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Looking for Adventure, Beauty, Culture and a Unique Vacation? Then Choose Ecuador
Ecuador isnt always the first place that comes to mind when you are thinking about planning an ideal vacation or a unique getaway. With that said, it really should be. Ecuador is located in the Andes and is full of unique experiences, idyll...
Gatwick closed as passengers tell of 'hair-raising' emergency landing
Britains busiest holiday airport was closed to all flights for more than an hour and a half today after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing. A Cardiff-bound Dash 8 aircraft, with 46 passengers on board, had to put down at Gatwic...
How to beat the holiday spending traps
Heading abroad for a well-earned break from talk of the recession and unpredictable weather? You may be in for a shock when you get the bill for the first drinks of the holiday. While the pound has recovered from the worst of its lows again...
How to cut the cost of holiday calls
What you need to know Make sure phones have overseas roaming for calls switched on. Overseas calls are not included in any monthly bundle of texts and calling minutes. Any calls you receive or make, any texts you send and internet use are c...
Steal a deal for cheap holiday
Consumers looking to keep down the cost of their holidays may have already invested in annual travel insurance so they don't have to take out cover each time they go away, but making the most of any new deals that become available could help...
Cruising 'has been resilient' during downturn
The cruise industry has been resilient during the economic downturn, it has been noted. Figures published last week by PO Cruises and Cunard show that the group saw a 47 per cent increase in first day sales for their 2011 world cruise. PR d...
Rave reviews for the hotel that isn’t open yet
There are just four reviews of the brand-new Constance Ephelia resort, in an unspoilt bay on Mah island, in the Seychelles, but all are effusive in their praise. Posted on Vinivi, a French-owned customer review website that calls itself the...
Ryanair slashes Stansted flights by a third
Ryanair is cutting flights from Stansted airport by 30 per cent this winter. The airline, which is blaming high airport taxes and charges for the move, says the cutbacks will see passengers fall by 2.5 million at the airport between October...
Airlines to turn away ‘swine flu’ passengers
Holidaymakers suspected of having swine flu will be prevented from checking in and required to provide doctors notes saying that they are fit to fly, airlines said yesterday. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have provided check-in staff...
Online flight booking fees go sky-high
The cost of booking flights by debit or credit cards has soared over the past 18 months by a shocking 614%. Ryanair is the main culprit, increasing fees from 70p to 5 per person each way for debit cards and 2 to 5 for credit cards, a rise o...
American tourists stay away from Britain as recession starts to bite
The American tourist a familiar sight in the streets of London, Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon and Edinburgh is in danger of becoming an endangered species. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that Americans made only 3 million visit...
Mayor Bertrand Delanoe's urban Paris beach is copied the world over
They laughed back in 2002 when Bertrand Delanoe announced his scheme for an urban riviera in the City of Light. The first socialist, and openly homosexual, Mayor of Paris was said to be trying one of his camp stunts with his vision for a be...
Travel plunges as Britons cancel six million trips
Holiday cottage companies are thriving in the UK this year, as Britons abandon trips abroad and look to return to the seaside this summer. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics today show that six million fewer trips were ta...
Nottingham brings the beach to locals with riviera development
The questions most frequently asked by visitors to Nottinghams city centre tourist information office used to be, Where is the castle and did Robin Hood live there? These days people want to know when the landlocked citys beach is going to...
Eurostar feels strain as business drops train
Eurostar, the cross-Channel train operator, said yesterday that ticket sales to business customers had fallen by 20 per cent in the first six months of the year, as companies cut costs amid the recession. The sharp drop in corporate travel...
Cash-strapped families turn to cheap term-time holidays
Parents are threatening to rebel against rules that force them to take holidays outside term-time. Holiday companies and airlines add hundreds of pounds to their prices from the point schools break up for summer. Virgin Holidays, for exampl...
Morairaway.com travel scam: Holiday-Rentals pays out to victims
Dozens of British families duped into booking fake holiday villas in Spain are to receive some of their money back. The decision by Holiday-Rentals.co.uk to pay 'compensation' for victims of the Morairaway.com swindle follows a series of ar...
200 stricken on Scottish cruise flu ship
The company said today that three people remain in Raigmore Hospital in Scotland after falling ill on board the ship. One person has been discharged, and one further patient admitted. In total there are still four people in hospital. The sp...
Passport fees rise - as too few are travelling
In times of recession, many countries are looking to reduce taxes and expenses that directly affect travel and tourism. Thus, the Dutch and Belgians, among others, have reduced or temporarily suspended airport charges. Kenyans have halved t...
Taxi drivers block streets in protest at minicab threat to their livelihood
Hundreds of black cabs caused grid-lock in Central London yesterday as they protested against what they see as the encroachment of minicabs. The taxi drivers, who are also worried about a 30 per cent drop in customers because of the recessi...
Taxi war looms at Heathrow over minicab plan
BAA has incurred the wrath of black cab drivers in London by striking a deal to allow a minicab company to pick up passengers at Heathrow. The deal will allow Addison Lee and One Transport to operate a booking service directly from the airp...
Direct Travel Insurance warning over online flight booking
Travellers booking their flights over the internet have been warned to be cautious by Direct Travel Insurance. The warning follows media coverage of some sites contravening EU law by automatically adding the costs of travel insurance when f...
Luton airport misery as drop-off fee causes chaos
Luton airport will be raising our frustration levels to new heights this summer with a new traffic-management plan causing confusion and gridlock on the approach road. Passengers arriving for early-morning flights last week were horrified t...
London 2012 'well connected'
The site of the London 2012 Olympic is one of the best connected areas that the games has ever been held at, it has been claimed. Nick Mercer, commercial director at Eurostar, said that there is going to be a Javelin service, with high-spee...
Six Questions Travellers with pre-existing medical conditions should ask
World First Travel Insurance has created a check list of six questions travellers with pre-existing medical conditions must ask before buying their policy. This is to assist travellers with long-term conditions, and their travelling compani...
Property market 'good in Cape Verde'
Family travel insurance could be next on the shopping list of those looking to invest in a holiday home abroad. And those searching for the ideal spot may be interested to learn that the Cape Verde property market is in a strong position. S...
Morairaway.com travel scandal: police probe British connection
A Spanish police investigation into a website which shut down after taking hundreds of bookings for phantom holiday villas is centring on a British-run company. Paul Quinn Properties S.L., is the Spanish-registered company which is believed...
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