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THE 10 MOST WATCHED VIDEOS I HAVE POSTED ON YOUTUBE

crowne plaza / Las Vegas / New York / Rovos / South Africa / victoria falls / youtube

THE 10 MOST WATCHED VIDEOS I HAVE POSTED ON YOUTUBE

…as Vegas Stratosphere Big Shot Las Vegas Bellagio Fountains Las Vegas Bellagio Hotel Room Victoria Falls Bridge Bungee Jump Universal Studios: Backdraft Rovos Rail Train: South Africa Universal Studios: Jaws Crowne Plaza New York: Hotel Room Don’t miss any new postings. Subscribe Find and follow Tips for Travellers on: – Facebook – YouTube – Twitter – Audio Podcast on iTunes – Video Podcast on iTunes – iPhone App on iTunes – eMail Gary Bembridge…

British Airways Customer Service

Airlines / British Airways / heathrow / Tips for Travellers / travel

British Airways Customer Service

…ologize for an issue I had on the flight I did from London Heathrow to New York Newark. The new video on demand system, which I believe is causing some problems generally, was not working at my seat. This problem also affected the person next to me and the 2 seats behind me. This meant there was no entertainment for the 7.5 hour flight. The crew were friendly and gave me a form to fill in. Instead of handing it in I posted it when I got back. I go…

Barbados Restaurants: Which are the best ones?

Barbados / restaurants / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel

Barbados Restaurants: Which are the best ones?

…g villas rather than a hotel. You will find yourself paying London and New York type prices when you go out, even for some of the fairly straight-forward options. In St. Lawrence Gap there are some more reasonably priced places to eat, but generally things are expensive. The choice and number of restaurants show though, that the tourists that visit the island have the desire and funds to support them. Using a pun, they have the appetite for it. Th…

Update on Virgin Atlantic poor service after VS18 fiasco

Virgin Atlantic

Update on Virgin Atlantic poor service after VS18 fiasco

…able. We arranged hotel rooms in New Jersey as there weren’t enough in the New York area, and five coaches to take everyone there. A combination of bad weather and confusion over the correct route meant that this was a verylong journey too. We accept that this wasn’t handled very well and we took this up with the bus company before they returned on Saturday 17 February to collect everyone again.Although Virgin Atlantic staff were sent to the hotel…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / MSC / MSC Preziosa / Queen Mary 2 / transportation

Queen Mary 2 Queens Grill Versus MSC Preziosa Yacht Club

…avels. We were both on the Christmas and New Year Queen Mary 2 cruise from New York to the Caribbean. He and his family are long time fans of Cunard and the Queens Grill offer. As I am too – as regular readers of the blog will know. He was intrigued by how positive I was about my experience on the MSC Preziosa when I was invited to travel in their premium MSC Cruises Yacht Club suites and area for the maiden voyage. He was so intrigued that he ask…

Cruise Ship / Norwegian / transportation

4 things you need to know before cruising on Norwegian Epic

…cuisines including French, Japanese, Chinese, Italian and even traditional New York steakhouse. Over 20 bars that range from martini bars, Irish pubs, beer and whiskey focused bars and even an Ice Bar. They have no strict dress codes and no matter how informal or formal you like to dress there is a place on board to do that. Who does it best suit? If you are the sort of traveller that likes to tailor and personalise your travel experience, or want…

Cruise Ship / Norwegian / transportation

11 essential tips on how to get the most out of cruising on Norwegian Epic

…to the region they are focused on. There is everything from Japanese, New York Steakhouse, Irish Pub Grill, Chinese and South American. (8) Try something unusual that you would not normally do at home, and see if you find something new you really do like! Try the entertaining Teppanyaki where the chef performs while cooking your meal in front of you, the Ice Bar, Cirque Dreams and Dinner, water slides, bowling or go and see one of the production…

Holland America

My 11 essential Holland America Tips and Tricks for Cruisers

…gital Workshop with Windows Explorations Cafe, Cyber cafe and library with New York Times. You can view the paper and website for free on the computers in the cyber cafe. Culinary Arts Center with Food and Wine magazine, with regular free cooking demonstrations. “Dancing with the Stars”, in association with the popular TV dance competition there will be lessons on dances from the show and a competition that runs through most cruises to find the da…

Panama Canal

Cunard

Cunard World Cruise Week 3 Highlights (Aruba to Guatemala via Panama Canal)

…les between the two oceans, reduced the distance ships had to sail between New York and Los Angeles by 8,000 miles. Cutting the journey by 20 days passing around the hazardous tip of South America. It opened in 1914, but not before much loss of life and financial and political intrigue. There was a disastrous attempt by the French in the 1880s led by the man that had delivered the Suez Canal (Ferdinand de Lessops). This caused the death of 20,000…

Eurostar comments on my review of the new lounge

Eurostar / London / Top Tips / travel

Eurostar comments on my review of the new lounge

…on your experiences of the Eurostar business lounge. I’m glad you like the new upper level. We have one more element of the lounge to open which should address your two concerns (about the narrow stairs and the signage for the upper level). From next week we will open a new spiral staircase which will be the main route to the upper level. It will be quite a spectacular design ‘feature’ in the lounge and will be next to the entrance so it will also…

British Airways New Club Seats

Airlines / British Airways / Virgin Atlantic

British Airways New Club Seats

…was again upstairs in my favourite seat (63J), but on this plane were the new British Airways Club seats. The picture I took is not great but you can see the overall style. I really liked the new seats. The best features are: – more comfortable. They are more comfy for both sitting but also very much more for sleeping. – bigger and wider. This is partly achieved by the arm rests going down to level with the flat bed and so you have more room arou…