{mosimage}Having used a HP PDA device as my Sat Nav thing for the past couple of years, I was finding it a bit outdated, difficulty in getting the latest maps and software (at a decent price) and sick of all the cabling going on. That blooming roundabout outside the Royal Bournemouth Hospital has be[...]
Archive for the ‘Planning & Booking’ Category
December 19th, 2006 - 1:39 pm § in Planning & Booking
UK travel planner
Gene from work found this web site that seems to be able to plan a journey from any two end points in the UK which takes into account buses, trains, tube and so on. www.transportdirect.info [...]
November 20th, 2006 - 1:33 pm § in Planning & Booking
Skyscanner.net – flight searches
I found out about this web site from a BBC24 web programme. The site takes your requirements for flights and then searches across a number of sites to give you the best options. The advantage is that you don't have to do all this yourself. The advantage is that you can usually get a cheaper [...[...]
November 13th, 2006 - 7:17 pm § in Planning & Booking
Business trips to London
This is probably not appropriate for all but it worked out great for me. Basically I need to be in London for Monday morning but I was going to be near there anyway so I decided to stay overnight in a hotel to save an early train from Bournemouth. As I was driving, having hotel [...][...]
October 11th, 2006 - 4:30 pm § in Planning & Booking
Post Office Travel
The Post Office has some deals on travel insurance and commission free currency exchange. One strange thing that I found when I visited the Post Office to get some Euros was that I could only exchange physical cash. They would not let me use a debit card for payment. I then had to use the [...][...]
September 13th, 2006 - 1:12 pm § in Planning & Booking
Carbon Offsets
{mosimage}I generally get the Independent newspaper on a Saturday and in their holiday and travel reviews they usually have a oneliner about a carbon offset for the journey. Thought I would dig a little bit further and understand it more. In a nutshell taking a flight has an environmental impact, on[...]
September 7th, 2006 - 11:25 pm § in Planning & Booking
Hong Kong on the cheap
{mosimage}The BBC has a news item about a new airline offering cheap flights to Hong Kong. BBC Article – Flights to Hong Kong The company Oasis Hong Kong seems to behind this deal. We just have to wait till they launch in October time to see if it becomes a long term viable operation. If [...][...]