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Category Archives: Travel

  1. How To Cut The Cost Of Car Rentals

    Asking the right questions can help to cut car rental charges

    As car rental prices continue to rise, car hire price comparison website Carrentals.co.uk is helping travellers with a range of advice on getting the best value for money by avoiding excessive extra costs.
    The website recently carried out a survey of 1,500 people and [read more]

    July 5, 2010

    Posted in Channel Tunnel, Eurostar, Travel.

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  2. Giving credit where credit’s due

    Wherever you are, at home or abroad, it's reassuring to have a credit card in your pocket

    In the last 20 years, cash became less important as credit cards began their enormous rise in popularity. Today there can be few people who don’t have at least one piece of plastic in their wallet. But how many of us think about [read more]

    June 17, 2010

    Posted in Finance, Property & Real Estate, Travel.

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  3. Property and travel news round-up

    Interior of a Ville degli Olivi property

    Furniture included in the price
    To celebrate the launch of Realitalia’s new web site, the company has created a promotion for people who sign a Preliminary Contract at Ville degli Olivi in Tuscany before July 31, 2010. They will gain – included in the [read more]

    June 2, 2010

    Posted in Golf, Overseas Property/Real Estate, Property & Real Estate, Travel.

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  4. PLEASE HELP

    Patrick Joyce and his father David on a trip to the Arctic Circle last year

    MND (Motor Neurone Disease) is one of those terrible illnesses that can strike anyone. Typically fatal within two to five years it has hit Patrick Joyce, a close friend of Gabriel de Kadt, the designer who is responsible for this site. Gabriel says: [read more]

    April 13, 2010

    Posted in Travel.

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  5. International Travel Notes

    Time out

    Who chooses where you go on holiday?
    According to new research from Hotels.com, leading hotels accommodation website, women undoubtedly ‘wear the trousers’ when it comes to making holiday decisions. One in four wives and girlfriends take sole responsibility for choosing the finer details of [read more]

    February 26, 2010

    Posted in Travel.

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  6. Know your European road signs

    Whether you’re taking your car abroad this Christmas because you own a second home, you’re looking for a property to buy or you’re just going on holiday, it’s worthwhile making sure you understand the roadsigns you’ll come across. You’ll be that much safer.
    Airport [read more]

    November 16, 2009

    Posted in Channel Tunnel, Investment, Overseas Property/Real Estate.

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  7. COUNTRY GUIDE: SPAIN

    A stall at Barcelona fruit market

    Of all the countries that are favourites with Britons seeking a home abroad, Spain regularly features at, or near the top of the list. Year in, year out, since the early 1970s, millions of people have flocked to Spain on holiday to enjoy one [read more]

    November 2, 2009

    Posted in Property & Real Estate, Spain, Travel.

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  8. Research pays off for UK firm’s villa development in Crete

    Villa Galini

    The decision to undertake detailed market research to establish the nature and needs of the prime target market for property in Crete has paid off for a UK developer which reports that a third of the villas it has built on a rural [read more]

    October 19, 2009

    Posted in Crete, Greece, Property & Real Estate, Travel.

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  9. Britons still looking for homes in France

    St Paul de Vence, French Riviera, France. Five-bedroom villa for resale. 300 square metres. Beautiful terrace and private garden plus large private pool.  Rare, architect designed villa beautifully appointed and furnished in perfect condition located in a privileged environment close to the medieval village of Saint Paul de Vence.

    Despite the recession in the UK, the British are still the largest buyers of property along the French Riviera, accounting for around 50 per cent of all foreign buyers.
    GDP in France rose unexpectedly by 0.3 per cent in Q2 2009 making France one [read more]

    October 19, 2009

    Posted in France, Investment, Property & Real Estate, Travel.

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  10. Staying in a Greek paradise

    The view from our back window

    We were sitting with friends having dinner at a restaurant in Loggos on the small Greek island of Paxos. Our table was about four feet from the water’s edge, we’d just been to a fabulous concert which was part of the annual Paxos [read more]

    September 17, 2009

    Posted in Greece, Overseas Property/Real Estate, Travel.

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