Everyone remembers them, the skimpy trunks that are normally favored by middle aged men. That is right, it’s the Speedo, and it’s making its way back to UK beaches. A new survey has indicated that the demand for this swimwear has soared among Brits. This is suggesting that holidaymakers could be exposed to a little [...]

Reports are suggesting that a lot of very desperate travel agents are currently slashing their prices on England World Cup packages by up to 65 percent. Some tour operators have sold so few tickets they will take just a few hundred England fans to South Africa next month. Thomas Cook has cut the prices on [...]

Apparently British Airways’ efforts to hold of the strike by way of an injunction has failed. Despite winning the injunction the first go around, the Unite union has just recently won an appeal on the matter. The ruling comes just after British Airways won an injunction on the grounds that the Unite union had not [...]

Reports now show that the car rental giant Sixt will be expanding its partnership with energy firm RWE. They will be offering customers in Germany the opportunity to rent electric cars. Ever since May 3, 2010, models of the Karabag 500 E, based of course on the popular Fiat 500 and the Micro Vett Fiorino [...]

It now appears that British Airways has just recently refused to give a car crash victim who was in intensive care a refund for his holiday. This is because he could not call them himself (due to the fact that he was in intensive care). Robert Bates, age 22, booked a trip to Orlando, Florida [...]

According to new reports, Hertz has now agreed to buy its smaller rival Dollar Thrifty for $1.2 billion in a deal that heralds other similar deals in the car hire industry. This plan will prove to strengthen Hertz’s share of the leisure market. The deal will give Hertz, which is the world’s largest car rental [...]

As many people all over the UK know, many flights out of the area have been grounded due to a volcanic ash cloud. However, as it turns out, planes are not the only thing being affected by this volcanic ash. Apparently holidaymakers with car hire bookings are unable to collect their rental cars at the [...]

There are some things in the world that should just be free. Many people feel that peeing should be one of those things. Well Ryanair and other budget airlines are starting to feel that maybe that should not be the case. This news comes as Ryanair announces its plans to charge passengers to use its [...]

Although the second phase of the strike is now over, British Airways tells its passengers that they are not out of the woods just yet. They went on and warned passengers to expect more cancellations for a few days as the cabin crew return to work following their four day strike. The airline went on [...]

Although the three day strike has already come to an end, British Airways has already had to canceled 43 more flights from Heathrow just yesterday. More than 100 inbound flights were also canceled, because the airline had no crew available to bring the aircraft back. Other Airports, including Manchester Airport, were also hit hard. This [...]