Monthly Archives: January 2010
Northern Lights, cheap(er) beer, no McDonalds! Mum’s gone to Iceland …
First the serious stuff. Iceland devalued its currency (the krona) about 14 months ago, following the financial crisis. This has helped the country as far as tourism is concerned as it has meant the price of everything has moved from expensive to affordable. In answer to the all important question … Read more
The death of the high street bookshop – what does it mean for the travel industry?
The idea for this post came from a recent trip to our local town centre in Kingston upon Thames to buy a book. Until recently there was both a Borders and a Waterstones. Unfortunately Borders closed back in December soon after the Borders chain went into administration. My recent sortie … Read more
Wouldn’t it be Nice (the Nice Carnival that is!)
The 2010 Nice Carnival (Carnaval de Nice), in the South of France, is one of the largest carnivals in the world, running from 12th to 28th February. Processions take place day and night with up to 20 floats telling the story of this year’s carnival theme, the “Blue Planet”. The … Read more
Football and rugby stars head to Tenerife
The recent spell of freezing weather in the UK has left a number of professional sports teams in something of a quandary. How do they keep their elite, highly paid athletes in top physical condition with training facilities buried under inches of ice and snow? In the case of the … Read more
Car hire shortage – don’t get caught out in 2010
Last summer saw many visitors to Spain, Portugal and the rest of Europe affected by a shortage of rental cars. The recession meant car-hire fleets were allowed to contract, meaning less cars were available for peak periods. Car-hire companies either totally ran out of cars, or the shortage meant that … Read more
The ultimate lock in? The UK’s 12 highest pubs
You may have read the story of the 60 New Years Eve visitors to the Tan Hill Inn, England’s highest pub, in the Yorkshire Dales. They were “forced to drink beer and play cards for three days” after the pub was snowed in. Must have been awful for them. With … Read more
Hotels with the X Factor – your favourite hotels in 2009
Our customer hotel reviews continued to pour in thick and fast during 2009. We now have over 165,000 on the site with hundreds more being added every day. We really believe our (or should we say your) independent hotel reviews are the best on the net – you can only … Read more