymakers due [...]

Posted on September 09, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

Emirates is to start a new daily Dublin – Dubai service from January 2012, it has just been announced.  Those arriving tired and jaded in Dublin in search of cheap car hire Dublin airport  should note that the new long-haul service will depart and arrive through Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2. Transport officials say it will extend the [...]

Posted on September 05, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

If you’ve picked up car hire in Lisbon Airport or dropped back car hire in Oslo airport lately, you should have received a customer feedback survey from Argus Car Hire. Every day we receive all sorts  of comments from our customers, but none can quite measure up to the findings of Thomas Cook and ABTA.  Recently [...]