Brits planning on booking flights to Goa would do well to find out when the region’s monsoon season occurs beforehand, according to one commentator.Noting that more than 15 million Brits will be looking to book a holiday during the January sale season, esure reports that some travellers risk an unpleasant surprise by not knowing when monsoon season in Asia, or the hurricane spell in the US, occurs.According to esure, 87 per cent of travellers are unaware as to when the seasonal rains in Asia takes place, while less than half of all holidaymakers check for severe weather warnings before booking a trip abroad.”Most people love to jump on the bandwagon of the January sales season. Read more…
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July 16th, 2011
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July 15th, 2011
British families planning to go abroad during the forthcoming school holidays could consider visiting Bulgaria, which was ranked by Post Office Travel Money as ‘this summer’s bargain buy’.
The company surveyed the price of beach extras such as jelly shoes, lilos and pedalo rides in various countries and found that the overall cost is half as much in Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach as in the Vendee region of France.
Spain’s Costa Blanca emerged as the cheapest place to buy a bucket and spade, while Turkey is ‘great value’ for an ice cream, according to the study.
Sarah Munro, head of Post Office Travel Money, encouraged parents to show caution regarding beach extras for their children, as they could run the risk of blowing their holiday budget.
She added: ‘For families who haven’t already booked, it’s worth considering Bulgaria or a cheaper eurozone destination like Portugal or Spain.’
The research found that ice creams, sightseeing trips and fizzy drinks are among the items that parents most regularly fail to budget for.
July 15th, 2011
“Flights to Tenerife” was a top internet search term over Christmas week 2007, it has been revealed.During the week ending December 29th 2007, “flights to Tenerife” was a top search term online, it has been reported.According to analyst weblog Hitwise Intelligence, flights to Tenerife ranked at number five in the top 20 flight destination searches over the seven-day Christmas period.Meanwhile, the search term “cheap flights to Tenerife” ranked at number ten on the list.Searching for flights to the Canary Islands in general over this period was popular, according to the weblog, as the term “flights to Lanzarote” was placed at number 14 on the list of top-travel terminology.”With Christmas over and the weather getting worse, at this time of year UK thoughts turn to holidays in warmer climes. As you can see … Read more…
July 15th, 2011
Competition chiefs are expected to finally confirm tomorrow that airport operator BAA will have to sell two of its airports.
The ruling by the Competition Commission (CC) will end two years of hiatus since an original decision in 2009.
At that time the commission ruled that BAA would have to sell Gatwick and Stansted airports as well as either Edinburgh or Glasgow airport.
But there were then a series of legal challenges by BAA to the ruling, which ended with the CC findings being upheld.
The CC then considered whether there had been material changes in circumstances since the 2009 ruling.
In a provisional ruling in March this year, the commission said the sale of the airports was still fully justified and that passengers and airlines would still benefit from greater competition with the airports under separate ownership.
July 14th, 2011
Airline baggage fees have not changed Derry Jeanette McCurdy’s travel habits. “I travel pretty heavy,” the diversity manager in civilian personnel at Wright-Patterson Air For Base said with a smile. “It’s two of three suitcases.”
With their children grown, the Dayton native and her sister Barbara Frost embraced the travel bug a decade ago. They’ve taken several cruisers and other trips, including excursions to St. Thomas, the Bahamas and Brazil for Carnival.
All that traveling has required lots of wardrobe changes.
“I am probably more of a jacket person. You can mix and match and get more outfits when you travel,” the 65-year-old said. “I like small boutiques. Whenever my sister and I travel we stop at small boutiques.”
One of five children, McCurdy says her mother pulled her first name out of a newspaper.
She learned to