Category: Travel & Holidays
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Friday, August 30, 2019
Manchester Airport Terminal 1 Arrivals Car Park Exit Chaos / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: N_Walayat
Here's what to expect if your driving to pick someone up from Manchester Airport Terminal 1 Arrivals car park. As your likely to have to take your estimated timings for a quick pickup with a pinch of salt as the arrivals car park can soon get jammed with disembarking passengers all attempting to leave at the same time! The ticket machines near the exit barriers with a long queues to pay leads to frustrated drivers pressing their horns fearing that they will get hit with a penalty for not exiting in time. Watch the video so your not caught by surprise.
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Monday, August 26, 2019
FREE Parking at Lands End Cornwall! How to Avoid Car Park Charge / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: N_Walayat
If your going on holidaying in Cornwall or Devon then probably at the top of your must do list is a visit to Lands End, situated right on the very westerly tip of England. However parking at the landmark carry's a hefty £6 parking charge which in my opinion can be easily avoided as this video demonstrates the various spots on the drive down to Lands End where one can park for FREE! And these were spotted on a busy, sunny August day. So watch the video before you set off so you know where to park before the double yellow lines kick in.
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Friday, August 23, 2019
Manchester Airport FREE Drop Off Area Service at JetParks 1 - Video / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: HGR
Here's how to avoid paying Manchester Airports high drop off fees of as much as £25! By using Manchester Airports free drop off service at Jetparks 1 situated on Thorley Lane where you have 60 minutes of free parking on whether just want to quickly to drop off passengers or accompany them on the free shuttle bus to the terminal and back.
Here's exactly what to expect in terms of ease of parking and frequency of the free shuttle bus so you will know whether to risk it or not, or play safe and drop off at the airport where it costs £4 for under 10 minutes and your risk is getting hit by a £25 charge if you take longer than 10 minutes to drop off passengers AND EXIT the terminal drop off area.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
London Under Attack! Victoria Embankment Gardens Statues and Monuments / Politics / Travel & Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
If your visiting London then your likely going to visit the Embankment gardens whether your aware of them or not, given that they are situated just next to the house of parliaments and surrounded by several prominent buildings such as New Scotland Yard.
Victoria Embankment Gardens are part of the chain of open spaces along Victoria Embankment opened in 1865. The compact park features various statues including that of John Stuart Mill, Lady Henry Somerset statue of girl with begging bowl, William Howard Forster statue, and a memorial to the poet Robert Burns amongst many others. Unfortunately as is the case for many statues, the are under permanent attack from pigeons! And tend to be covered in acidic pigeon poop as this video illustrates.
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Sunday, June 16, 2019
Fethiye Market Fruit, Veg, Spices and Turkish Delight Tourist Shopping / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
If your going to be holidaying in Turkey this year and are anywhere near the Dalaman / Fethiye area then you MUST visit the Fethiye Tuesday market! It is huge! Vibrant, bustling with variety, Turkish culture in action with plenty of bargains to be had if your upto the haggling challenge. It's a experience in its out right and its FREE, apart from the shopping. You get to see a side of the world that you don't usually see, full of tourists from all over the world of all types and ages, a true melting pot.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Best Travel Bags for Summer Holidays 2019, Back Sling packs, water proof, money belt, tactical / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: HGR
Here's a real world review of what are the best most useful bags for travel holidays 2019. We tested a wide range of bags from tactical bag packs sling shots, camera / gadget pouches, waterproof dry bags , money belts, document holders and more that conclude in what we found to be the most useful and what are not so useful to save you both time and money when considering which bags to to get for your next trip abroad.
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Thursday, February 28, 2019
The European Health Insurance Card: The Facts that Matter / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: Dylan_Moran
Good quality healthcare is still a huge issue being tackled by many countries around the world. But for residents in European Union member countries, quality healthcare is now made more accessible through the European Health Insurance Card. This card is granted to citizens either free of charge or at a reduced cost where card holders will get access to medical treatment in 31 EU and EEA countries during a temporary stay. The card replaced the E111 card after it was discontinued in 2005.
The EHIC, however, is taking the spotlight again but this time, due to concerns over its validity after the UK exits the EU. This means that the EHIC will only work for UK citizens until March 29, 2019. But while the decision whether EU health card holders from the UK can continue to use its privileges or not, let’s take a closer look at all the facts that matter when it comes to the European Health Insurance Card:
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Saturday, February 16, 2019
Olympus TG-5 Tough Camera Under SEA Water Test / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: HGR
The ultimate test for the Olympus TG-5 waterproof camera is if it survives being take into the sea. So lets see if the TG-5 survives being plunged under sea water in our latest TG-5 series of videos as we test to see if the camera lives up to its primary sales pitch of being waterproof.
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Thursday, January 31, 2019
Holiday Travel Warning - Test Your Digital Luggage Scales for Accuracy Before Travelling / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: HGR
Planning your summer holidays for 2019? We'll here's what you need to know about cheap digital luggage scales that can be bought from the likes of Amazon for £10 or less, as we see how accurate and consistent typical digital luggage scales tend to be by using a variety of weight lifting plates to test a number of digital luggage scales.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Turk Telecom Turkey Holiday Resorts and Hotels Wifi Speed Test / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: HGR
FREE WIFI is what virtually every decent hotel and holiday resort in Turkey offers but the quality of service varies greatly, for instance some wifi services only work in the reception area and not in any of the rooms. so for those planning a trip to the Dalaman / Fethiye area of Turkey during 2019, this is a test of what to expect in terms of wifi service at a major resort such as Letoonia Club situated about 40 miles south of Dalaman and across the bay from the city of Fethiye. As we check out what broadband signal, download and upload speeds are like so you know if you need to make alternative roaming broadband arrangements before traveling.
