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Taking a little extra luggage with you on holiday? If you’re planning on jetting off while you’re pregnant, there are a few extra things to think about when it comes to your travel insurance. Don’t worry. There’s nothing major to sort out. But you will need to take a little extra time looking into the right policies to make sure you’ve got the right kind of cover.
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Goodbye kids. Hello holiday.
Now the kids are back at school there are some great deals to be snapped-up on late summer sun. You’d already know all about that if you were signed up!
Are price comparison websites leading customers astray?
We also featured our recent popular blog post on how some price comparison websites are potentially misleading consumers.
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Are you on Twitter? We are! That little blue bird is really important to the way we reach our customers, as we explained.
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Finding the perfect getaway during the summer holidays can be difficult. Hotels are busier and flight prices are inflated as families seek to make the most of their children’s time off. But the summer holidays are over! The kids are back at school and many holiday retailers and airlines have dropped their prices. So if you don’t have school-aged kids of your own, you could be quids in on a spontaneous sunshine escape.
Let’s not beat around the bush. The summer has been pretty disappointing weather-wise. So you could be forgiven if you’ve been harbouring desires to jet-off in search of a little late-summer sun to top up the tan before the winter arrives. What’s great is that doing just that needn’t break the bank. In fact, it’s a great time to scoop a holiday bargain.
Here’s this week’s instalment of our super-speedy rundown of the best new posts from the travel blogosphere. Our social media man Tristan Rothwell has selected a female flavour for his highlights this week. Here come the girls.
Take it away, Tristan!
Zoë Dawes – aka The Quirky Traveller – is a travel writer. She was recently voted Britain’s Best Travel Blogger and her website www.thequirkytraveller.com was voted in the Top 10 Inspiring Travel Websites 2010. We asked Zoë to give us a few ideas for brilliant places to visit. We never guessed that it would be good old Blighty that would take the top spot. But there it is. And Zoë really does know what she’s talking about.
For many of us, going on holiday is one of those rare times when you can settle into a deckchair and get stuck into a really good book. It’s a glorious indulgence isn’t it? Once you know that everything, including the travel insurance, is in order you can begin to relax.
I love reading and adore books so I’ve spent many trips hauling piles of novels around with me. On one trip, to India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Bali I endured a couple of months with three volumes of Indian epic ‘A Suitable Boy’ in my rucksack. They must have weighed over a kilo but I just couldn’t bear to be parted from them. What a fool I was. But then again, they hadn’t invented e-readers yet!
Busy day today? Too stretched to catch up on the best in travel news and writing? Manic Monday making it impossible to manage those blog feeds? Don’t panic. The World First Weekly Wander is our very own weekly breakdown of the best travel based web content. It’s compiled by our very own Tristan Rothwell ( @WFTristan for all you tweeters). So sit back and let him do all the work.
World First Weekly Wander is our super-speedy rundown of the top travel stories that have caught our eye and captured our imagination. Here’s a look at what’s new.
World First Weekly Wander is our brand new breakdown of the travel blog posts that have caught our eye over the past week. As always, it’s been a busy week in travel cyberspace and there are several posts we’d like to share with you.
Here’s your quick digest of what’s new.
We have heard today that air traffic controllers are expected to be among 750,000 workers who will join a day of mass strikes that are planned by trade unions for the 30th June. If this happens then the travel industry will face more delays, cancellations and travel misery. Oh dear.
If you are due to be travelling on the 30th June or shortly after then it should be noted that you will be covered for Travel Delay, Abandonment and Missed Departure on your World First Travel Insurance policy as long as you took out your policy before 16th June (today) at 0800 GMT.
Unfortunately anyone who took out a policy after this cut off time will not be covered. However, as usual, your airline should be responsible for offering you alternate flights or compensation for additional accommodation.
We will update this story as and when we hear more.
