Food and travel are as intertwined as James and his Giant Peach. Whether you’re chowing down on scrumptious sushi in Japan or gobbling goulash in Budapest (were you Hungary? Sorry) sampling the culinary offerings of the country you’re visiting as as important – in my opinion – to your cultural experience as visiting twelve cathedrals. [...]
Orlando has grown massively to become one of the most popular destinations for UK tourists. As a result, there are plenty of direct flights to Orlando on offer from a range of UK airports including London, Manchester and Glasgow. However, I find during peak periods such as Easter, and the school summer holidays these direct [...]
The long-awaited Dreamliner has finally rolled off the production line and into the skies. The first 787 has made its journey from Everett in Washington to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, where the final preparations will be made for its inaugural flight. Scheduled for 26th October, this flight will see the Dreamliner make a special trip from [...]
No Ryanair, No! My wallet is becoming a graveyard of little-used cards from your ever-changing payment policies – and now you’re at it again. First there was the Visa Electron – Now, I was thrilled to receive a Visa Electron as my first ever bank card aged 16 – I was less enthusiastic when I [...]
The last few months have seen trusty Dr Dealchecker battle with travel troubles of every kind; from money misery to beach boredom, bosses from hell, carbon footprint concerns and everything in between, we truly thought we’d seen it all. But this month we’ve had a different kind of problem altogether just screaming out for a [...]
We’re all used to the tricks that low-cost airlines use by now, the initial fare sounds cheap, but by the time you include the booking fees and baggage you’ve somehow added another £50 or more to the booking! Well, with a little bit of forward planning you can still take advantage of those low fares, [...]
Sadly I can’t claim the awful pun as my own, it comes courtesy of bmibaby’s Enterplanement project. The project/publicity stunt is an innovative direction for in-flight entertainment (and from a low cost airline too!) which aims to showcase the best entertainment from your destination – with a live show in the air!
Our Real Deals world news story this week: You never know what big bad animal is lurking around the corner. And no, I’m not being paranoid – This is the week when an alligator escaped from the circus visiting a small town in Hesse, Germany, and was found prowling the streets after dark. Plus
Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced their latest cost-cutting measure, and it’s not sounding particularly comfortable.
The story in this week’s Real Deals newsletter was all about the weather: “The revelation that Britons like to talk about the weather isn’t going to shock anyone. But did you know that it works out to six months worth of discussions about rain, drizzle, downpours, cold spells and the occasional heat wave over a [...]
“We’re used to horses and dogs making a valuable part of the UK police force, but that’s nothing compared to Sai Buri district in southern Thailand, where a pig-tailed macaque monkey named Santisuk regularly patrols the streets. Have the authorities gone bananas?” Hands up, I did find this week’s news story on a site called [...]
Today brought news that Saudi Arabian dream interpreter, Yusuf al-Harthy, plans to open an academy specialising in degrees and even PhDs in dreaming and visions; “Many of us would consider ourselves practiced in the art of day dreaming, but are you good enough to qualify for a PhD? If so you may be interested in [...]
After a week conspicuous for the amount of fictional news in the form of April Fools jokes (my personal favourites were Expedia’s Virtual Vacations, toptable’s scratch ‘n’ sniff site, and the first reviews from space on tripadvisor) this week’s Real Deals story focused in on a recent poll about lies:
From the newsletter: “There is no longer any need to travel to Hollywood as we have our own replica of the famous sign right here in the UK. Sure, so the letters might only be five-feet high, and so what if they spell out BASILDON? We’re sure the effect is much the same!”
Favourite travel story this week has got to be the strange tale of the €10,000 Ryanair scratch card winner who ate the winning scratch card! According to the airline, the unnamed winner grew so incensed on learning that cabin staff on the flight couldn’t give him the winnings right there and then that he ate [...]
We all know that you’re going to pay a premium when you travel to traditional romantic destinations like Paris and Venice. So, as Valentine’s Day approaches where should we be heading for the best-value romantic getaway?
Yum! This week there’s been a lot of chocolate related news coming out of China – first Chinese confectioners built a 10 metre long chocolate model of the Great Wall of China. The wall was constructed as part of the World Chocolate Wonderland exhibition which is aimed at promoting chocolate to the Chinese.
Just as the office has finally started to recover from the Christmas party last week we’ve started to relive it again through the photos that are surfacing. There was no simple visit from Santa this year for dealchecker! Instead we had a boardroom to meeting with SurAlex, who came along to ensure that we earned our festive [...]
If you have ever wondered what the world looks like to your hamster you’re in luck – just head for La Villa Hamster in Nantes, France. It’s a rather unique hotel where you can make a nest in straw, nibble on organic grain and stay awake through the night to run around and around in [...]
Oktoberfest is reaching its midway point this weekend, for those of us not lucky enough to be joining in the beer-swilling celebrations in Munich, the UK has plenty of its own beer festivals happening this October. Here’s a selection promising a great variety of ales, beers and ciders, though we make no guarantees whether they’ll [...]
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