Travel Rants

Airlines transparent ‘administration fees’ are a joke

Darren Cronian — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:52:59 +0000

Earlier this morning I read on Europe a la Carte that EasyJet has ditched its free fee payment option for passengers using the Visa Electron card and now charges £9 administration fee for all debit cards payments. What has annoyed me though is that this move is supposedly to improve the transparency of surcharges for [...]

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Airlines transparent ‘administration fees’ are a joke

Air Passenger Duty to increase in April 2012

Darren Cronian — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:45:50 +0000

I am sat here wondering if the UK government gives a damn about tourism, or, do they even want the electorate to leave the country – frustration for travel consumers as we face more expensive holidays after the Chancellor announced that the Air Passenger Duty (APD) increase will go ahead as planned in April next [...]

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Air Passenger Duty to increase in April 2012

Advice for passengers affected by airport strikes

Darren Cronian — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:20:50 +0000

Quite a lot of buzz this morning about the announcement that airport operator, BAA have warned passengers of delays of up to 12 hours on flights coming into London Heathrow on Wednesday 30 November. This has meant a number of airlines have cancelled flights or reduced services. News on other UK airports I spent some [...]

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Advice for passengers affected by airport strikes

Thomas Cook financial troubles: don’t panic!

Darren Cronian — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:05:46 +0000

As expected today I received a flurry of emails from consumers worrying about their holiday or concerns about booking a holiday with Europe’s second biggest tour operator, Thomas Cook, who are reportedly asking banks for an extra £100m to add to a debt that was £900m in September this year. Tough times for travel industry [...]

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Thomas Cook financial troubles: don’t panic!

No surprise that domestic holidays go uninsured

Darren Cronian — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:09:37 +0000

I dislike the term ‘Staycation’ and I don’t trust ‘consumer surveys’ when they are being used to promote travel products, but a recent press release from Columbus Direct caught my attention because it highlighted that 55% of domestic holidays are uninsured. To be honest, I am surprised that figure is not higher. Need for travel [...]

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No surprise that domestic holidays go uninsured