Dear hotel chains,
While I completely understand your right to brand your hotels – after all, your guests will often choose to stay with you because they know what the brand name usually offers – you are starting to take the piss.
Let me explain something about names. My name is David Whitley. It is not David [...]
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Millionaire’s giveaway
A fascinating story has been doing the rounds today about an Austrian millionaire who plans to give away his entire £3m fortune and live like a pauper.
Karl Radeber seems to have decided that money makes him unhappy, and whilst I’ll not be agreeing with that any time soon, one quote attributed to him [...]
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Tenerife visit
I’ve just got back from Tenerife (in summary: amazing volcano, not so lovely coastal overdevelopment), and whilst there I was staying in the five star Hotel La Plantacion Del Sur.
Good, but…
The hotel was, on the whole, very. Great food, wonderful sea views, excellent array of pools. But you don’t care about any of that [...]
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Going solo
When I was travelling down the Australian coast last year, I did so as a normal human being rather than a pampered travel journalist. One of the things that struck me was how difficult it can be to do anything when you’re on your own.
How many?
The classic example was in Mission Beach. I [...]
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On the tourist trail
Apologies for this blog being quiet of late – I am currently in the middle of a fairly exhausting jaunt through South Africa.
As part of this trip, I have been doing a lot of tours, and as a result, have come to a conclusion or two about how tour operators and tourism [...]
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Why I don’t make resolutions
I’m not a big believer in New Year’s resolutions. This is largely because I’m a foul-mouthed, fat, alcoholic with pathetic will-power, but partly because I think icy, dark January is the worst time of year to be making wholesome pledges.
2010 intentions
I have some vague intentions for the year – focus more [...]
I’m sure many travel writers have encountered a situation where they have been offered a ‘media rate’ by hotels, airlines and tour operators. And I’m sure many of us have struggled to know how to word the most appropriate response.
Well never fear – just alter the details on this template letter to suit your individual [...]
Flight price advertisements
I don’t know about you, but if I see a flight advertised for a certain price, I want to be able to book a flight for that price. And the sooner the travel industry gets to grips with this the better.
Flight availability
One of my major bugbears when trying to book a flight is [...]
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