479 Search results

For the term "label/New Jersey".
Hotel Pentelikon (Athens, Greece) Review and Video

Athens / Greece / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video

Hotel Pentelikon (Athens, Greece) Review and Video

…and a toilet behind the other.Even the meeting rooms, which are in another new building, were good. The provision of free internet access in the bedrooms was also a nice touch. The fitness center was a real disappointment. 3 cardio machines and very light weights with no bench. It is a real missed opportunity. There is a large pool in the gardens which looks great. If you stay ask for building “2” and “3” as the rooms in the new buildings are supp…

QE2 A PICTORIAL JOURNEY: Book review

Cruise Ship / Cunard / QE2 / Travel Book / Travel Book Review

QE2 A PICTORIAL JOURNEY: Book review

…ting record of what the ship looked like before it gets converted into its new use in Dubai. And if rumours are true, then changes to the ship may be drastic and dramatic to convert it into the new use. The book covers: Accommodation, Restaurants, Bars & Lounges, Public Areas, Crew Areas and then some topics covering the external aspects of the ship. Every section has a photo or series of photos and as they are personal photographs they have a sen…

Continental Airlines USA Review

Airlines / Continental Airlines / Tips for Travellers / travel / Virgin Atlantic

Continental Airlines USA Review

…y part by the experience that I had flying Continental from Los Angeles to New York Newark. This leg of my trip was part of a round trip on Virgin Atlantic from London Heathrow – Los Angeles – New York – London Heathrow. As Continental is a partner alliance airline with Virgin they did the internal US leg. As it was a business fare, I was travelling First on Continental. The Continental flight was so close to being good, but just not quite there c…

Caribbean Cruise Part 3: Grenada

Arcadia / caribbean / cruise / P and O

Caribbean Cruise Part 3: Grenada

…ore heading off to walk around St George harbor area. We are moored on the new quay and found that ships used to moor in a harbor, which is not far away, but more of a natural bay. “The World”, a residential ship that cruises all around the world, was moored in this old harbor area today but it seems that most ships use the new quay now. If you go through the mall of shops (where more are being built) and go down the road and through a tunnel buil…

Podcast: Airport Security

Airlines / podcast / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel / travel podcast

Podcast: Airport Security

…yourself of you really need to travel until things calm down again and the new rules bed in and things get back to normal. Of course, get back to normal is a misnomer as things will never go back to the old system just to a more efficient new normal. We hope. These tips are based on what I experienced which was as follows: I had looked online yesterday, been a bit obsessed as I am, to see if the equivalent flight that I was on for that day had bee…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / Journeys / Transatlantic Crossing / transportation

Cunard Transatlantic Crossings By Ship : The History and The Heritage

…eduled jet liner services started making the crossing faster and offered a new, modern and exciting alternative. By the mid 1960s, it was possible that crew out numbered passengers. Like other companies, Cunard was forced to scale back crossings. They withdrew both the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth from service in the mid 1960s. The Queen Elizabeth 2 entered service in 1969, and was the only liner that maintained a regular service, positioning it…

Caribbean Cruise / Cruise Ship / Cruise Tips And Advice / Journeys / Norwegian Fjords / transportation

Cruise Tips And Advice: Main Cruise Types and Destinations To Consider

…er of what I think are the best for people new to cruising, or looking for new cruise ideas: “Taster Cruise” These are a must if you are considering a cruise and unsure if cruising is for you. They are mostly to help ensure the cruise line is the right one for you. Cruise lines are so different in style, degree of formality and mix of passengers. It is really important to ensure you go on the right cruise line for your tastes. Unfortunately, becau…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / Journeys / Queen Mary 2 / Transatlantic Crossing / transportation

Transatlantic Crossings on Queen Mary 2 : All At Sea In The World Of Enlightenment (Lectures and learning on-board).

…for example on this Crossing I learnt about the history of skyscrapers in New York split by time period. To illustrate how diverse the topics can be, on this Crossing are the following backgrounds of speakers and names: Chief White House Correspondent (Ken Walsh) True Crime Expert (Ian Brown) – spoke about the crime families like The Krays. Historian and Travel Writer (Ted Scull) – spoke about Cunard history and Cunard Queens. Art Historian (Seth…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / Queen Mary 2 / transportation

Cruising With a Norovirus Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak On-Board Queen Mary 2.

…mes or events. Then all such cocktail parties were cancelled, although the New Year Celebrations did take place. People were asked not to shake hands at midnight though. Crew are constantly cleaning all the bannisters, desk rails and anything that are touched all the time. It has created a vast amount of extra work for the crew. Their Christmas and New Year parties were cancelled or scaled back as a result too. You are asked to wipe all gym equipm…

Accomodation

Vhip Hotels, COMO Hotels and the Met Bar London

…to them they seem to be used by people to get ideas and inspiration about new places to go as much as where to stay. They are very well traveled and we spent a lot of time sharing travel stories and getting tips! It sounds like they end up becoming very attached to their clients, with a lot if repeat use by travellers looking for someone to inspire and send them and their families off on new adventures. COMO hotels was started by a (very) rich Si…

Virgin

Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Review. Still Special?

…have flown the service again to New York, thought it was time to take some new photos and write a fresh and new review. This is it. Airlines are struggling. This is especially true on the London Heathrow – New York route which has been getting even more competitive over the last few years, as the old arrangement of only allowing 2 UK and 2 USA airlines to work the route was scrapped. The rapid increase in the cost of fuel, and the global downturn,…