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Poland set to host Mozart Festival
There may be an increase in travel insurance enquiries concerning trips to Poland over the next few weeks. According to Polska - the country's tourism body - Warsaw is hosting the six-week Mozart Festival - now in its 19th year. The event w...
Companies 'still need to send staff abroad'
Businesses still have a need for air travel in order to send employees abroad, it has been claimed. A potential reflection of the recession and fears over global warming, airlines have scheduled four per cent fewer flights for June, compare...
Travel insurance news: 28% are bargain holiday hunters
Some 28 per cent of consumers described themselves as bargain hunters when it comes to a holiday, a new survey has found. The poll by Skyscanner discovered that the difficult economic climate seems to be making Brits more laid-back and flex...
Police called in to probe moriaraway.com travel swindle
Police in the UK are poised to assist in the investigation into a Spanish-based website which shut down last week having taken hundreds of bookings for non-existent villas. The scale of the apparent scam - centred on a site called moriairaw...
Morairaway.com: the victims
After revealing the story of runaway website Morairaway.com on Timesonline, we have received many emails from customers affected. While not publishing their contact details, we are happy to put individuals in touch with each other if the pa...
British Airways to end four Gatwick services and switch five to Heathrow
British Airways is to transfer five services from London Gatwick to Heathrow with the start of its winter schedule. The airline says that its flights to Barcelona, Gibraltar, Madrid, Malaga and Pisa will switch airports with effect from Sun...
Q&A: the morairaway.com villa 'swindle'
What is the background to morairaway.com? It is a website that was set up nine months ago to sell Holiday Villas and Apartments for Rental in Moraira, Costa Blanca, Javea, Denia (Spain), according to its own website, which is now unavailabl...
Britons lose Spanish villa holidays as morairaway.com shuts down
Have you been affected? Contact us at Timesonline Travel Dozens of British families have lost expensive summer holidays worth an average 3,000 after booking through a defunct website, www.morairaway.com. And the number is mounting as Britis...
Great Britain's fastest train, you spill your coffee (if you could buy one)
It was not possible to carry out the coffee-spillage test as Britains fastest domestic train shot through the Kent countryside at 140mph. Southeastern is providing neither buffet nor trolley service on its new high-speed service because it...
The 12 best pubs in England and Wales
The daily trickle of bad news about pub closures doesnt seem to apply to the ones in our pub book. That must be because they are run by such determined and imaginative people. A quick skim through the descriptions below reveals an astonishi...
How to stay safe on a gap year
What are the dangers facing gap year travellers and what can you do to keep safe? Peter Slowe, founder of Projects Abroad If youre taking a trip on your own for the first time, its important to be aware. People are in danger of being mugged...
Luton Airport to charge £ 1 to drop passengers
Luton Airport will begin charging drivers 1 drop passengers from July 1. Drivers pay the obstacles out of the area. They should stay with their vehicles while inside the drop-off area and he must leave within ten minutes. Luton already cost...
Gap Travel benefits far outweigh the risks
Headlines like those about the Ecuador bus crash last year, in which five British girls were killed, make anxious reading for the parents of the 250,000 young people who take a time out to travel every year For thousands of school leavers a...
Ryanair website shutdown
Ryanair plans to close its website for upgrade work, but passengers must still check in online or face a 40 charge. The Ryanair.com site will be unavailable between 7pm on Wednesday June 24 and 5am on Thursday June 25. Online check-in will...
The best last minute travel deals and bargains
AUSTRALIA FARES BATTLE HOTS UP STA Travel has undercut the Sinagpore Airlines fares with Down Under flights from 350 per person. The companion fares (which require two people to travel) have been released today, and start from 699 for two t...
W H Smith begins fightback in airport travel book row
W H Smith has begun a fightback after a week of increasing criticsm over its decision to stock only Penguin published travel guides at its airport and station shops. The move means that travellers will only find DK, Rough Guide and Sawday f...
North Korea bans British tourists
THOMAS COOK: 'ITS BUSINESS AS USUAL Holidaymakers who have booked trips with Thomas Cook this summer have been told their plans are safe, despite its German owners filing for bankruptcy. There is no impact whatsoever on our aircraft or hote...
How to cut the cost of a UK getaway
From money-off deals to free parking at the beach, families are finding bargain routes to a holiday at home. The credit crunch has blown a hole in families' holiday budgets. Add a weak pound and there are strong reasons to stay in the UK th...
Mexican travel insurance customers 'dwindling before swine f
The number of people buying travel insurance for trips to Mexico may have been falling even before the swine flu outbreak, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has claimed. While the influenza virus originated in pigs, it can now be...
Hostels 'for more than just backpackers'
Backpacker travel insurance customers are not the only ones using hostels, it has been asserted. Hostelling International head of PR and communications Johan Kruger explained the changing industry has meant accommodation providers are now a...
Kwik Fit advise taking out travel insurance
Kwik Fit Insurance are strongly advising Britons taking a holiday in the UK to make sure they have adequate travel insurance. With the recession continuing many are looking to reduce their outgoings, and may consider insurance a soft option...
Five steps to a bargain summer holiday
The holiday season is fast approaching and more than 25 million of us are planning a trip abroad in 2009. Before you stock up on suntan lotion, dig out the bikini or trunks, and pack your bags, find out how you can bag a bargain summer holi...
Why your holiday will cost an extra £300
Sneaky hidden bank charges and the plunging pound will strip an extra 300 from the average family's holiday spending this summer. Those travelling abroad will be hit hardest, but even families staying in the UK will suffer from spiralling i...
Trouble ahead of Champions League Final
Tonight sees the Champions League Final take place in Rome's Stadio Olympico, with stories of problems between fans already surfacing. England's Manchester United take on Spain's Barcelona in European club football's premier event and fans...
Travel slips in UK's Top 50 e-retailers rankings
All travel companies in the UK, excluding Thomson Holidays, are losing internet traffic, according to web research company Hitwise. The firm today released a study of data back to 2006 that shows that Amazon has been the most popular e-reta...
News in brief: the Currywurst Museum opens
Sausage sizzlers Forget the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, this summers big event in Berlin is the opening of the Currywurst Museum in August (www.currywurstmuseum.de). If you cant wait till then to savour the national snack a ch...
School’s out: family travel
May half term Theres still availability on the junior bushcraft and lifeguard sessions at the Sands Resort, near Watergate Bay in Cornwall. Build a shelter and learn how to light a fire and cook on it, or learn first aid and rescue techniqu...
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