Travel rumblings
Oct 8th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The travel industry has urged governments to support regional no-go areas rather than blocking off whole countries. This thinking grew in intensity after the UK blocked the whole of Portugal rather than the regions where the pandemic was strongest. So the Algarve, the Azores and Madeira suffered from not having British tourists despite having a low incidence. The same happened in Spain where the Canaries and the Balearics had few cases compared to the mainland. Now countries are opting for more regional targeting so Britons
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Tags: Belgium, Germany, quarantine restrictions for travellers
Oct 6th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Communication with customer seemed sadly lacking. That is what travel companies need to learn
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Tags: cruise companies, customer satisfaction., National Customer Service Week
Sep 29th, 2020 |
By The Editor
At any other time I would be a supporter of such a view, my long-held thoughts being that travel does indeed broaden the mind
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Tags: Travel the world Make a difference, WTTC
Sep 27th, 2020 |
By The Editor
This year there seems to be no reason to celebrate travel, just to remember how it was and the many people who have lost their jobs.
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Tags: IATA, World Aviation Festival, World Tourism Day
Sep 23rd, 2020 |
By The Editor
Life is becoming increasingly more difficult to follow, understand and to decide what to do.
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Comments Off on The future for multi-centre holidays
Tags: touring holidays h, twin-centre holidays
Sep 21st, 2020 |
By The Editor
The more destinations that insist on a PCR test, the more strain that is placed on the NHS to test and laboratories to respond.
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Tags: destination PCR test requirements, PCR test validity, PCR tests
Sep 16th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Only the next few months will show whether the public is willing to trust the Thomas Cook name again.
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Tags: Fosun, Thomas Cook, Thomas Cook new company
Sep 8th, 2020 |
By The Editor
There is confusion as all four nations now have different rules for Greece.
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Comments Off on UK has four different quarantine rules
Tags: Canaries, England, Greece, Mykonos, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Sep 6th, 2020 |
By The Editor
All politicians have claimed that they are acting on medical advice yet the interpretation was so different.
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Comments Off on The dis-United Kingdom
Tags: Commomwealth and Development Office, England, FCDO - Foreign, FCO, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK, Wales
Sep 5th, 2020 |
By The Editor
What are airlines and airports doing to make people feel safe. Masks and distancing seem to be it.
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Tags: Airline Passengers, airline seat sonfigurations, coronavirus testing for travellers
Sep 1st, 2020 |
By The Editor
Passenger confidence is at a low ebb and this incident is going to do nothing to persuade those waverers that it is safe to fly.
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Tags: passenger safety, TUI fly, wearing masks on public transport
Aug 29th, 2020 |
By The Editor
If this interview that Shapps gave is good for anything it is to remind all holidaymakers that they have a duty to their fellow citizens.
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Tags: UK quarantine restrictions
Aug 26th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Cancelling a rise would be not just good politics but help to restore some faith in the future direction of transport.
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Comments Off on Why must rail fares go up at all?
Tags: annual rail price increases, Grant Shapps, rail price rise
Aug 18th, 2020 |
By The Editor
This was a headline that the American news station, CNN, ran over the weekend to describe UK staycations this year.
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Tags: CNN, UK staycations
Aug 16th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The virus has altered much in our lives and improving the rights of passengers and travellers would be one good thing to come out of it.
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Comments Off on CAA. Toothless in support of the consumer?
Tags: CAA, consumer regulation, culture, Cuture, Department for Digital, EU261 claims, Media and Sport, Transport Focus, Which?
Aug 13th, 2020 |
By The Editor
What I do question is the role played by the holidaymaker.
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Comments Off on Holiday cases of the virus
Tags: beach holidays and coronavirus, coronavirus, ECDC
Aug 2nd, 2020 |
By The Editor
There will probably always be a core public for travel agency services but can the remaining travel agencies just rely on that shrinking number?
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Comments Off on The future for high street travel agents
Tags: high street travel agents, independent travel agencies, Thomas Cook, TUI
Jul 29th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Over the last month the biggest question considered by those in overseas travel is how to restore confidence in the eyes of you and I – the traveller and holidaymaker.
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Comments Off on Spain – the implications for travel
Tags: Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel Advice, overseas holiday confidence levels, overseas holidays 2020, spain
Jul 20th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Isn’t it time that a standardised period for taking such a test such as 24-48 hours before arrival is agreed by nations?
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Tags: coronavirus testing for travellers, swab tests
Jul 9th, 2020 |
By The Editor
What’s the betting that, in a few days’ time, the Scottish government will say Scots can fly to Spain again.
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Tags: Scotland, Scottish government, spain
Jul 4th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Travellers, holidaymakers and I will be scratching our heads as to why some are on the list and some are not
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Comments Off on It’s the list we’ve been waiting for
Tags: Bulgaria, China, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunisia, UK, UK travel corridor list
Jul 2nd, 2020 |
By The Editor
The UK as one destination. It is four and different rules and even laws apply.
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Comments Off on We are four, not one
Tags: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK, Wales
Jul 1st, 2020 |
By The Editor
The last thing that passengers want to know is to find out that they are on a flight piloted by someone who cheated in their exams.
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Comments Off on In pilots we place our trust
Tags: fraudulently licenced pilots, Kuwait Airways, Pakistan International Airways, Turkish Airlines
Jun 26th, 2020 |
By The Editor
If there is a spike and the tourism industry gets hit again and we face lock-downs or tightened rules, then those half million should feel thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
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Tags: beaches, Bournemouth, social distancing
Jun 23rd, 2020 |
By The Editor
Maybe after today’s announcement it will be a lose-lose for the two companies.
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Comments Off on It isn’t a win-win
Tags: coronaviurs testing at airports, costs of private coronavirus testing, UK quarantine restrictions
Jun 19th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The theory – according to the airport – is to manage the number of passengers going through security and “to ensure passengers feel safer.”
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Tags: Manchester Airport, security lines at Manchester Airport
Jun 15th, 2020 |
By The Editor
From the travel industry has come a raft of press releases suggesting that as soon as we are allowed we will be heading off on holidays.
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Comments Off on Is there a pent-up holiday demand?
Tags: Airbnb, lastminute.com, summer holidays 20020
Jun 10th, 2020 |
By The Editor
What B&B, guesthouse and hotel in the UK can call itself one of the best if it has no Marmite on the breakfast table?
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Comments Off on Calamity – another shortage
Tags: coronavirus, Marmite, Marmite shortage, Unilever, yeast extract