A lesson learned Last November, I learned a valuable lesson. We were half-planning a Caribbean holiday, when we saw flights to the Seychelles for under £400. Figuring we’d never be able to get there as cheaply again, we snapped the tickets up and decided to take the opportunity to do a famous luxury destination on [...]
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Reluctance to join Twitter I was extremely reluctant to join Twitter. As with many who have an antipathy towards it, I thought it was a place for self-obsessed morons to blather about what they had for breakfast. I didn’t know what it was for – and in a way I still don’t, but I have [...]
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If Iggy Pop can advertise car insurance, Johnny Rotten can plug butter and Bob Dylan can be the voice of a Sat-Nav, why can’t other music legends get in on the self-prostitution act? The travel industry is clearly missing a trick here – why not get a few rock icons in to boost visitor numbers? [...]
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My little list of Top 15 Travel Twitterers seems to have got itself a fair bit of attention. Interestingly, a lot of comments have centred around my reasons for unfollowing someone. To summarise, if I find a Twitterer dull, irrelevant or overly irritating, then I see no reason to keep following them. Nothing personal – [...]
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Lists of Twitterers to follow If you want a list of people to follow on Twitter, then you’ll not struggle to find them. There are hundreds of such lists out there on the web. Alas, most aren’t very helpful. These Twitterer lists generally fit into one of two categories. Either they’ve got so many names [...]
Tipping for good service? Or all the time? I’m fairly sure that this one will open up a can of worms, but let’s run with it anyway. Cards on the table – I hate tipping, hate the fact that I’m expected to tip, and hate the attitude I’m given when I don’t. And yes, this [...]
My previous post on hotels and their attitude to providing internet facilities for guests drew quite a response. It seems as though it’s not just me that gets angry with this. Time for part two of the rant, then… Patchy WiFi access The second thing that infuriates me about WiFi in hotels is that [...]
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What does a double room mean to you? I’m fairly sure that by any reasonable definition, it means a room with one bed big enough for two people. What it most certainly isn’t is a room with two beds pushed together. That is a twin room for people who have a peculiar attitude towards physical [...]
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There are few things that get me angrier than wireless internet access (or lack of it) in hotels. There are some hotels that have an admirable policy on WiFi, but by and large, accommodation providers behave disgracefully when it comes to getting online. Suffice to say, this is likely to be the first of many [...]
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A common complaint amongst air stewards and stewardesses is that passengers keep their headphones on whilst trying to communicate. This is an absolutely understandable gripe – it’s incredibly rude, and forces the crew member to try and bellow over the top of a film when they’re trying to ask what drink you’d like. Anti [...]
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