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Saturday, January 19, 2019
Digital Luggage Scales Accuracy Tests - Top Tips for Holidays 2019 / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: HGR
Planning your summer holidays for 2019? We'll here's what you need to know about cheap digital luggage scales that can be bought from the likes of Amazon for £10 or less, as we see how accurate and consistent typical digital luggage scales tend to be by using a variety of weight lifting plates to test a number of digital luggage scales.
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Friday, January 18, 2019
Getting Stuffed in Turkey - Go for All Inclusive Hotel Holidays 2019 / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
Planning your holidays abroad for Summer 2019 and wondering whether to go all inclusive or not? We'll our experience is that it is definitely better to go for inclusive buffets if at a good hotel that offers good choice of dishes as it saves on money and a lot of time hunting for restaurants, waiting for the dishes to be cooked and then whether they live up to expectations as our experience of Letoonia Club and Hotel Resort's Lykia restaurant situated about 40 miles south of Dalaman and across the bay from the city of Fethiye illustrates.
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Sunday, January 13, 2019
Turkey Holidays 2019 - Checking In at Letoonia Club Hotel Resort Fethiye Dalaman / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
Planning a trip to the Dalaman / Fethiye area of Turkey during 2019? Well here's what it's like to arrive and check in at the popular Letoonia Club Hotel Resort, situated about 40 miles south of Dalaman and across the bay from the city of Fethiye. Check in followed by what to expect in terms of your first meal at the Mariner À la carte Restaurant.
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Thursday, January 03, 2019
Britain's Tortured Commuters Hit With Rail Fare Hikes / ConsumerWatch / Travel & Holidays
By: Adnaan_Walayat
Britain's tortured commuters have been hit with their annual new year rail fare price hikes of typically 3.2% as an automatic reward for the rail companies for delivering another year of anxiety inducing bad rail services, one of daily delays and cancellations with the rail companies ready with a string of worthless excuses as they play pass the parcel between themselves and network rail.
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Friday, December 21, 2018
Top Tips for Flying EasyJet Budget Airlines, Cabin Bags Check Rules... / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: HGR
Gatwick airport drone chaos aside, here are our top tips for making your flights with the budget airline EasyJet an easier and less stressful experience, covering baggage allowances, bag drop, hold luggage, and how likely are easyjet to enforce their baggage rules. Whether to book seats in advance or not, and if booked which area of the planes to sit in. What to do to board your plane with your cabin bags as they will likely get rough treatment if thrown into the hold.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Landing at Dalaman Airport Turkey, Flying EasyJet Airbus A320 / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
Thinking of spending a the Christmas Holidays in Turkey? Well here's what to expect when flying a budget airline such as EasyJet Landing at a Turkish airport such as at Dalaman, where the airport runway borders the beach so it's an over sea landing on what looks like a single air strip runway. The airport itself is small but looks like a fairly new build. So find out what it's like to land and exit your plain at Dalaman Airport.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Flying EasyJet - What to Expect - Manchester Airport to Dalaman, Turkey / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
Here's what to expect when flying the budget airline EasyJet, from Manchester Airport, including bag drop, check in, duty free, take off and then the 4 1/2 hours on board to our destination, Dalaman, Turkey, on board an Airbus A320, the mainstay of many budget airlines operating short to medium range routes such as Ryan Air and EasyJet.
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Friday, November 23, 2018
RedSpottedHanky.com Unreliable Train Travel Evouchers Bookings for Tesco Club Card Customers / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: N_Walayat
Unfortunately it's not just Britain's network rail services that are proving unreliable for Britain's long suffering train passengers, now even booking agents such as Red Spotted Hanky are letting down travelers, leaving them in the lurch for those who use their evouchers system such as Tesco Club Card customers, many of whom had come to rely on this service as a means of utilising their tesco club card points.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Rail Chaos Transpennine Express Cancels Services to Manchester Airport Whilst on the Train! / ConsumerWatch / Travel & Holidays
By: HGR
Strikes and power failures have become the norm for Britain's increasingly unreliable railway network as illustrated on a grand scale just yesterday when virtually the whole of the South East rail network being brought to a shuddering halt for over 6 hours for the second time in a month, leaving passengers scrambling once more for alternatives to reach their destinations on time, especially stressful for time critical appointments such as catching a flight.
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Monday, November 19, 2018
Getting Your Cabin Bags on Board Budget Airlines - EasyJet, Manchester Airport / ConsumerWatch / Travel & Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
Budget airlines such as Ryan Air and EasyJet have become notorious for hitting their passengers with extra baggage fees as they try to board their flights at the Gate. Worse still is for those passengers who are forced to have their cabin bags literally thrown into the aircrafts hold because we all know that baggage handlers could not careless about what happens to the contents of peoples bags, thus resulting damage or worse.
So here is our comprehensive guide of what you should do to ensure you get ALL of your cabin bags on board with your on your flight, as well as a few hold luggage tips as we managed to get 6 cabin bags onto full flights to and from Turkey from Manchester Airport on board easyjet planes.
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