Safi Royal Luxury Hotels– “Always beyond your expectations”

Real Travelers recommend staying at the Safi Royal Luxury Centro and the Safi Royal Luxury Valle. The hotels, respectively rated a 4.4 and 4.7 out of 5 based on reviews from across the web, are sure to delight those visiting the city of Monterrey– Mexico’s industrial capital.Family owned and managed, these European style hotels offer guests...

Royal National Hotel

I work for a major high street travel agency and after hearing and reading mixed reviews, I went fearing the worst hotel imaginable.I stayed for 2 nights and found the hotel to be not as bad as what people make it out to be.The location is pretty good, only a 15min walk from Kings Cross and the nearest tube station is bout 3mins walk which is Russell Square on the Piccadilly line. This station was...

St Patrick's Festival

13 Mar 2010 - 17 Mar 2010Each year, Dublin celebrates the life and death of St Patrick, Ireland's Patron Saint, with a major international four-day festival. The festival is now enjoyed by over a million visitors each year. The full programme contains something for everyone, with street concerts, a funfair, street performers, face painting, clowns, the Music Village, the huge Skyfest Fireworks show...

Get paid to holiday for a year

Get paid to go on holiday every month for a year as lowcostholidays.com's reviewer.The website is sending one lucky person around the world in return for regular and honest reviews via a blog.Paul Evans, CEO, lowcostholidays.com comments: "For anyone who fancies a year out, enjoys sunning themselves and who won't miss talk of the recession, this really is the dream job."We're calling it a ‘joliday'...

Geocaching in the Yorkshire Dales

"Vg fbhaqf nf vs guvf pnpur vf orarngu lbh!" the clue reads. But, while it may look like an attempt to represent the sound of a stifled sneeze in the written word, for geocachers - proponents of a new high-tech treasure hunt sport - it could mean the difference between discovering the prize or walking away empty-handed. Unfortunately,...

Train companies are ripping off customers

An MPs' report today warned that train companies are exploiting and confusing passengers.The House of Commons Transport Committee's report accuses train companies of taking advantage of the Government's franchise system to raise fares at the worst times.With fares up 11% above inflation on some routes, passengers have to go to "extraordinary lengths" to find the best-value fares, which are often only...

Airlines cashing in on booking mistakes

Airlines are making a profit from passengers' online booking mistakes, according to a new report from air passenger watchdog the Air Transport Users Council (AUC).Where customers make mistakes, many airlines charge for errors to be corrected and, in some cases, even force passengers to buy a new ticket, without refunding the cost of the original booking.The AUC is accusing airlines of often causing...