Travelling Light? Holidaymakers spend more on luggage than on the holiday!

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The average British holidaymaker manages to stuff approx. £3000 worth of clothes and toiletries into their suitcase when going on holiday, a new report has highlighted.  Research on 3000 holidaymakers by Sheila’s Wheels found that Brits cram their suitcases with luggage worth on average three times more than the holiday they have paid for! Travelling Light?  A distant dream it seems to [...]

Travel News: Travellers look for last minute holidays in the sun

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Consumers are rushing to book their last minute holidays in the wake of the Ash cloud crisis that brought the travel industry to a standstill earlier this month, says holidayholiday.co.uk With the ban on air travel lifted, many holidaymakers have now resumed searching for deals on  last minute holidays, hoping to get a cheap deal [...]

UK Airport closures: Icelandic volcano update

UPDATE 12.59 22nd April 2010 : No doubt if you’ve been following our regular up to the minute updates on our twitter page or facebook then you’ll know by now that UK airspace has been opened and at the moment remains open.  Flights schedules are slowly returning to normal in the UK, although there are still [...]

Holidays to Madeira still operating

Holiday companies are running normal services to the island of Madeira following the mudslides over the weekend that caused devastation to parts of the island killing 42 people.  Tourists on the island have also been told they can go out again after previously being told to stay inside. Heavy rains hit the island at the weekend causing [...]

Pacific Ocean – Tsunami

A series of earthquakes have killed at least 65 people in Samoa and American Samoa, Pacific Ocean and it’s estimated another 145 have been injured. It has been reported that 5 tsunami waves, created by an earthquake under the sea, hit the coast of Samoa and American Samoa this morning (30th September 6.48 local time). [...]

Quick Page Loading is Key Factor for Consumer Online

A new study, published by Akami, has found that quick page loading is key to a consumer’s experience of a website online. ‘Tell us something we didn’t know’ I hear you say. New Research just out suggests that although many consumers and travel sites alike would agree with this statement, the recent findings of this [...]

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