http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:14:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TotallyBarbados has received their prestigious award as THE Caribbeans Leading Overall Travel Information Website at the gala award ceremony of the World Travel Awards held in Turks and Caicos on the evening of Wednesday December 12th, 2007. The event was attended by over 300 travel professionals from over 30 different ... http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews/?p=5 The volcanoes, pristine waters, tropical rainforests and lush landscapes of the Aloha State are a draw for millions of visitors each year. This spring, when guests purchase the Honua Makuahine (Mother Earth) vacation package from Destination Resorts Hawaii, they also contribute to preserving this beautiful environment through a $250 carbon ... http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews/?p=6 The European Union has expanded its passport-free "Schengen Treaty Zone". The expansion means more convenience for travelers making their way around the 24 countries. For Chinese travelers, this means movement throughout the region with just a single visa. And local travel agencies have been quick to spy out potential profits, ... http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews/?p=7 Paid $1,399 for their 17-day cruise, which they had to leave after five days. They had $99 return flights to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., but ended up spending $550 (U.S.) each for a one-way ticket home when they got off in Barbados. They also racked up $300 in long-distance calls from ... http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews/?p=35 The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), the regulatory body of insurance practice in the country and the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), the umbrella body of insurance brokers, have been petitioned over an alleged illegal insurance business, being transacted by Sarah Travels and Tours Limited, a Lagos- based travel ... http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews/?p=36 Michigan's poor economy and lackluster tourism is leading to last-minute low prices on air travel from Detroit and good Christmas week deals within the state. Although the average price for a domestic airline ticket for holiday travel was $413 as of Tuesday, according to analysts at Farecast.com, travelers flying from ... http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews/?p=8 The magnitude of a potential B.C.S. game has some Warrior fans already picking up the phone to call their travel agent. If you want to celebrate what could be a perfect UH football season, then you had better be ready to open up the checkbook because perfection comes at a ... http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews/?p=9 About a dozen years ago, the Rough Guides and Lonely Planet series of travel books, rival bibles for the footloose and fancy-free, crossed a new frontier, venturing onto the Internet. But they found their road maps to the digital future hard to read. Guidebooks were soon overtaken online by Internet-era ... http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews/?p=11 Holiday cards, scarves knitted by grandma, fragile glass ornaments, cookies shaped like snowmen: They all need to get somewhere by Christmas and unless you have a sleigh and eight tiny reindeer you'll have to rely on the U.S. Postal Service.” This is certainly a busy time of year for the ... http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews/?p=12 But on my recent quick trip to London and Paris for the Eurostar completion, I experienced why many senior travelers would find tours a preferred solution. The main problem is, of course, getting around on public transportation. In both London and Paris - as well as most U.S. cities - ... http://vfmholidays.co.uk/travelnews/?p=13