One of the worldwide car rental companies, Europcar, is launching a new website specifically linked with their partners at Accor Hotels. The new service is similar to what some airlines offer where you can book a flight and car rental all in one easy to navigate website. Customers of Accor Hotels can now book their [...]

Staff on the Victoria Line are ready to stage a 24-hour walkout on 5th October, over an ongoing dispute with management about workloads. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will voice their displeasure when they down tools at 21:30 in an industrial action that will cause travel misery for thousands of commuters. [...]

A new survey is suggesting to the British public that if they want a true-value f0r-money break in the near future they should head to Eastern Europe. Countries like Poland, Bulgaria and Hungary are topping the list for cheap holidays. The survey by Tesco Travel Money found that a typical week’s holiday in Sofia, the [...]

According to reports, Nokia has bought Dopplr, the social travel website based in the UK for a sum believed to be around €14.5m. Reports are yet to be confirmed by either party but the Silicon Valley blog Techcrunch believes that the latest acquisition of a dotcom business by the world’s largest mobile phone maker has [...]

Many air travellers assume that there will be long and time consuming queues while they wait at the check-in line, and it is a common sight around airports throughout the UK. However, passengers flying with Jet2 last Saturday were in for a pleasant surprise, when the boss of the company arrived on the scene and [...]

A major car hire firm in Tulsa has claimed that there are almost 13 per cent fewer hire cars available than there was one year ago. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. claim that rental cars are in short supply and it is common for visitors to not be able to hire a car on arriving [...]

A host of airlines the world over have all been looking at ways they can increase their revenues. Most have taken the easy route and have added charges for services that used to be free or increased previous charges like that for checking-in luggage. However, a few of the more innovative airlines have been looking [...]

Michael O’Sullivan and Ilana James got married last November after meeting while working together in Welwyn Garden City. The couple did not want the traditional honeymoon and instead saved up to go on a backpacking holiday. After stops in India, Malaysia and Thailand they headed into Laos and for the Nam Xong River. One of [...]

In the first half of 2009, the price of hotel rooms fell by 17 per cent according to a new survey conducted by Hotels.com, Hotel Price Index. All over the world prices have been slashed in a bid to tempt people to enjoy a holiday even though a worldwide recession is hitting many hard. Dubai [...]

Complaints rolled in since YouTube showed a video aimed at promoting Denmark as a tourist destination as it was deemed too promiscuous. YouTube has now removed the ‘offensive’ video that showed a young lady with blonde hair looking for the man who had fathered her child during a holiday the previous year. The video was [...]