Barbados. How to make the most of your time there.
Bathsheba Barbados I adore the exotic and beautiful Barbados, in the Caribbean. An island I have been to 3 times to date. One of the most easterly of all the Caribbean...
Category: Virgin Atlantic
Richard Branson’s Ulusaba Game Lodge, Sabi Sands, South Africa: An incredible safari experience
Ulusaba Lodge Sabi Sands Game Reserve South Africa The Richard Branson owned Ulusaba Lodge in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve, Kruger National Park in South Africa is quite something. It is...
Travel comedy: The very funny and talented Pam Ann
Pam Ann Global Alliance VideoAll her air hostess characters in this short video, which looks was used as part of one of her shows.Click here to watch on YouTube, or watch...
AIRPORT LOUNGES: what makes a good one, based on Zambian, South African & Heathrow..
In the last month I had the opportunity to sample a number of airline lounges on my travels to and from Southern Africa. It got me thinking to what makes a...
SOUTH AFRICA TRIP: Part 1 Getting to Cape Town
View of Table Mountain from Room 4 Derwent House Cape Town, originally uploaded by garybembridge. Victoria and Albert waterfront cape town with Table Mountain in the background, originally uploaded by garybembridge....
Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse Heathrow: worth paying for??
Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse Heathrow, originally uploaded by garybembridge. I got an email from Rachel that said: “I saw your photos and write up on the Virgin Clubhouse at Heathrow after Googling!...
Virgin Atlantic: 10 minutes from check-in to lounge put to the test
On Saturday, I flew with Virgin Atlantic out of London Heathrow for Tokyo Narita airport.I had not flown with them since they started advertising their new “10 minutes from limo to...
Eurostar Customer service: good or bad?
Eurostar Leisure Select Seats, originally uploaded by garybembridge. As readers of this blog know, I am a regular user of Eurostar. Some months I am using it to travel between London...
Virgin Atlantic to cut in-flight therapists in Upper Class
Got this email from “Richard Branson” about the review that Virgin Atlantic is doing about the future on the in-flight therapists on their Upper Class service. Although it is a review,...
British Airways: Handling the knock-on effects for delayed passengers
Sky News reporting the BA plane crash at London Heathrow Jan 2008, originally uploaded by garybembridge. I flew to Moscow on BA, and my flight was cancelled on the way back...
Continental Airlines USA Review
The most read posts on the blog are those that review airline seats and service, and so here is my thoughts on Continental Airlines in the USA.. It always strikes me...
Virgin Atlantic Lounge Gatwick (review and pictures)
Virgin Atlantic Lounge Gatwick, originally uploaded by garybembridge. Virgin Atlantic invests a lot of money into their home base lounges and I have been to the one at London Heathrow many...
British Airways New Club Seats
British Airways New Club Seats, originally uploaded by garybembridge. On the flight back from this trip I flew back to London from Singapore.I was again upstairs in my favourite seat (63J),...
Virgin Atlantic versus British Airways. Why I prefer BA!!
If I have a choice, I will always choose British Airways over any other carrier – especially if I am flying long haul. British Airways Club World Upstairs on 747, originally...
Virgin Atlantic Birthday Card 2007
Virgin Atlantic Birthday Card 2007, originally uploaded by garybembridge. Virgin sent this birthday card on May 4 to me as I am a member of their Frequent Flyer Club. You gave...
Update on Virgin Atlantic poor service after VS18 fiasco
Here is an update on the TERRIBLE service from Virgin Atlantic after the nightmare on VS18 that an earlier blog reports. After sending and email chasing them, I got a reply...
A sort of response from Virgin….
I have just got this reply from my letter to Virgin. Which says not a lot other than my letter has been passed on to “Richard Branson’s Office”……. !? No apolpogy...
Virgin Atlantic: Nightmare on VS18
Virgin Atlantic: A Nightmare on VS18 As my last posting refers to, I was on the VS18 on Virgin Atlantic from Newark (NYC) to London Heathrow on Thursday 15 February that...
