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How not to argue when driving a hire car abroad
2008-05-12 02:00:00 Easycar.com have done some research into the causes of arguments between British couples when driving a hire car abroad. My ears pricked up at this as my husband and I will be hiring a car to explore off the beaten track in southern Tuscany and Umbria at the end of this month. It doesn’t exactly portent well with more than a third of couples arguing when driving abroad (I’m actually surprised it isn’t higher) with poor map reading skills being the most likely cause of the argument. by finnur I had to laugh at some of the tips in the article such as ask locals for direction, which should have the addition of “assuming that the locals can speak English well and are good at giving directions”. Another gem of wisdom was to play music that you both like (assuming that you both like the same music) as you’re unlikely to argue when your favourite tune is playing (would you like to bet on that?). What are your tips for avoiding arguments when driving abr... More About: Hire , Driving , Argue
England takes Europe a la Carte?s advice
2008-05-07 16:57:00 This post is brought to you by Europe a la Carte, adviser to English Tourism. England have taken Europe a la Carte’s advice and jazzed up the border crossing into England on the A1. Entry to England was very low key with a tiny sign and no flags compared to the Scottish side which has ... More About: Advice
Find hotels in Italy for 70 euros a night
2008-05-06 09:47:00 We”re flying to Pisa for a seven night trip to Tuscany and Umbria the last week in May 2008. I want to stay at comfortable accommodation and pay an average of 70 euros, around £55 sterling or 108 US dollars for an ensuite double room including breakfast. The idea of our trip is to ... More About: Hotels , Italy , Accommodation , Night , Find
Europe Travel Blog Carnival 5 May 2008
2008-05-05 10:27:00 Welcome to the third Europe travel blog carnival! I think that the Carnival is going really well due to the number of quality submissions I’m receiving. I do believe that I’m fulfilling my aim of publishing a quality blog carnival which is a coherent presentation of informative and entertaining blog posts for readers who love ... More About: Travel , Blog , Blog Carnival
Find your perfect cafe in Scotland and win a short break
2008-05-02 20:12:00 by ccgd Visit Scotland have a great site called “Cafe Days” enabling you to find your perfect cafe. The featured cafes are independent cafes, often struggling to survive with the every expanding empires of the likes of Costa Coffee (which I refer to as Costalota) and Starbucks. You can search for cafes on a regional map, when ... More About: Break , Find , Competitions , Perfect
No place for good advice on web
2008-05-01 15:22:00 I saw a well known travel site asking for submissions on travel in Europe on a budget of around $100 a day per person so I pitched an article I’d written for my travel site giving advice and a costing breakdown for a stay in Edinburgh on a daily budget of £50 sterling ... More About: Advice , Place , Good
Riding the Bounds, Berwick upon Tweed, Scengland
2008-05-01 14:31:00 Every year on May 1 the “Riding of the Bounds ” takes place in Berwick upon Tweed . In 1438 Berwick became part of England after changing hands between England and Scotland several times. Berwick lies 3 miles from the Scottish border and I call the area Scengland. The “Riding of the Bounds” was initiated to ... More About: Culture
Travel off the Cuff - a social news site for travel
2008-04-28 20:54:00 I’ve often thought it would be great to have a social news site solely for travel and here it is Travel off the Cuff. On a social news network like Digg or Stumbleupon readers can submit articles that they like and members of the social news site can vote on the articles that they like. ... More About: News , Social , Blogs , Site
Eurolanders urged to get off the beaten track in ?Bargain Britain?
2008-04-28 12:53:00 There’s an increase of visitors from European countries where the Euro is the currency as sterling drops in value against the Euro. While I suspect that London may receive a high proportion of the visitors, I’d urge would be bargain hunters to look at other less obvious destinations. Not only will you see ... More About: Britain , Bargain , Track
Is writing for Wandalust paying off?
