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		<title>Time to start asking questions about tax</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2012/01/13/time-to-start-asking-questions-about-tax/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blame tax rises No-one likes paying tax. Let’s face it, we live in an economy that splutters along based on massive, widespread corporate tax avoidance. And when a tax goes up, it’s an easy whipping boy. The general line, it seems, is that if you make a business pay taxes, it can’t possibly be profitable. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel industry predictions for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 should be a big year in travel – so I thought I’d join everyone else by making predictions for the forthcoming twelve months in the travel industry. These are based, naturally, on extensive research. &#160; 1. QR codes to catch on in a big way. Office watercoolers are likely to buzz with talk of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does the travel industry REALLY want a fair tax on flying?</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/03/04/does-the-travel-industry-really-want-a-fair-tax-on-flying/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/03/04/does-the-travel-industry-really-want-a-fair-tax-on-flying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fair tax on flying campaign Yesterday, and with much fanfare, a travel industry campaign for a ‘fair tax on flying’ was launched. The consortium behind it is demanding that Chancellor George Osborne doesn’t include any increases in Airport Departure Tax in his next budget. Problems with Airport Departure Tax It’s fair to say that Airport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An important travel lesson: When good deals make for bad holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2010/06/14/an-important-travel-lesson-when-good-deals-make-for-bad-holidays/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2010/06/14/an-important-travel-lesson-when-good-deals-make-for-bad-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[budget travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter and the travel industry: Bringing the outsiders together</title>
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		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/27/twitter-and-the-travel-industry-bringing-the-outsiders-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the travel industry can become more rock ‘n’ roll</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/26/how-the-travel-industry-can-become-more-rock-%e2%80%98n%e2%80%99-roll/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to use Twitter effectively: Travel PR companies</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/19/how-to-use-twitter-effectively-travel-pr-companies/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/19/how-to-use-twitter-effectively-travel-pr-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Etiquette]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 – [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Top 15 travel Twitterers</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/17/top-15-travel-twitterers/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/17/top-15-travel-twitterers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tipping etiquette and ‘service not included’: The socially acceptable add-on charges</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/07/27/tipping-etiquette-and-%e2%80%98service-not-included%e2%80%99-the-socially-acceptable-add-on-charges/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/07/27/tipping-etiquette-and-%e2%80%98service-not-included%e2%80%99-the-socially-acceptable-add-on-charges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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  &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why hotels don’t get WiFi: 2 – Coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/07/20/why-hotels-don%e2%80%99t-get-wifi-2-%e2%80%93-coverage/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/07/20/why-hotels-don%e2%80%99t-get-wifi-2-%e2%80%93-coverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;   Patchy WiFi access The second thing that infuriates me about WiFi in hotels is that [...]]]></description>
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