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Rules to be Relaxed to Allow the Use of Mobile Phones on Flights
Written by Julie McCubbin October 16th 2014

  Do you get fed up of social media updates from friends and family when they are jetting off on their cheap holidays? Something like, “En route to the airport”, “Just checking in”, “First pint of the day”, “Getting ready to board the plane” “Arrived in Spain” Do y

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IMPORTANT: Changes to Airport Security and Liquid Restrictions
Written by Adele Grant October 14th 2014

What are the current restrictions? Since 2006 passengers have been reducing the amount of liquids, aerosols and gels they carry onto planes before heading through airport security. The strict rules state that, liquids must be 100ml or less per container, they must be fastened into a quart-sized, sec

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Thomson Airways Plan to Change the Way we Fly
Written by Julie McCubbin October 10th 2014

Exciting news has just been announced, as Thomson Airways plan to change the way we fly in the future.

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Tunisia Departure Tax
Written by Aaron Hall September 10th 2014

As of 1st October 2014 all tourists going to Tunisia will need to pay the new departure tax stamp of 30 dinars. This is approximately £8 or €9. We recommend you keep this money aside to prevent any delays at the airport on the return journey. Tunisia’s currency is only available once you

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We ‘need’ a holiday every 56 days!
Written by Dan Pilkington August 22nd 2014

A Holiday Hypermarket survey has shown that the average Brit ‘needs’ a holiday every 56 days. A survey of 2,000 travellers revealed tiredness and stress take their toll just eight weeks after returning to work from a break. It also emerged that most of us only manage to take time off twi

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UK passort renewal – Your complete guide to fast track your application
Written by Brenda Wilkin July 14th 2014

What’s the problem? Half a million people have now been caught up in the passport renewal/issue backlog with the number having doubled in the last three months. Thousands of passports are now taking longer that the advised three weeks to issue. Why the delays? In the first five months of this year

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Important Information – Additional Airport Security Measures Introduced
Written by Julie McCubbin July 11th 2014

    On the 2nd July 2014 The Department of Transport announced they were stepping up airport security measures in the UK. The Department of Transport released a statement stating, “On 2 July we announced we were stepping up some of our aviation security measures. In line with the US adv

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Travel news round up – May 2014
Written by Samuel Natoli June 5th 2014

Summer’s officially here – we promise! – and so we’ve taken another look back at the month in travel, this time for May. This month the champagne corks have been flying over Mauritius and Spain as both countries celebrate some new benchmarks, while by contrast Canada offers a new way to drin

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Travel News April
Written by Natalie Allison May 2nd 2014

Now April’s over and the trees are truly in blossom, summer feels so close we can practically hear those Mediterranean waves crashing on the beach! While you’re deciding where to go on your summer holiday, read on for the latest in the world of travel and find out about Brazil’s oddest new tre

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Important Information on Egypt Visas
Written by Aaron Hall May 1st 2014

Visitors to Sharm El Sheikh As of the 1st May 2014 the Egyptian visa rules are changing. For British nationals travelling to Sharm El Sheikh, Dahab, Nuweiba and Taba no visa is required, providing the stay is for less than 15 days and you are staying south of the Sinai Peninsula in a Red Sea [&helli

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