Holiday group Tui has revealed a 75 million euro (£63 million) hit from the recent travel chaos that crippled airports and led to flight cancellations and lengthy delays (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Archive)
Holiday group Tui has revealed a 75 million euro (£63 million) hit from the recent travel chaos that crippled airports and led to flight cancellations and lengthy delays.
The firm said its customers were affected by about 200 canceled flights in May and June, in particular due to woes at Manchester Airport amid staff shortages.
Tui remained loss-making in the three months to the end of June due
For 12 years our kids went to the same school – a combined elementary and middle school in California – and we fully took advantage of their school breaks. Our two oldest kids are now in high school though, and unfortunately they attend a school with a different break schedule: my youngest daughter has a week off in February and one in April, and the other two get two weeks in March. Ugh!
For her April break my daughter wanted to go somewhere sunny and warm, but she also didn’t feel like maxing out the break – she
Dennis Rodman, the ex-NBA star who says he knows Russian President Vladimir Putin well, revealed his plan to travel to Moscow in support of incarcerated WNBA star Brittney Griner.
Griner was sentenced this month to nine years at a Russian prison. She was detained at a Moscow airport in February after custom officials said vape canisters with cannabis oil were found inside her luggage.
“I got permission to go to Russia to help that girl,” Rodman told NBC News on Saturday. “I’m trying to go this week.”
The report doesn’t specify whom the New Jersey-born Rodman, 61, received permission from,
Are you still thinking about where you want to go on your next vacation?
Well, perhaps these pieces of advice from folks on AskReddit will give you some direction.
Take a look at the places they recommend for a getaway.
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“Thessaloniki, Greece.
Great history, awesome food, a vibrant nightlife, and exciting destinations you can explore nearby like Chalkidiki and Mount Olympus.”
“Estonia! Any of the Baltics really.
But Estonia is an absolutely delightful place. It has one of the nicest airports I’ve ever seen, it’s super affordable, great public wifi so it’s easy to navigate, Tallinn is
Places like Paris, Tokyo, New York City, and Rome are all heavily-touristed cities for a reason, but there’s something to be said for a destination that doesn’t always top every single “must-see” travel list. And there’s nothing quite like visiting a new place — especially if it’s more underrated or off-the-beaten-path — only to have your expectations totally blown away.
So I rounded up a ton of travel recommendations from the BuzzFeed Community. Here are the places that travelers underestimated and ended up absolutely
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Airline staff shortages combined with a surge of vacationers are contributing to hundreds of flight cancellations on many days.
The percentage of flight cancellations this year (3.9%) is more than double that of 2013 (1.8%), according to the United States Department of Transportation (DOT).
“A flight delay or cancellation may be the first domino to fall when things start to go wrong on a vacation,” says Daniel Durazo, a spokesperson with Allianz Global Assistance. “Up your game and be
As the travel industry recovers from the pandemic, many teams are rebuilding and businesses are having new life breathed into them.
This inspired Anna Shannon of Travel Agent Finder to launch an Aussie travel industry directory, Travel Trade Connect.
Shannon’s core business, Travel Agent Finder, is one of the largest databases of travel agents operating in Australia, with over 550 Australian agents having joined since launch, most being independent, home-based or mobile agents.
“As the industry rebounds, agents are increasing busy and time poor,” Shannon said.
“In an agent survey in January, 100 per cent of respondents expressed a need
How to Travel Cheap – i.e. How to Make Travel Affordable
People ask me all the time how to travel cheap internationally. It’s difficult to answer since everyone has different circumstances. Some people have access to lower-cost airports. Some choose other priorities and wonder why there isn’t money left over for travel. Not everyone can afford to travel everywhere, but the world is far more accessible than people think it is.
Overlooking Prague
I’ve written before about how we give the gift of travel to our kids, and I’ve talked about ten ways to save money while traveling. But how
