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		<title>How to make a really bad hotel website in ten easy steps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, I have been writing a few city guides, which means that I have had to visit a lot of hotel websites in order to get contact details. On the way, I have encountered some phenomenally irritating sites, but that of the Hotel De Las Letras in Madrid was the straw that broke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three reasons why printed guidebooks won’t die any time soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[iPhones and iPads For someone who does most of his work for websites and is almost surgically attached to his laptop, I can be something of a technophobe at times. I don’t have an iPhone, and neither do I understand why I need one. I have a long-standing mistrust of Apple products (anyone bandying about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using credit cards abroad – with extra security measures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Petty Gripes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The joys of modern banking In many ways, modern banking is wonderful. I can travel pretty much anywhere in the world and withdraw money from a machine using my trusty bank card. I can also pay for many things with my credit card just by a swipe and sign or tapping in a PIN. It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low Price Finder from British Airways: About time too</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cheap flights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sydney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airlines and advertised flight prices I have whinged before airlines and their somewhat secretive approach to flight prices. As a general rule, airlines will emblazon attractive prices all over adverts, but make it incredibly difficult to find flights at said prices. When booking online it can be like searching for a needle in a haystack, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ticket barriers at St Pancras Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gates for East Midlands Trains Sometimes I get the impression that companies do things purely because they have the ability to. I can think of no other reason why barriers have been installed at St Pancras Station for East Midlands trains arriving from the north. This is something that has clearly happened in the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noise pollution on trains</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ British rail complaints My list of complaints about trains and the railway system in Britain could fill a fair few medieval scrolls, but in recent times, I’ve started to notice a new irritant.   Noise on train travel from Sheffield to London and Manchester I live in Sheffield, and thus regularly have to catch trains [...]]]></description>
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