Archive for
July, 2010
July 30th, 2010
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Bit of a strange one here – checking you’ve got the right car hire. You know in your head which one you’ve selected online. You’ve possibly even imagined yourself behind the wheel, but you’d be amazed at how many people get to the pick–up desk and find all of [...]
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July 29th, 2010
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This question comes from a customer called Jonathan. He says:
Hi Fiona
I’m planning on renting a car in LAX this September and taking a road trip around America’s west coast. I’ve been hearing various things about the difference between insurance policies for Europe and the US. Can you please clarify the difference? Is there a [...]
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July 28th, 2010
Doubts have a funny way of creeping into trip planning. After all, it’s only natural that you should have some niggling concerns before you hit uncharted territory. Whether you’re plagued by fears over safety, money, homesickness – volcanic ash even, the following inspirational travel quotes should help re-ignite your wanderlust…
“The world is a book and [...]
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July 27th, 2010
There are some places in Ireland that you’d never see with a tour bus. Ireland’s “magic roads” are a case in point. Without Ireland car hire, you’d certainly never get to experience the phenomenon of rolling up hill. Yep, you read that correctly, that’s rolling UP hill.
Only in Ireland!
So What Happens?
You drive to the bottom [...]
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July 26th, 2010
When you’re driving home from work or you’re renting a car, on your way to a match, do you ever find yourself so engrossed in the drama on the pitch that you find yourself shouting at the radio?
What if I said you shouldn’t be listening to the radio at all? You’d probably tell me to [...]
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July 23rd, 2010
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UK cities Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow are fast catching up on London and Edinburgh when it comes to popularity in the city break stakes.
What were once dank reminders of the industrial revolution are now wearing a new ‘hip and fashionable’ crown according to VisitBritain’s latest survey.
Even though London and Edinburgh are still considered [...]
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July 22nd, 2010
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Alicante car hire offers tourists the chance to make the most of the Valencia region’s second largest town. The town is so much more than a gateway to the Costa Blanca. Over the past few years, Alicante has been given a new lease of life through local regeneration projects.
Alicante is now renowned for [...]
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July 21st, 2010
Guest blogger Isabel Clift wants you to leave your London car hire at your hotel for the day and laze away a sunny afternoon in one of London’s top outdoor terraces.
It seems the whole of London legs it outside when the sun shines – so where’s the best place to go to enjoy a balmy evening outside? [...]
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July 20th, 2010
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Keep your eye on airline websites if you’re picking up car hire in France this week. A planned strike by air traffic controllers in France this evening is set to disrupt flights in and out of France.
The country’s civil aviation authority has asked airlines to cancel 20 per cent of flights on Wednesday at Charles [...]
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July 19th, 2010
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Tree huggers unite! Paper boarding passes are on their way out. In just a short time from now, passengers will be using their mobile phones to board an aircraft, with the device being read by a scanner at the departure gate.
The new system means passengers will no longer have to go rooting through [...]
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