2008-04-28 11:06:00 I’ve been the editor of the Wandalust UK travel blog for around one month now. I have to say it seems a lot longer. In an earlier post I reasoned that, “writing for another travel related blog would be a good way to enhance my profile and reputation and increase visitor numbers to ... More About: Writing
My favourite castles in Scotland
2008-04-27 12:44:00 It’s pretty hard to come up with my favourite castles in Scotland as there are so many from which to choose. Sometimes it’s the location of the castle that’s the attraction as opposed to the interior of the castle. However as I like getting off the beaten track my choice of castles reflects this. Tantallon Castle, ... More About: England , Culture , Architecture , Air Travel
CompulsiveTraveler.tv European video contest
2008-04-26 15:56:00 If you fancy yourself as a budding cinematographer here’s your opportunity to showcase your work and win a holiday to the European destination of your choice in the “My favourite European video contest“. The contest is only open to US residents aged 18 of over with a closing date of 1 October 2008. ... More About: Video , Contest , Competitions
3 steps to marketing your travel business
2008-04-25 14:41:00 Everyone wants to know how to effectively market their travel business. It’s a competitive environment out there in the world of online travel and you need these travellers to find and purchase your travel product or service rather than your competitors As the owner of a web based travel business Europe a ... More About: Marketing , Business , Travel , Steps
Travel Rants wins Best UK Travel Blog in Travolution 2008 Awards
2008-04-25 10:39:00 Travel Rants has been award Best UK Travel Blog in the Travolution Awards 2008. It’s a well deserved accolade for Travel Rants editor, Darren Cronian. Travel Rants is the UK’s only independent travel consumer blog. There are a multitude of concerns for UK travel consumers with recent posts about airlines thinking of charging extra ... More About: Travel , Blogs
So what do readers want from a travel blog?
2008-04-24 13:10:00 I was hoping to gain some insight into “What readers want from a travel blog?” from last night live blog. However although the live blog was a really interesting and informative discussion between travel bloggers, there was no input from travel blog readers. Maybe the event didn’t get enough publicity. There were 20 viewers at ... More About: Travel , Readers , Blogs , Blog
You?re invited to today?s live blog at 8pm BST ?What readers want from a tr
2008-04-23 12:16:00 You’re invited to tonight’s live blog featuring 5 travel blogger panelists discussing “What readers want from a travel blog”. You just need to come to this post at 8pm British Summer Time, which is one hour in advance of Greenwich Mean Time (here’s a link to check the time in your time zone). The ... More About: Readers , Blogs , Blog , Today , Live
Restaurant review - Red Fort Indian restaurant Edinburgh
2008-04-22 14:33:00 The Red Fort Indian restaurant is in Drummond Street, tel 0131 558 8014, a few minutes walk from Princes Street and the Royal Mile, close to the Festival Theatre and the National Museum in Chambers Street. The restaurant offers a buffet lunch for only £5.95 every day of the week from 12noon to 3pm. ... More About: Restaurants , Restaurant , Edinburgh , Review
Invasion of Scotland by Swedish golfers
2008-04-22 12:11:00 The number of Swedish visitors to Scotland is rising and Swedes now account for 10% of visitors to Scotland. One of the biggest draws for the Swedes is the ability to play on Scottish golf courses during Winter as many Swedish courses shut down for the Winter. Several low cost airlines fly between Sweden ... More About: Invasion
Everyday agony & ecstasy of a non techie Scot running a travel website & bl
2008-04-21 11:24:00 If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like running your own web based business, you can read my everyday agonies and ecstasies running my travel website and blog on Twiiter. Share in my daily frustrations with IT, my joy when I get publicity or positive feedback. Have a laugh with me when things go array, ... More About: Travel , Running , Website , Small Business , Techie
Panelists confirmed for live blog on ?What do readers want from a travel bl
2008-04-18 16:12:00 Here are details of the confirmed panelists for the live blog on the topic of “What readers want from travel blog” due to kick off at 20:00 British Summer Time on Wednesday 23 May 2008. I’ve listed the panelist in alphabetical order of their first names. I asked the panelists to email my their own introduction. David ... More About: Travel , Readers , Blogs , Blog , Live
