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Car Hire - Belfast driving to Southern Ireland
Apologies in advance for the 'Southern Ireland' part of the heading offends, wanted to make clear what I am looking for. We are flying to Belfast International Airport and then driving to Donegal, in my quest for a hire car I keep coming across various combinations of the charges below hidden in the small print in some…
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Turkey Holiday - One Traveller With Disability
Hi, I'm new to these boards so hope you will be nice to me haha! Anyway, I am looking at booking a holiday to Turkey in Icmeler or Marmaris in Turkey (either for a week or two). The earliest I can go is July 9th. I am a keen traveller and am very keen to go to Turkey. However, I am having trouble finding a holiday which…
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Iceland this w/e - what should i not miss?
We are off to Reykjavik this weekend. Would welcome any advice on any aspects of a trip to Iceland. Places to visit etc. The blue lagoon, geysir and gulfoss have been recommended and are on the obvious tourist routes but has anyone any other recommendations? Especially for the evenings in town? Bars, restaurants etc. We…
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New York hotels
Flights booked for end March, how near our departure can one get better deals with the main chains? Also would you book theatre over internet or when we get there?
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unrefundable train ticket
Hi there just wanting to pick your brains. Ages ago I entered for one of virgins 10th birthday tickets. As i never heard any more from them I figured that i hadn't been successful. I am going to london to see my friend and had to book the tickets before they got any more expensive so last thursday i booked a return. This…
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Booking flights long in advance - is it cheaper?
Quick one - father in law wants to fly over from California to the UK around end August - brief glance at the web suggests we might hope to get flights at around $730 (dollars) for him currently. Is this likely to change soon, or do prices stay fairly constant up til a few weeks in advance? I assumed the latter but he is a…
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Slovak trip advise please..
Hiya guys, Me and my husband are planning to have a 5 days holiday to Slovakia next week for our wedding anniversary. We both don't speak any other languages than English so we would really appreciate any suggestion on what to do and where to stay for that period (cheap accomodation etc). We will arrive in Bratislava on…
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BA Miles currently worth DOUBLE to America/Canada and Europe :D
Book before 2 March 2007 and you can enjoy a massive 50% off reward flights for over 100 routes, with seats also available in Club Europe. Available for travel between 16 February and 31 May 2007 (excludes travel starting between 1 April and 9 April). This means you can get return flights to destinations such as Vancouver…
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Moving abroad..Need advice
Where do i find the best advice for living/moving/working abroad? There are so many publications out there etc.....im looking at either France or Spain...but have an open mind. I have a family so would need to source schools too. This is not a girlie whim....i have had this yearning for years...since working abroad as an…
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Thomson Gold 4T Hotel Tenerife 24th April 7 Nights £149 FOR TWO HALF BOARD! (+flight)
Los Gigantes Hotel http://www.thomson.co.uk/thomson/page/ao/home/home.page Do a search for 24th April for 7 Nights! If you are a BA Miles collector, you could get return scheduled flights with BA from Manchester/Gatwick for under £45 (+ 10000 BA Miles equivalent to £41.67 in Tesco Clubcard Points) That's effectively 7…
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Any photographers here?
I'm going to Cape Town on holiday (first one in 4 years, yippee) in May and will be taking my digital SLR (Canon 10D). I have 3 lenses at present, a 50 mm prime, 28-135 mm zoom and 100 mm macro. What I'm missing is a decent wide angle lens and a telephoto. I'm prepared to buy one of them (preferably a Canon lens), for the…
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Are you off to Disneyland, Florida, some advice - photo's....
Not sure who else is aware of this but we wasn't and have come home disppointed so thought it was worth a mention on here. When you get to the parks for the first time you will get given a Disney Photo Pass - you can also have a band that you wear and the pass is scanned each time the Disney Staff take a photo with their…
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Beware booking through Active Hotels!
Active Hotels invite visitors to their website to look at guests reviews-however they don't say that they are censored! I had cause to complain on their 'satisfaction' e mail about a hotel(twice) neither was printed. When I complained that they were giving a false impression by not reporting my comments, they stated that…
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Buying SIM for use in USA
We (2 adults and 2 kids) are off to Nevada/California for a month in the summer. For past US hols we've taken walkie talkies for when the kids wanted to wander off at theme parks, shopping mals, etc. These worked so so depending on distance apart. The kids are getting older and want to roam further so I was considering…
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Any risks going to Spain for cigs??
Hi. 4 of us are planning on going to Spain in April (returning the same day) to stock up on cigs for ourselves (definitely not to sell on) and was just wondering if we're allowed to do this or can customs be funny with you if you go and come back in the same day with your allowance of tobacco? If we get stopped by customs…
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Bmi Cancel September Flight
I booked a flight to Prague with BMI for september and paid for it when booking about 7 weeks back. I recieved a email from them today saying that they have canceled the flight and I will be refunded in 28 days. I think this is shocking treatment since hotels airport transfers and everything else has been arranged. In the…
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Windermere for the disabled
Taking my mum to Windermere for the day by train , she'll be in a wheelchair. Any tips for good views and pubs/cafes for lunch - she likes more old fashioned than posh - open fires in the pubs etc. Thanks, Michael
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Nice hotel in Montenegro
Hi... Other half and I fancy a jaunt to Montenegro, in May time and wondered if anyone had any tips or advice they could give? I'm looking for a lovely hotel too.... Cheers, Hels
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Excellent service, very impressed.
Well, is there anyone out there with a positive thing to say about a Travel Agent, Tour Operator, Airlines etc? Just wondered as reading through here it seems that everyone in the travel industry is out to get you. Maybe it's worth rewarding and naming companies who have impressed you? If anyone has recently?? :confused:
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P&O £19 day return + Free Wine
Code: freewine Dover <-> Calais Offer available for online bookings only for travel before 29 March 2007. With spring around the corner and the days starting to get longer, now is the perfect time to treat yourself and your family to a day out in France. Whether you fancy lunch in a picturesque town, a spot of shopping or…
