Image via Wikipedia Who knew it was so hard to drive a US rental car into Canada? Guess what? Right now it is ILLEGAL. Really? Yep. Under current regulations, Canadian residents entering Canada in non-Canadian vehicles (such as rented vehicles registered in the US) do not meet the conditions for the temporary importation of non-Canadian [...]

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Image by Old Shoe Woman via Flickr Today our question of the week comes from a customer called Samuel. Samuel says: “My brother is 74 and coming to visit me in Spain.  Would he be able to hire a car? Thanks Samuel Fiona says: Hi Samuel Thanks for your question.  This is a tricky one, [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Just when you thought budget airlines couldn’t get any worse, welcome to SUB-ECONOMY class. Yes, indeedy. If aircraft interior designers have their way, skint passengers may soon be taking their seats on the SkyRider, a new type of passenger seat that is closer to a horse saddle than an armchair. The new [...]

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Image by Mikelo via Flickr The Constitutional Court in Barcelona effectively told Ryanair to put a sock in it this week when they banned the airline from describing travel website Atrapalo as “bastards”. Although no longer permitted to use this particular term of endearment, the court ruled that it’s still ok for the airline to [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Imagine the EU has just drafted a new carbon-neutral bill. Air-conditioning is going to be phased out in the next couple of years. From this (hypothetical) day forward, the only means of controlling the heat in your car will be to crack a window.  What would you do?? Driving in Ireland, where there’s [...]

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Image via Wikipedia From today, passengers travelling under the visa-waiver agreement will be forced to fork out $14 (£9) for their online ESTA form to gain access to the United States. The Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA) has been part and parcel of US travel for some time.  It became a mandatory travel document in [...]

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Image via Wikipedia London commuters have every right to be extra grumpy this morning.  Their underground network is a mess, following 24-hour strikes that have shut down some lines and caused severe disruption to others. The strikes by members of the RMT and TSSA unions failed to bring the system to a complete halt however. Nice to [...]

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It’s Monday. It’s raining. Michael O’ Leary is still sulking in the corner of Belfast airport, stopping periodically to play around with pilots and flight attendants like they’re action figures,
“Let’s take out the second pilot. Let the bloody computer fly it.”
…and what if he falls ill?
“If the pilot has an emergency, he calls her [...]

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Sun destinations – school kids = the return of cheap holidays!
See, September isn’t all bad.  In fact, if you’re planning a trip to the Med and you’re in need of Cyprus Car Hire or Malaga car hire, your luck is definitely in…
Argus Car Hire is having a sale for the WHOLE [...]

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Ryanair doesn’t like violins.  I can’t seem to work out why…
Are they too posh?
Does their sad music clash with Ryanair’s cheap and tacky interiors?
Would they prefer a banjo or are they prejudiced against anything musical?
Do they needlessly take up the space of a paying ticket holder?
Bingo.
Last week, the Incorported Society of Musicians stood up [...]

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