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Agoda Orchestrates Great Rates For the BBC Proms 2010
Royal Albert Hall (PRWEB) July 15, 2010 Agoda.com, Asia’s global hotel booking site and part of Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN), is helping make the BBC Proms 2010 an even more memorable event with a range of fantastic hotel rates across London. The Proms is the world’s largest classical music festival with events taking place at Royal Albert Hall over several weeks. This year it runs from July 16 to September 11. “‘Proms” is short for “promenade concert”, where audience members, rather than being seated, stand or walk around the auditorium while a performance is in session. The Proms began in 1895 as a way…
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Snow travel chaos: Your rights for compensation
He’ll have the runway cleared in no time. (Sean O’Neill) Heavy snowfall forced airlines to cancel about 8,200 flights in the past week. Most of the stranded passengers have since been rebooked and flown to their destinations. If you were a flier whose plane was delayed or cancelled, you may be furious at the additional expenses you faced. Here are a few thoughts on how fliers can recoup costs that they may have lost during Snowmageddon. No one should have paid a ticket change fee Most airlines waived their customary fees for changing a ticket during the storm, but in the scrum, you may have accidentally been billed anyway. This…
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Consumer Suggestions to Avoid Car Rental Surcharges
Compare All-Inclusive Car Rental Rates at Car Rental 8 Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 9, 2009 An associate at Car Rental 8 recently ran across an excellent article titled “Tire fee? Beware of new car rental surcharges.” The article was written by Christopher Elliott who wrote on behalf of the National Geographic Traveler Magazine and originally appeared on MSNBC.com and CNN International. In the article, Christopher highlight s several ways that car rental companies are trying to recoup their down sales by taking advantage of consumers through car rental surcharges and other creative “fees.” Fees that may suspiciously find their way on your ticket could include car…
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New Web Site Provides Vacation Guide for Traveling to the North Carolina Outer Banks
Kitty Hawk, NC (PRWEB) October 3, 2005 A recently launched Web site, North Carolina Outer Banks Online Travel Guide, http://www.outerbanksrental.net, provides travelers with a complete handbook for visiting the North Carolina Outer Banks. The site was launched by The MCR Group. The new site makes it easy to plan your entire vacation with all the necessary information and web links at your fingertips. The site includes information on vacation rentals, lodging, activities, dining and other great travel Information. The local guide maximizes the North Carolina Outer Banks experience. The site saves traveler’s time and money by providing a one-stop shop that specializes in one of the countryÂs…
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Europe has its worst travel day ever–and our family was right there in the thick of it
3 p.m. This story starts with a phone call to Virgin Atlantic Airlines. “Hello, is the 5:50 p.m. flight to London delayed or canceled?” “No, still on schedule.” “But I’ve heard that all flights out of SFO are delayed three hours due to weather and Heathrow is also experiencing major delays.” “On schedule. You better get to the airport.” 3:10 p.m. My husband calls Yellow Cab. 3:20 p.m. Call Yellow Cab again and learn they took down the wrong address. 3:30 p.m. Call Yellow Cab again as we’re nervous about arriving at the airport on time. 3:40 p.m. We call DeSoto Cab Co. No answer after listening to the phone…