Michael PALIN “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.”
St. AUGUSTINE “The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
Deck Chairs Are Back In Fashion »
The classic deck chair is making a comeback as thousands of Brits choose to holiday at home due to the recession.
Leading DIY retailer, B&Q, has reported a 50% increase in sales on 2008 figures for the wooden and canvas seats.
The sales rush is thought to have come about as more and more Britons are spending [...]
Can We Clean Your Boots Sir? »
Bristol International Airport has installed ‘wellie washers’ so festival goers can clean their boots before flying home.
Music lovers from all over the world have descended on Glastonbury Festival this weekend to see hundreds of bands and artists like Kasabian, Dizzee Rascal, Franz Ferdinand, Pendulum and Bruce Springsteen perform at the open air festival on farmers [...]
We Loved Our Holiday So Much, We Bought The Beach »
A favourite beach with holidaymakers in Cornwall is up for sale and could be yours for a mere £50,000.
The 76 acres of golden sands at Guithian Beach will go to auction on July 13th and has already attracted attention from around the world.
Situated in the north east of St. Ives Bay, part of the ‘Cornish [...]
Fasten Your Seatbelts; We’re About To Land In POO »
Flight search specialists, Skyscanner have come up with a list of the weirdest, funniest and rudest airport names from around the world.
Airports such as Deception, Desolation Sound or Slave Lake in Canada, Danger Bay or Eek in the USA, and Mafia Airport in Tanzania, would perhaps best be avoided.
While Pickle Lake (Canada), Raspberry Strait (USA), [...]
“Thanks For Nothing” Says BA Chief Exec »
British Airways bosses have asked employees to work for nothing in a desperate bid to save money.
Following the announcement of the airlines £401m loss in the last financial year, the company introduced their Business Response Scheme (BRS) where staff were offered the chance to take one month’s unpaid leave or change to part time contracts. [...]
Monarch Threaten Strike Action »
Managers at Monarch Airlines are holding urgent talks with the cabin crew trade union in a bid to avert peak period strike action.
The action is threatened over a pay dispute and the cabin crew trade union, Unite, will hold a ballot in July to determine whether strike action will take place at airports across the [...]
EC Steps In Over Misleading Airfares »
The European Commission(EC) has publicly reprimanded 9 airlines for continuously misleading passengers on their websites.
The majority of problems regard deceptive pricing methods which disguise hidden extras including the failure to alert customers to fuel surcharges.
The commission’s blacklist which includes Turkish Airlines, Emirates, Aeroflot and Olympic, amongst others, have been scolded for using misleading adverts and [...]
Plane Springs Mid-Air Leak »
300 passengers had to be diverted on a Chicago to Japan flight after the plane sprang a leak just after take-off.
US Air Force Staff Sergeant, Bartek Bachleda, who was a passenger on the plane, noticed the leak and tried to alert a flight attendant, but at first she didn’t believe him.
It wasn’t until Bachleda took [...]
Michelangelo Moves To Texas »
A Texas museum has bought a work of art believed to be the first ever painting by Michelangelo.
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth has bought the work entitled ‘The Torment of St Anthony’ for an undisclosed sum, even though its worth has not been proved.
The painting is dated around 1487 or 88, a time [...]
Branson In Bid To Cut Travel Time »
The founder of Virgin Trains Sir Richard Branson yesterday claimed that he can cut the journey times on Britain’s busiest route.
Branson said he could cut the London to Glasgow travel time by up to 50 minutes to three hours and forty minutes and the London to Birmingham route to under an hour.
Sir Richard [...]
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