Category: Travel

‘Capture 380’ competition extended by popular demand

2016-01-10 11:29:51

‘Capture 380’ competition extended by popular demand Emirates, in collaboration with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature will be extending the deadline and age limit for its popular competition focused on photography and creative writing, ‘Capture 380’. Participants will have a chance to win four tickets to one of Emirates’ 36 A380 destinations of their choice. The competition’s new closing date for entries will now be 10 February 2016. The competition will also now be open to UAE Nationals and...Read more

100 million flights on Ryanair

FIRST AIRLINE TO CARRY OVER 100M INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS IN ONE YEAR DEC TRAFFIC GROWS 25% TO 7.5M CUSTOMERS Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today (7 Jan) released December traffic statistics as follows: Traffic grew 25% to 7.5m customers. Load factor rose 3% points to 91%. Rolling annual traffic to Dec grew 17% to 101.4m customers. Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said: “On the back of lower fares in December (following the terrorist events in Paris and Brussels), Ryanair’s monthly traffic grew by 25%...Read more

Holiday Extras

2015-11-25 09:29:55

Hello, If you're booking your holiday and want to arrange the parking or insurance please follow the suitcase links below to take you to what we feel are some of the best offers available. In fact if you manage to secure a great rate on the parking why not treat yourself to the luxury of an airport lounge? Holiday Extras (below) even offer a price guarantee on the airport lounge (T's &C's apply) Bon Voyage

Parking for the airport, hospital, theatre, town centres and sports events.

2015-11-24 13:37:45

Parking for the airport, hospital, theatre, town centres and sports events- try Just Park What is JustPark? JustPark is Europe's leading provider of pre-bookable parking. The idea is simple: they connect drivers in search of parking with anyone who has a space going spare, whether in a car park, private driveway, church, school, or pub. Every car journey begins and ends with a parking space, the JustPark platform lets you browse, book and pay for a space that suits you...Read more

House sitting-home or away?

Why do we love house sitters? Many homes don’t like being left empty-sounds odd but the moment you turn off the heater, boiler etc the home decides to play-up? In the summer months often we find our trip to sunnier climes coincidentally coincides with a two week drought and we return to a sub Saharan rose bed. Another huge driving factor is of course security; just knowing your neighbour is ‘keeping an eye out’ is not enough for many homeowners,...Read more

Airport parking plus why not add access to the airport lounge?

2015-11-17 13:01:21

Hello, If you're booking your holiday and want to arrange the parking, please follow the suitcase links below to take you to what we feel are some of the best offers available. In fact if you manage to secure a great rate on the parking why not treat yourself to the luxury of an airport lounge? Holiday Extras (below) even offer a price guarantee on the airport lounge (T's &C's apply) Bon Voyage

Over 50s out of the country this Christmas

Over 50s out of the country this Christmas A large amount of us over fifties are deciding to spend this Christmas abroad, with 71% of festive vacation-goers over the age of 51, new data from UK travel retailer Holiday Hypermarket has revealed. In an analysis of bookings for Christmas 2016, the company found that 81% of these travellers were couples – meaning that the vast majority were holidaying without their families. Meanwhile, the top holiday destination of choice is Tenerife...Read more

easyJet Celebrates Its 20th Birthday With Special Aircraft Livery And Unveiling Of Futuristic Uniforms

2015-11-14 17:21:34

easyJet Celebrates Its 20th Birthday With Special Aircraft Livery And Unveiling Of Futuristic Uniforms easyJet is celebrating twenty years of flying. On 10 November 1995 easyJet’s first ever flight took off from Luton to Glasgow. Twenty years on, the airline flies over 68 million passengers to 137 airports in 31 countries and operates 788 routes across Europe. Captain Fred Rivett was at the controls of that first flight which was EZY121 operated by a Boeing 737-200. Lisa Burger (now easyJet’s...Read more