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Roving reporter and travel writer Alejandra Simiz reports from down town Hanoi, Vietnam. On my most recent assignment I decided to take a few days off in Hanoi as it had been several years since I was last here and wanted to see what impact tourism in general had made on the Vietnamese culture. To my surprise, what I did find was that good budget, cheap, affordable and clean accommodation was becoming scarce until I found the Hanoi Spark Hotel. Hanoi Spark Hotel recently opened on the 26th February 2011, is right in the middle of the main tourist areas,…
Grand Canyon Whitewater now offers a “Yoga and Music Inspired” Grand Canyon rafting trip. They have partnered with Brad Newman and Bill Garrett to offer this incredible Grand Canyon vacation, rafting the Colorado River filled with music and yoga. Grand Canyon Whitewater has just added a “Music & Yoga Inspired” trip to their 2011 rafting trip offerings. Grand Canyon is a majestic place, one that instils peace, serenity and calm into all who venture through it. What better place to host an adventure filled with music and yoga? Grand Canyon Whitewater has created the Music & Yoga Inspired trip from…
The Foreign Office advice still remains the same on travel to Tokyo and northeast Japan. It has been revealed that more than 500 Britons in this area have been given iodine tablets to counteract the effects of radiation leaking from the country’s crippled nuclear facility. The Foreign Office has issued the following advice: We advise against all but essential travel to Tokyo and north east Japan given the damage caused by the 11 March earthquake, the resulting aftershocks and the tsunami. Due to the evolving situation at the Fukushima nuclear facility and potential disruptions to the supply of goods, transport, communications,…
HolidayExtras.com has introduced ‘Extra Days Parking’ in response to high demand from holiday makers who are bucking the age old trend of taking seven or 14 night trips and opting for longer stays instead. The travel add-ons company has seen a huge increase in customers wanting to book 16 to 24 days parking to accommodate their longer holidays abroad. Over a ten day testing period HolidayExtras.com found that on average 3,500 people a day are requesting 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 days parking durations. The figures released today are backed up by the Office for National Statistics, which has reported…
Reports in the media suggest that Which? is planning to lodge a super-complaint with the Office of Fair Trading, asking it to investigate the level of fees imposed by some companies when customers pay for flights with credit or debit cards. Expedia.co.uk does not apply its own credit card fees or automatically add charges for additional services to the price at the end of the booking process. In the wake of this debate, Expedia has undertaken research to better understand consumer attitudes to fees and travel booking charges. The survey commissioned by Expedia and run by independent research company, ResearchNow…
HolidayTravelWatch has watched with horror at the devastation caused by the Japanese earthquake and the subsequent after-shocks and Tsunamis. Our Organisation extends profound sympathies to the Japanese people for the suffering and loss they have endured. As a consequence of this disaster there are clear travel problems for those British Consumers who are visiting the affected regions. Such problems could arise through cancelled flights, sudden changes to package holidays or problems with travel Insurance cover. If you are affected by a flight cancellation, EC Regulation 261/2004 provides you with a right to a refund of the air ticket or re-routing…
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has signalled the end of traditional week-long and fortnight holidays with the launch of easyJet Holidays. easyJet Holidays has been established following a collaboration between easyJet and the Lowcosttravelgroup, one of the leading on line travel companies in the UK, and offers consumers flexible, convenient and competitively price holidays across the airline’s extensive network. Unlike traditional holiday brands, with easyJet Holidays consumers will not only benefit from fully protected holidays with a brand they trust but also the flexibility and choice of easyJet’s network along with Lowcost’s range of high quality, great value accommodation and…
At a press conference in London at the Grand Connaught Rooms on March 14 at 11:00 am, the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) will highlight three major problems that affect incoming tourism: tax, visas, and the impact of the Olympic Games. If you are a company based in Europe trying to sell the UK abroad, you suffer a huge competitive tax disadvantage. Most visitors coming to this country from long-haul markets (such as North America or Asia) buy their holidays through tour operators. In this country, they are taxed under the Tour Operators’ Margin Scheme (TOMS). TOMS is applied to…
Cheap holiday specialist Packyourbags.com features new Thomas Cook flights from Bournemouth to Turkey and Greece. This summer sees Thomas Cook growing the number of regional UK airports it flies from, featuring Bournemouth Airport as an option for those wishing to take holidays to Turkey or Greece in 2011. This is great news for Bournemouth Airport and clearly shows how important the airlines view the growth opportunities available to them in operating regional departures for UK consumers living in areas served by the regional airports. This development is also recognition of the significant redevelopment programme Bournemouth Airport is currently undertaking. Two…
The 2011 ski season started slowly with smaller numbers and some un-friendly conditions but now we have had weeks and weeks of fresh snow all over Europe the prime place is France with the Vally’s recording heavy levels of powder so get out there on the slopes. France offers a ski environment quite unlike any other in the world. French ski resorts offer diverse skiing from the sky high mountains of the Alps to its glacier skiing, France has the right slopes for any level of adventurer. The main resort mountains frequented by travellers are Chamoinx, Les Gets, Méribel, and…