Cooling off period for city break bookings
Friday, den 20. June 2008The Air Transport Users Council (AUC) is proposing to implement a new 24 hour cooling off period where you can cancel your flights or holiday free of charge.
The proposal has come about because complaints about online reservations for flight tickets have doubled in the last few years. (Probably because people are starting to use […]
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City Break Companions
Thursday, den 19. June 2008Who do you go on holiday or city breaks with? When I plan a week or fortnight’s holiday, which is quite rare because, as you can imagine I usually prefer city breaks, I tend to go with my partner. However, city breaks are different. I’ve been on city breaks with friends, family and even people […]
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Where Should I have My Virtual Office?
Wednesday, den 18. June 2008If you are lucky enough to run your own business and have the need for a global or national presence, you may want to consider having a virtual office so you can combine business with pleasure, get a city break and some tax benefits to boot!
A virtual office means you effectively ‘rent’ the office address […]
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Domestic City Breaks On The Increase
Tuesday, den 17. June 2008It seems that the credit crunch is causing a bit of a boom in the UK tourism market with many Brits choosing to stay in the UK rather than go abroad this year for their city breaks, particularly with everything in the news about flight surcharges at the moment.
Liverpool is particularly popular this year as […]
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More Virgin Flights to Hong Kong
Monday, den 16. June 2008If you love going for city breaks in Hong Kong, then you’re gonna love this. Virgin Atlantic are expanding their flights to Hong Kong, by adding an extra daily flight from London Heathrow airport to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is thriving, vibrant city and relatively cheap for those who want to visit a country in the […]
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BA Gets £35k Payrise and Proposed £1m Bonus
Sunday, den 15. June 2008The chief exec of British Airways, Willie Walsh, has been given a £35,000 payrise. He’s also been promised a £1 million bonus if he can improve the reputation and performance over the next year.
Not a bad promise when he just announced last month that he wouldn’t be taking his £700,000 bonus for the last […]
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Chocolate Festival, Melbourne
Saturday, den 14. June 2008Many people consider a trip to Australia to be the trip of a lifetime and as you plan your trip there are many cities that appeal. I think of Australia as a combination of outback and several different city breaks in one. You’d obviously visit Sydney, maybe Perth, Brisbane, etc etc. However, unless your a […]
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Romantic City Breaks
Friday, den 13. June 2008City breaks can be incredibly romantic, and as we reported just a couple of weeks ago many couples no longer want the romantic honeymoon on a beach. No, they want adventure and excitement (and more worryingly, activities to do that they can plan in advance).
If you are planning a wedding, it is worth considering one […]
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Cheap Flights with Lufthansa
Thursday, den 12. June 2008Hurrah, plenty of cheap city break weekends here I come!
The German airline company Lufthansa has discounted loads and loads of flights to Eastern Europe - to more than twelve destinations.
Prices start from as little as £179 return, and include fees, taxes and charges. There are more than twelve different destinations and you can fly from […]
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France Is The World Tourism Leader
Wednesday, den 11. June 2008Well I never! I can barely believe it but according to new figures, France continued to be the leader in world tourism in 2007 with over 82 million visitors, as increase of 4 per cent compared to 2006.
Its closest rival was Spain, which I can understand, I’d have put Spain up there. Having said that, […]
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