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Is going abroad less stressful than it used to be

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  • Bronnie
    Bronnie Posts: 4,171 Forumite
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    edited 14 May 2009 at 11:48PM
    Ahhh! I see!

    What a judgemental and silly thing for PBS to say!
  • ailuro2
    ailuro2 Posts: 7,540 Forumite
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    https://www.tripadvisor.com is your friend - book yourself in to the no 1 or 2 hotel for your destination and you won't go far wrong.

    BA, Continental,AA, KLM etc are generally on time, the ones that have faster turnarounds to save money can end up behind if something goes wrong, there's less of a time buffer to cover it up and catch up ;)

    We love our 'foreign' holidays, never had much of a problem anywhere we went, remember many of the places you might want to go for a taster holiday are part of the EU and hygeine rules, health and safety does tend to stretch out across Europe ore than ever before,but even so a bit of common sense goes a long way.

    We've had some great cheaper deals/flights with flyglobespan, basic planes etc, pay for your food on board, but they've never let us down yet, flying from Scotland is a real bonus for us too.:D
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  • sturll
    sturll Posts: 2,582 Forumite
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    No wonder you had all sorts of problems if you went to such classless destinations.

    She would have been much better holidaying here:

    poland005.jpg

    Krakow in the 90's - Well actually this pic was taken in 2007.

    Don't you agree?
  • MrsE_2
    MrsE_2 Posts: 24,161 Forumite
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    I guess I've been lucky, my worst every delay was at Dublin airport on a UK bound flight, I've never had a real delay on a holiday abroad.
    I use the net to research accomodation now, but touch wood was always lucky before.
    Had the squirts, once in Egypt & once in Cyprus, but not so serious as to need a doctor.
  • MrsE_2
    MrsE_2 Posts: 24,161 Forumite
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    No wonder you had all sorts of problems if you went to such classless destinations.

    I'm not a massive fan of Spain or her islands, but I beg to differ about the Greek islands. There are some beautiful places to go in Greece. Never been to Maderia, but its anything but chavvy:rolleyes:

    I love the eastern med places, but to be honest I steer clear of the eastern Europe destinations, now some of them are very "cheap'n'dreadful":D
  • chickmug
    chickmug Posts: 3,279 Forumite
    No wonder you had all sorts of problems if you went to such classless destinations.

    Sorry -- Not sure if you are joking but there were serious medical restrictions, within my family, on the length of flight that could be tolerated.
    A retired senior partner, in own agency, with 40 years experience in property sales & new build. In latter part of career specialising in commercial - mostly business sales.
  • chickmug
    chickmug Posts: 3,279 Forumite
    sturll wrote: »
    She would have been much better holidaying here:

    Who is the she you refer to?
    A retired senior partner, in own agency, with 40 years experience in property sales & new build. In latter part of career specialising in commercial - mostly business sales.
  • sturll
    sturll Posts: 2,582 Forumite
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    chickmug wrote: »
    Sorry -- Not sure if you are joking but there were serious medical restrictions, within my family, on the length of flight that could be tolerated.

    Ignore him.

    He is from Poland - What does he know about class :p
  • sturll
    sturll Posts: 2,582 Forumite
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    chickmug wrote: »
    Who is the she you refer to?

    The person who started the thread.
  • chickmug
    chickmug Posts: 3,279 Forumite
    sturll wrote: »
    The person who started the thread.

    That was me and I am a man. Where the heck did my user name come from:eek:
    A retired senior partner, in own agency, with 40 years experience in property sales & new build. In latter part of career specialising in commercial - mostly business sales.
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