From tomorrow, 1st November, EU regulations come into place banning hiding taxes and extra charges when they advertise their flights. Theorectically if a flight is advertised at £1 that is what it should cost you. In practice I suspect that won’t happen due to choices that you will have to opt-out of such as [...]

I don’t like shopping.Millions do and one of the top listed things for people to do when they travel is to go shopping. Look at the numbers that used to go to New York in the early winter to take advantage of the weak dollar to Christmas shop. Look at the success of Christmas markets [...]

Developments have been announced quickly this morning.Firstly the Icelandic backed Sterling Airways which linked Gatwick with Billund, Copengagen & Stockholm said that it would file for bankruptcy. Although they have looked for buyer, no company has come forward.Unlike BMI ( who also own bmibaby) who have announced that they have been sold to Lufthansa. The [...]

I thought I must have been dreaming when two newspapers yesterday, the Star and Metro both reported that a French geographer, Phillipe Duhamel, had suggested that the collection of skyscrapers which holidaymakers know only to well were culturally important and merited world heritage status.To claim that the Benidorm skyline rivalled the likes of the old [...]

Later today we will upload the first results of our flight delay survey that we did with University of Westminster earlier this month. We had quite a list of reasons as to why flights are delayed. But not like this one which was reported in the Boston Globe in the United States.Choochy, a poodle arrived [...]

In my part of the world at least its half term. So as you’d expect the weather has taken a wintry turn and rain has come though not as bad as elsewhere frost and wintry showers are expected for the middle of the week, not just on the stock exchange!Half term is the only break [...]

I was a little slow in spotting this but I mention it here just because it is different.There have been singles cruises, educational cruises, cultural and lecture cruises and just downright ordinary cruises but a football cruise?
Claiming to offer a first, Costa Cruises have persuaded Pele (a footballer even I have heard of) to front [...]

Queues at airline check-ins seem to be diminishing. Being able to check-in online or use one of the airport machines has helped certain airlines to cut queues. (Charter airlines seem to still have the problem). From check-in at least!Now they have some delays where you drop off your hold luggage but that also doesn’t [...]

With prices being charged for hold baggage on non frills airlines, is it any wonder that people are trying to take on as much hand luggage as they can get away with. Some people seem to be able to travel light and others are taking bags that only Superman could try and get in the [...]

Adrian spends sooo much time at the airports, however, being male, and I assume a sparse packer, I very much doubt he has experienced the issues females travelling alone have with the toilets at airports.
We are constantly reminded that we are not to leave our luggage alone at any time, so off we pop to [...]

It’s awards time!The British Travel Awards, (in which you all voted didn’t you) will be announced shortly but beating them to the punch have been the Danish travel awards and the Conde Nast Traveler magazine Readers’ Choice Awards.The Danes have voted for Portugal as the best European Holiday destination and quite a few Brits would [...]

Back home from the US now to be greeted by the news that BA and Virgin Atlantic have both cut their surcharges. Virgin started it and BA followed,- with identical cuts of £13 on long haul and £10 on short. These reductions apply to economy class passengers. For those in business class price drops are [...]

This is the last blog from this trip and it comes from West Palm Beach international Airport in Florida where I am waiting to catch a connecting flight home.There is something wrong.
It could be me. I like this airport. Firstly it’s quite small so moving around is easy. Secondly, its not teeming with people. [...]

I write this as I sit in a hotel room before I go and look at the sights of the “strip” in Las Vegas.
It dawned on me as I was writing a brief piece about Las Vegas for CD-Traveller that I knew more about some far flung places than my own village. How many [...]

This post stems from a dinner table discussion on the impact of the credit crunch. A guest (not known for his reticence) was confidently stating the end of the holiday industry as no-one would be spending money on getting away for a week or so. And it is hard to make a cast iron argument [...]

On Monday, I went to terminal 5 for the first time. Some of you might think I spend all my life at airports but no. The time had come however as my daughter was arriving back from a wedding in the US and needed collecting.
Nice airy terminal with lots of room but both in arrivals [...]