Category: Travel
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South Western Railway rip off customers by charging premium for First Class tube travel
I travel from Farnborugh main to Waterloo reasonably regularly, and it works out cheaper for me to buy monthly season tickets, with a Travel Card (allowing travel on the underground and busses) I was recently looking at how much extra a First Class season ticket would be than Standard Class. Turns out, South Western Railway…
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Scenic View Point in Ibiza – Punta de Creu
Feeling adventurous, I asked the TomTom to take us somewhere scenic – Scenic / Panoramic view! It suggested ‘Punta de Creu’ It wasn’t far from Santa Eulalia, so I thought we’d give it a go! After a drive down some very windy dirt tracks: We arrived here: What a view!
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Online hotel booking sites & credit card reservations – beware!
Recently, I was working on a project with a similar business model to hotel booking websites such as LateRooms.com and Booking.com: The customer reserves a “room” from a third party. The customer pays at the hotel. Failure to show, results in customers card being charged. I was intrigued about how the others got this process…
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Robbed in Ibiza! – Booked with [email protected] & Holiday Rentals
After searching around for apartments for our holiday in Ibiza, I found our apartment on the Holiday-Rentals website. This advert, surprisingly, has now been removed. I contacted the owner, and had a reply from someone called Jonny Simons (jonnyibiza@live.com) Everything seemed ideal – located in San Antonio, near to Kanya (a bar on the sea…
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7 Wonders Of The (Modern) World
I’m on a mission to see all 7 wonders of the world. These are Colosseum – Rome, Italy Great Wall Of China Taj Mahal – Agra, India Petra – Jordan Machu Picchu – Peru Christ Redeemer – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The Pyramid at Chichén Itzá – Mexico