Posted on July 05, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by superciliousness via Flickr Picking up UK car hire  this week? Watch out for the ‘hand-bags at dawn’ scenario that’s waging at airport trolley bays. What’s it all about? Something of a ‘trolley-gate’ row has broken out after the fee for renting a baggage trolley mysteriously doubled from £1 to £2 overnight. Last week, [...]

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by quinet via Flickr Weathermen are forecasting even more snow and sleet across the UK this Christmas, with Scotland predicted to be the heaviest hit over the next few days. Already, emergency services in the Scottish Highlands have warned people to avoid travelling unless absolutely necessary. Heavy snowfall in Yorkshire and Cumbria has meant [...]

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Brits have chosen Loch Ness as their favourite UK attraction in an online poll conducted by the RAC and VisitBritain, to uncover the “Seven Wonders of Britain”. The Scottish tourist attraction and neighbouring Urquhart Castle were selected ahead of traditional sights such as Stonehenge, Hadrian’s Wall and the Houses of Parliament.  The famously haunted lake [...]

Posted on September 05, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

A UK publicity stunt by computer games makers Electronic Arts backfired badly when their free petrol giveaway resulted in gridlock with roads leading up to a petrol garage in north London becoming clogged as drivers queued to get free petrol. EA decorated the Last Stop garage between Stroud Green and Finsbury Park with military camouflage [...]

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Thousands of holidaymakers could find themselves stranded in dreary old Blighty for the summer as a strike by Britain’s regional passport offices takes affect across the UK from today. Almost 3,000 staff at offices across the UK in protest at pay and cutbacks, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said. The strike is affecting [...]

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

In this age of penny pinching at the petrol pumps, hoteliers are getting a lot more creative when it comes to luring in tourists.  Some throw in an extra night free, others provide travel passes but one enterprising Shropshire hotel manager has taken things a step further by offering guests free petrol when they book [...]