New Plane Ticket Tool
There is a new tool on the block that will allow travellers to compare different flight options and therefore find the best price available. Yapta is the name of this tool which tracks airline pricing and can be of value to both leisure and business travellers.
Once downloaded, this application will display all of the flights [...]
Riot police called for smoker
Watching the cricket down the local pub was a nice way to spend the afternoon for John Vaughan, but to his amazement just as the cricket began to hot up, the TV was all of a sudden turned over to the England football match, with no warning.
Naturally being a smoker he needed a cigarette which [...]
The dream flight partner
Imagine travelling long haul on your own it can be a bit drawn so would it be nice to have a seat partner? But in this scenario you have a choice of who sits next to you, so who would your dream flying partner be?
In a survey conducted by Synovate Travel and Leisure of a [...]
What you should know about air travel
NASA have been spending around $8.5 million safety project that involved the interviewing of over 24,000 commercial airline pilots over a four year period. The results of the survey were supposed to have been secret but there have been leaks and after seeing them it’s no wonder that they wanted to keep it secret.
As it [...]
Healthy eating in restaurants
Eating out has become more accessible to people these days and there are some people who are eating out three or maybe four times a week. Which you may have thought was great, but it can be dangerous for your health because the average meal contains around 1000 to 2000 calories and 50 to 100 [...]
October 22, 2007Americans visit Europe, but pay in dollars!
With the dollar being weak against the Pound and Euro, Americans wishing to visit Europe are face with very high costs, which is not very good for tourism especially in regions that rely on this sort of visitor to make ends meet.
But for the Americans there is still a way that they can visit Europe [...]
Fast Food may be banned in LA!
In a plan to stop the growing obesity problem, the Los Angles council is working on a plan that could see fast food becoming more difficult to buy, as they intend to ban new fast food restaurants.
Obesity is affecting about 30% of the population in the LA area, and it is thought that the availability [...]
Leisure Travellers Prefer Online Insurance
The internet has changed the face of many business sector and one of the major changes is the financial services industry and in particular the insurance sector. People are now able to search all the major providers and get the quote that suits them, rather than the other way around.
One major winner for both provider [...]
Using Leisure Time
There are different ways of looking at spare time and how it is used. One the hand there are those that go all out to enjoy themselves no matter what has happened at home, work or even in the world and on the other are those who try to relax, take every easy. But who [...]
October 12, 2007Study into Violent Games
The government is once again launching an attack on the games industry. This time they are proposing to run a study which will look at how children react to violent games and also to online material, so there will be no stone left unturned.
The problem here is, that the games industry is to easy a [...]