For the most enjoyable hotel location in Bangkok, choose a hotel with a view of the Chao Phraya River. You’ll see traffic of a different kind and can enjoy the experience of visiting the Royal Palace by public river taxi. There are surprisingly few hotels to choose between and I summarise them in order of […]
read more »Save £12 per person per return ticket by using the Ryanair Cash Passport card But be aware of the following: Prepaid cards are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. So don’t load your lottery winnings onto the card. Transaction fee of 50p applies on spend anywhere other than on Ryanair.com Inactivity fee of […]
read more »For the duration of the late September heatwave I am told by City of London that the lido is open until Sunday daily until 3 PM I will check that out myself today. If it’s not the case, I’ll update this information today, Thursday 29th September If you appreciate this advice and if you ever […]
read more »During this late September heatwave, I am reliably informed by City of London (they had to phone me back) that the pool is open until 3pm daily until Sunday 2nd October. I will visit later today and update this post if it isn’t true! If you appreciate this information and if you need to book […]
read more »As at today’s date, Ryanair provide a link that doesn’t work, to top up a Ryanair Prepaid Card http://www.cashpassport.com/ryanair Despite extensive research, we cannot see where to apply for the card but we will monitor the situation and let you know. If you find out how to apply for a Ryanair Cash Passport do let […]
read more »The British Airways Sale is advertised as a “Holiday Sale” but they are also discounting flight only bookings so business travellers can also take advantage of savings to all major destinations. Many offers are available for travel through to March 2012 and to book, use our official British Airways Search form where we have some […]
read more »This article is in response to difficulties experienced by friends who travel to Sierra Leone. Direct flights with BMI cost from £887 return. We suggest you contact Kevin McPhillips Travel to obtain discounted fares. This long established company specialises in flights and shipping to Sierra Leone. Visit their website here or telephone 08455 822 922 […]
read more »Our promotional discount of Heathrow Express Tickets has ended but we still recommend that you purchase round-trip tickets rather than single journeys, that you book in advance online and save money compared to purchasing onboard. UPDATE December 2011 Heathrow Express discount of 25% for bookings in December 2011 and outbound travel up to end January […]
read more »Virgin Atlantic Pilots have voted to go on strike but no dates for their industrial action have been announced yet. We’ll monitor the situation and keep you informed.
read more »So you’re booking a frequent traveller who thinks they can travel independently and hail cabs to meetings and hotels? That’s fine, in many countries. And it can be done in India too but I warn against it. On a recent business trip to Delhi, which is one of India’s more “organised” cities, with a fabulous […]
read more »Impartial Booking Tips saving time and money when booking travel online As a former travel agent with 30 years experience, I offer booking tips for the following, and more: Booking tips for flight search using Skyscanner – the best flight search and comparison tool Booking Tips for UK Rail – How to avoid booking fees […]
read more »If you book Ryanair through a travel management company, you will pay a transaction fee of, typically £15 but, because the TMC will use their preferred credit card (and perhaps earn points or AirMiles!) you could end up paying more than you expect, for two return tickets: Transaction Fee £15 per ticket £30 Ryanair Credit […]
read more »Eurostar does not offer discount ticket prices below those on its own site. You will not find discounted Eurostar prices through travel agents or online websites below those offered direct from the official Eurostar site. However; we do recommend that you compare fares with those offered by Rail Europe Rail Europe is the UK representative […]
read more »For booking a train ticket to Europe to stations other than the Eurostar mainline stations: Lille, Paris, Brussels, we suggest you use Eurostar to price your through journey first. Then compare the through journey with Rail Europe Through tickets are more convenient as you will make one online booking, with little chance of making a […]
read more »You will not find discounted Eurostar prices through travel agents or online websites below those offered here through Eurostar.com However; we recommend that you compare fares with those offered by Rail Europe. Rail Europe is the UK representative of French Railways (SNCF) and they use the SNCF reservation system which may offer availability at prices […]
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read more »It took some time to research information on the Queen’s Birthday Flypast over Buckingham Palace at 1pm on Saturday 11th June 2011, so I decided post my findings…. Described by the CAA as a large formation of aircraft, including the usual Lancaster and Spitfires, flying west up The Mall from Trafalgar Square then turning right over […]
read more »If you’re flying to Sydney you could stopover in Europe for more than 24 hours and save £73 UK departure tax! (the Europe tax-band is applied) However, the fare with a break of journey may cost considerably more than the saving! What is feasible is to stopover in say Dubai with Emirates and you’ll save […]
read more »Book an economy flight to Europe and the air fare maybe £9.99 and “taxes” £90. But the actual government tax is just £12 and it is airline charges, airline “fuel surcharges”, fees and airport charges that make up the difference. So don’t blame the government entirely! Here are the actual government tax amounts: Trip distance […]
read more »This appears to be another Facebook SPAM message. If you make the mistake of clicking on it, look at your profile and you’ll see that you have posted on all your friends walls Just to the right of these notifications is an option to delete so you can manually go through each one and delete. […]
read more »This appears to be a Facebook SPAM message. If you make the mistake of clicking on it, look at your profile and you’ll see that you have posted on all your friends walls Just to the right of these notifications is an option to delete so you can manually go through each one and delete […]
read more »It’s difficult to find details of the royal wedding flypast route so I thought I’d help… The best places to see the wedding fly past in London will be around Bethnal Green, Hackney, the Festival Hall South Bank and Primrose Hill. The Battle of Britain aircraft will leave Fairlop East London at 1325 and flyover […]
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