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Thomson Airlines. Charter Airline That Is As Good As Scheduled Ones

…tered in some areas, the economy experience on scheduled airlines like BA, Air France and so on. Thomson is primarily a package holiday company where flights are bundled into the total holiday trips that they sell. Most of the people on the flight seemed to be part of a package judging by the luggage labels, and by the many buses with Thomson signs on to greet the flight in Kefalonia. They fill the remaining seats with flight only passengers like…

Cruise Ship / Crystal

Exclusive: Crystal Cruises Senior Officers Tips and Insights on Cruising

…celebrate it plans to feature cruises hosted by past Captains as well as Chairman and President cruises. It will also be undertaking its first true full circumnavigation of the world during the World Cruise, visiting all continents. 600 guests have already signed up to the full trip. A record for Crystal. Trends in cruising: Crystal, and other cruise lines, face an evolving mix of guests to cater for. The current core Crystal guest has tended to b…

ATHENS, GREECE: Observations and top tips for visitors

Athens / Greece / Top Tips

ATHENS, GREECE: Observations and top tips for visitors

…y. This is especially important when you consider that Greece is actually fairly far away from Western European countries like the UK, France, Spain and Germany for example, and if you are making the trip it seems a real missed opportunity not to go to Athens. It will take around 4 hours for example to fly from London which many people find surprising, forgetting just how far south Greece actually is. • The 3 largest and most popular tourist islan…

Cunard

Cunard World Cruise Week Seven Highlights (New Zealand to Sydney)

…oke about “The Chamberlains and A Miscarriage of Justice”. Simon McKeon, Chairman of AMP Limited, Former Australian of the Year and World’s Fastest Yachtsman on “An Ordinary Bloke – With Extraordinary Good Fortune” and “Sailing Three Times The Speed Of The Wind”. Frank Feest, Geography Graduate and Royal Navy Commander on “Akaroa – A Little Bit of France in New Zealand”, “Sydney – Australia’s First City” Ross Kerr who works for the New Zealand Fjo…

Cunard

Cunard Around-The-World Week Nine Highlights: Joining the Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong

…lf past nine. The drop off point was at the Northern end of it and it was fairly quiet. The clouds were low and it was hard to tell if the haze was the clouds or poor air pollution. The hop-on bus companies had a key stop for their routes close to the drop off point, but we decided to explore by foot and Metro. This was easy to navigate, as English signage was everywhere. All children in Shanghai learn English and so most of the people we encounte…

CroisiEurope Loire Princesse River Cruise Boat

CroisiEurope

7 Reasons why a CroisiEurope European River Cruise may be right for you

…Lafayette and Loire Princesse. The cabins have the amenities you need like air-conditioning / heating, bathroom with shower, satellite TV with channels from a range of European countries, safe, hairdryer and lots of electrical outlets (all using the European plug shape, so bring adaptors if coming from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia etc.). The cabins (importantly) all have a view of the river. You can have one with a balcony or simply river-view w…

Rovos Rail South Africa (Cape Town to Pretoria): a most remarkable & special experience (review)

Destinations / Rovos Rail / South Africa / transportation

Rovos Rail South Africa (Cape Town to Pretoria): a most remarkable & special experience (review)

…s all day. One was in the centre of the train with large sofas and comfy chairs. The other at the rear of the train where the last third was turned into an open air observation area.- small smoking lounge- 2 dining cars. These were very different and from different eras. One from the 1920s and the other from the 1940s. You could use either to get different experiences.- small gift shop in one of the lounges. The food was very good, especially cons…

Queen Elizabeth 2: Revisiting my review on the 3rd anniversary of her retirememt

cruise / Cruise Ship / Cruise Ship Review / Cunard / QE2 / Transatlantic

Queen Elizabeth 2: Revisiting my review on the 3rd anniversary of her retirememt

…n signs of her aging, such as towels around leaking windows to the deck, chairs with signs of threadbare arms, sun faded portraits, outdated and pretty rowdy air conditioning and unpredictable plumbing (hot water from the cold and toilet problems on the entire penthouse for a full day). You tend to take them for granted and as part of what the QE2 is, but it does flag up the fact that the QE2 is nearing the end of her time. A fact even the crew ac…

TRADITIONAL LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION GETS THE CHOP. Launch of ewetravel.com to revolutionise industry

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TRADITIONAL LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION GETS THE CHOP. Launch of ewetravel.com to revolutionise industry

…n and who don’t seem to care how the animals travel. Transporting sheep by air has been even more challenging – airports need the facilities to accommodate them. People might say why do I bother? The sheep don’t care – but I’m telling you now they do.” A staunch believer in maintain the highest standards for his traveling flock, Mr Hyde is keen to see BAA’s Heathrow animal reception centre expanded. “It serves its purpose as it stands,” he comment…

5 STATELY HOUSES IN ENGLAND WORTH VISITING: Harewood House; Osbourne House; Killerton House; Hatfield House; Kensington Palace

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5 STATELY HOUSES IN ENGLAND WORTH VISITING: Harewood House; Osbourne House; Killerton House; Hatfield House; Kensington Palace

…anos and the such downstairs. It is very grand though. Up the impressive staircase, the upstairs is more like a museum as this is where they have the displays of the clothes. The rooms have been converted to have glass displays and the such. There are dressing up and activity sections to keep kids happy and engaged.Considering the size of the collection, you did feel the displays could have been greater. But saying that, they had on display a rang…