Wilton Lodge Park and Museum, Hawick, Scottish Borders
2008-04-18 14:37:00 I really enjoyed my visit to the Wilton Lodge Park and Museum in Hawick in the Scottish Borders yesterday. Wilton Lodge, set in 107 acres of grounds was built by the Pringle family in 1859. The Lodge become the home of Hawick Museum in 1910. The War Memorial at the side of Wilton Lodge Motor cycle ... More About: England , Culture , Scotland , Air Travel
Accommodation bathroom cleanliness is crucial
2008-04-18 14:31:00 by markus941 How important is the cleanliness of the bathroom at your accommodation? For me it’s crucial? I just don’t feel comfortable in an establishment that doesn’t have clean bathrooms. What a contrast I’ve experienced in standards of cleanliness in bathrooms in accommodation over a couple of days. On Sunday night I stayed at the Metro Inn ... More About: Bathroom , Accommodation , Cleanliness
Guest interview - Wendy Shand of Tots to Travel
2008-04-18 12:34:00 When I read about a company called Tots to Travel I thought it sounded a really good idea to have a selection of accommodation chosen for families with young kids and asked the founder Wendy Shand to do a guest interview. 1 What is the aim of your business? The central aim of Tots to ... More About: Interview , Accommodation , Guest
Is annual car hire excess insurance a good buy?
2008-04-15 14:20:00 I’m always trying to point out the potential pitfalls of car hire because it is complicated to come up with best all round car hire deal. You should never purchase car hire on price alone, you really just examine all aspects of the car rental agreement. If I hire a car abroad once a year ... More About: Hire , Insurance , Car hire , Good , Annual
Review of Metro Inn Falkirk
2008-04-15 12:02:00 Good - Low price of £25 for a room which sleeps up to three adults. Ability to get low rate even with late booking. Convenient location, just off M9 with plenty free parking. Bad - Dirty shared bathroom facilities and no tea and coffee making facilities in room. Room very basic with very thin mattress and ... More About: Scotland , Review , Accommodation , Metro
What do readers want from a travel blog? Live blog Wednesday 23 April 2008
2008-04-14 03:15:00 As I write for two travel blogs, Europe a la Carte and Wandalust, writing posts which appeal to readers is crucial to me. To attempt to answer “what makes you read a travel blog“, I’ll be hosting a live blog on Wednesday 23 April at 20:00 British Summer Time. There will be a panel ... More About: Travel , Readers , Blogs , Blog
Tantallon Castle. East Lothian, Scotland
2008-04-12 20:17:00 View to Bass Rock from Tantallon Castle Tantallon Castle lies 3 miles east of North Berwick in East Lothian. The Castle was built in the 14th century as a fortress. For me the best thing about is it’s dramatic location on the coast opposite the Bass Rock. Tantallon Castle You can climb up the even stone spiral ... More About: Culture , Scotland , Architecture
Does Alltop sound the death knell for blog subscription or an end to being
2008-04-10 10:37:00 I recently blogged about Travel Alltop and how I think it’s great to have the most recent post headlines of the leading travel blogs on a single site. This set me thinking that there’s now no need to subscribe to blogs on your favourite topics if you can just skim down the topic page ... More About: Technology , Blogs , Blog , Sound , Death
Kango to Uptake - How important is your travel buisness name?
2008-04-10 09:35:00 I received an email this morning from Kango informing me that they are changing their name to Uptake. The new name is deemed to be more relevant to the business’ aim of gathering, organising and delivering the collective travel wisdom from the internet. It’s a big step to change your name and I’m sure that ... More About: Travel , Small Business , Take , Buisness
Property Snake could poison your travel plans
More articles from this author:2008-04-09 11:49:00 On the day when the predicted house price crash appears to be materialising in the UK with house prices dropping 2.5% in March 2008, Channel 4 Television screens their new series of Property Ladder, along the lines “How to make a quick buck in the housing market”. Property Ladder I thought more like Property Snake , where ... More About: Travel , Plans , Poison 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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