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October, 2009
October 23rd, 2009
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Over at Travel Rants, Darren Cronian is letting off steam about why he thinks you shouldn’t rent a holiday home abroad. Obviously struggling, he came up with just five reasons. Only five? Is that all he could scrape together?
Well, I’ll see your 5 and raise you 10…reasons why it’s a good idea [...]
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October 23rd, 2009
This week were are going to get on the dance floor with some funky Disco! The roots of Disco come from African American Psychedelic clubs which catered for them as well as other communities in New York City and Philadelphia in the late 60′s and early 7…
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October 22nd, 2009
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Authorities in Switzerland are still scratching their heads in wonder at how an Italian driver managed to chalk up 15 traffic violations during an 11 minute rampage through eastern Switzerland.
Police were first alerted to the driver when his jeep raced past their unmarked car during a thunder storm on Sunday.
After driving almost every [...]
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October 22nd, 2009
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Hi Fiona
We’re heading to Disneyland Paris over the mid-term with our three children. We’ve arranged to rent a car from Paris CDG airport to take us there. We also hope to get around the city in our rental car. Although we’ve visited and rented cars in France many times, we’ve never actually driven [...]
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October 21st, 2009
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Don’t know if you’ve heard but London’s Gatwick Airport has a big FOR SALE sign on it.
BAA originally announced that it would sell Gatwick in September 2008, just before the end of the Competition Commission’s market investigation ended, but today it’s all official.
Airport authorities say that it will lead to increased competition between [...]
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October 21st, 2009
Now to this week’s question: Orlando is the perfect place for a family holiday, Disneyland, Universal Studios as well as being able to drive through Florida to see many other cities. Walt Disney is one of the most famous motion picture producers this w…
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October 21st, 2009
Do you love the thought of a new and exciting ?Holiday ideas’ then tour Venezuela and find out what this amazing country has to offer. Venezuela is a tropical country with a fascinating variety of landscapes, from the snow-capped peaks of the Andes to …
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October 20th, 2009
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I read with interest the story about how a panicked renter recently contacted the Daily Telegraph’s Travel Advice column with a serious problem. Last month, thieves broke into his holiday home in the south of France and not only did they steal the keys to his hire, but they also drove off [...]
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October 20th, 2009
In the latest instalment of our ‘Reviewer Reviewed’ series, this week we thought we’d turn our attentions to Review Centre.
Review Centre is a site that does exactly what it says on the tin – you’ll find it’s a talking shop for just about anything you can think of rating or indeed, slating.
So let’s start with [...]
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October 19th, 2009
According to Travel Weekly The Alps have seen heavy snowfall which predicts the start of a great ski season. The Pistes have already opened up to the public in Austria as a metre of snowfall fell on the glacier and snowstorms have been reported in Fran…
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