Travel rumblings

Today the EU suggested that the lockdown should last until May 15th

The closure of so many attractions and events will have a severe economic impact on destinations, local economies and people.

Mass media is carrying pictures this morning of busy beaches at Bournemouth and people in groups walking up Snowden.

Whilst today is St Patrick’s Day it will be quite like any other St Patrick’s Day I have ever known.

It isn’t easy to travel overseas at the moment because all of the popular places have restrictions either on travelling there or because, museums, attractions and galleries have been temporarily closed.

It appears only direct flights from UK and Irish airports will be allowed.

With ships almost idle, some cruise companies have built up goodwill by offering free cruises to volunteer firefighters in Australia to thank them for their recent efforts.

Market research by onepoll suggests to me that some nervousness is creeping into the public’s mind of the coronavirus outbreak.

For us lesser mortals, each of us needs to decide whether it is hyped or not. And the answer to that will only be known after the virus disappears!

It is one of lowliest of jobs, one that successive prime ministers seem to regard as being pretty insignificant which also seems to be the view of parliamentarians.

Since visitor numbers are so important to many EU economies, making things too difficult for travellers might make those travellers consider visits elsewhere.

The Court also found that, until at least 2 July 2018, Trivago misled consumers to believe that the Trivago website “provided an impartial, objective and transparent price comparison for hotel room rates.”

They are important revenue earners for airlines. If they weren’t then airlines would get rid of them

The problem with such a high profile figure is that he would be escorted everywhere and his secret service detail probably kept him well away from any dodgy areas

This is the amount of money that it is suggested could be saved by giving up drinking over a twenty-three week period.

Part of the world has become a little less inviting for tourists but then, wasn’t it ever so?

Headlines like “South coast holidaymakers may be trapped” have resulted in a smaller number of Aussies travelling this holiday time in Australia.

Enthusiastically launched will be the travel industry’s saturated and relentless pressure to drive us to book summer holidays with them

Nobody wants to put up with or even encounter such an idiotic prat who decides it would be “fun” to get pie-eyed at the airport or on the flight.

Will Edinburgh Airport have a change of heart? Of course not, we will just have to live with it.

It seems that some people are unwilling to go on holiday because their fear that their gardens will become overgrown and unmanageable.

I suppose people do really carry puddings and crackers on board planes but why?

Since holidaymakers and day trippers travel outside these times so they may face higher fares than those covered by the 2.7% rise.

Are travel companies not telling us of the innovations and customer satisfaction claims or are they being outperformed by other companies?

Research commissioned by Jetcost reveals that the French believe that foreigners visiting their country should be able to speak French.

Travelodge found in its nostalgia trip that 38% of families today don’t play I-Spy and 36% have never sung Ten Green Bottles.

TUI’s action is akin to Ryanair flying to Frankfurt Hahn instead of Frankfurt proper and we all know how comedians and critics have made fun of the airline for doing that.

No, there will be no Indian summer. Tesco has decreed it to be so.