Is it not time for the CAA to read the riot act to all airlines, remind them of their responsibilities and order them to pay legitimate claims in a speedier manner?
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world for October
What have jousting, the Olympics, Yorkie and VAT in Tanzania in common? All caught Adrian’s eye this week.
Everybody gets in the act these days of forecasting where we might holiday, where the “hot-spots” will be, what’s up-and-coming and where will be the most popular.
Adrian looks at the weather over winter, wonders what our culture secretary does and bemoans the fact that Cornwall doesn’t have a high profile minister like they have in Sheffield.
In just over a week’s time, on November 3rd, the new Metrolink service from Manchester Airport will open more than 12 months in advance of the planned date. This nine mile extension to the network runs from St Werburgh’s Road stop in Chorlton through Sale and Wythenshawe to the airport. Next weekend on November 1st, the Taiwan Tourism Bureau (TTB) will be at Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent to publicise the country, its culture, food and tourism opportu nities for visitors. It does so on
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Have you heard of Ronald Huzar? He is a person you may have cause to be grateful for. His persistance has meant that we have now have a farily tight legal ruling about when you can get compensation if your plane goes tech.
Today Thorpe Park in Surrey unveils to the public its new Angry Birds themed 4D land experience. It starts in the high tech movie theatre surrounding and you become part of the action as rumbling chairs catapult you through a fast-paced adventure as the Angry Birds attempt to get their precious eggs back from the dastardly King Pig. Timed air gusts, water jets, leg ticklers, flashing lights, bubbles and smoke blasts will be sure to get pulses racing from start to finish! It doesn’t finish
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Sometimes you might be forgiven for thinking that the basic price of an airline ticket is peanuts. The add-ons are those little bits here and there that suddenly glare out at you on the final page and cause you to take a deep breath and say, “but the fare was only a tenner!” when I started. Now one of the biggest airline ticketing systems providers, Amadeus, has completed some research which shows that last year these add-ons were worth €15.11 billion.
Why do you go on holiday?To relax, see new places, unwind, do something you’ve not done before, shop, ski, cross the Amazon by frog as Michael Palin did in Ripping Yarns twenty years ago.Well according to research from the holiday side of Jet2, a third of over 45’s bond with their adult children! Does this mean their kids are still sponging off them? Or is this a fancy way of saying that they are just having an old fashioned family holiday? Jet 2 says that
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