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British families travelling to long-haul destinations this half term have been warned that they could face substantial extra costs on arrival or departure from their destination. Costs they hadn’t bargained for, according to a new survey. New research from the Post Office has revealed that compulsory tourist visas and taxes can set a family of four back as much as £145. The US requires UK visitors to pay $14 (£9.27) for each ESTA visa, which needs to be purchased before travelling, allowing families to factor this into their holiday budget. However some popular winter destinations collect payable…
British tourists have been warned to take care if visiting Thailand in the near future due to continued flooding. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have advised tourists to ‘exercise caution due to widespread flooding’. The far eastern country has been hit by monsoon rains, however the capital Bangkok has so far avoided the worst of the flooding. Some outer regions are still experiencing rising water, with parts of the country left under water. The flooding has so far taken the lives of 297, with two people missing. Over 2.3 million people have been affected with worst…
Queuing times are set to be cut thanks to Gatwick’s advanced new security zone as part of a £1.2bn investment into the airport. The £45m security areas have promised passengers speedier passage through the airport, cutting process times to just under five minutes. Nineteen new security lanes have been opened allowing 5,000 passengers to pass per hour to the departure lounge. Passengers with reduced mobility and families with young children will have two dedicated lanes, and passengers travelling first class or business will have two ‘premium’ lanes. Before passing through security passengers will be able to…
Ryanair have revealed plans that will leave up to 200 passengers using just one toilet. The plan for just one bathroom per plane will allow six more seats per plane. The plans will take the ‘no frills’ air travel to a new level, but according to Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary, the change would lower air travel by around five per cent. The plans are controversial and will leave passengers in long queue or crossing their legs and hoping for the best. Two out of the three toilets will be removed from the planes and replaced with…
Team GB Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls lead call for ticketholders to neutralise their travel carbon footprint to the games In supporting the ambition for London 2012 to be the most sustainable Games possible, BP Target Neutral announced today that they are inviting London 2012 ticket holders, from across the world, to try and set a new world record for the most number of people offsetting their travel carbon to a single event. In so doing, BP’s not-for-profit Target Neutral carbon management scheme is seeking to create awareness of the environmental impact of all journeys and will invite ticket holders to…
In wake of the destructive earthquake and tsunami in March, Japan has seen a major decrease in tourists and is now considering complimentary flights. Usually a hot spot for any visitor to the Far East, the country is hoping to kick-start interest by giving away 10,000 free flights to foreign visitors. The plan is still at the proposal stage, and is subject to government budget approval – but could start by April next year. Potential visitors will be asked to submit an online application for a free flight, specifying which area of the country they would like to…
Ever since I can remember, travel was always a big part of my family memories. My parents used to make the most of our 3-week long holidays to take my sister and I to some amazing places, which, they figured, we would certainly enjoy to the max! Whether close to home or farther from it, our family time was much appreciated and one of our first trips as a gang of four was to the Lake District, a region that got embedded in my brain at a very young age. Well, my sister was even younger, hardly over a year…
Stanmore, Middlesex, UK 10/03/2011 – One of the most powerful forms of advertising is the recommendation of satisfied customers. No one knows this more than Electronic Cigarette Direct (ECD), a UK-based e-cigarette retailer with a growing list of positive customer testimonials. These testimonials range from simple, one-sentence comments all the way up to multiple paragraphs. Customers are happy with a variety of things including customer service, price, and the products sold by ECD. ECD features products carrying the VAPESTICK brand name because they believe in them. The owners of the company are former smokers who have tested many of the…
Following the Indian summer we all enjoyed last week British Airways have launched a range of winter sun packages designed to help us escape the cold, dark winter nights, which are available to book until October 18th. Destinations include: Barbados, Bermuda, Cancun, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St Kitts, Tobago, Las Vegas, Miami, Orlando, San Diego, St Pete’s and Clearwater, Tampa. If you’re looking for destinations closer to home holidays are available in Faro, Marrakech and Malaga. All will be available on various departure details until March 31st 2012. BA.com have chosen to display average temperatures for these locations to…
Travelling with kids may quickly turn from a list of minor annoyances to a never-ending nightmare filled with cranky children and annoyed parents. There are two schools of thought on how to deal with this. The first one dictates that you should give in to the fact you’ll never be as carefree as you were before you started doing your share to populate the planet, and drinking your way to the bottom of a bottle of Chardonnay while going over the holiday pictures of those golden years will do nothing to change that fact. And then there’s the school of…