Can You Trust This Indian Travel Company? We Don’t.

We had an agreement with Rare Holidays, an Indian travel company, to create an advertisement for them which we did, including several amendments and inclusions they insisted upon. In return they agreed pay just US$97 to advertise in traveljunkies for one year. We kept our side of the agreement and created their advert but after 3 months running  their advert they still didn’t pay and they have now said  “cancel our request”.
They have come up with excuses about why they can’t pay which we do not believe, so we no longer recommend this company as it is our experience they cannot be trusted.
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Indian Travel Company Fails To Pay It’s Bill.

In July 2012 we did work for an Indian Travel Company creating an advertisement for them including several revisions at their request.

We created the professional advert from scratch from content on their website and they agreed to pay our fee of US$97 and we would also display the advert for one year on our website www.traveljunkies.com.

After 3 months of excuses for not paying they have now said …
“I cannot understand what advert you are talking about”
This is a stupid, miserable attempt to justify not paying.

We have removed the advert until they pay and if they don’t pay within 7 days we will name and shame them.

Keep watching …

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Campaign To Reduce UK Air Passenger Duty (APD)

Please support this campaign and pass it on.

 

Dear Mr Chapman

As a frequent flyer, you will know as well as anyone that taxes on air travel are higher in the UK than anywhere else in the world – so I wanted to tell you about a campaign aimed at changing that.

In the last six years, Air Passenger Duty (APD) has risen more than 300 per cent on many routes – while inflation has increased barely 20 per cent.

Some customers are now paying £184 for a single journey, while the cost for families taking their annual holiday has sky-rocketed: In 2006, a family of four flying to the Caribbean would pay £80 in APD – today they would pay £324 in World Traveller, or £648 in World Traveller Plus, Club World, or First.

This level of increase has no justification and no international parallel. Yet the UK Government has firm plans to keep on raising APD every year to 2017.

This tax also acts as a brake on growth and jobs for the whole economy by making it more difficult for businesses to reach new markets, and making the UK less attractive to overseas visitors.

How can you help? Just take a few seconds to visit www.afairtaxonflying.org and key in your postcode. This will generate an automatic letter to your MP, calling for action on a tax that is now far too high and inflicting real damage on the UK’s efforts to move out of recession. Add your name, send and you’re done.

This is an important campaign – and I hope you will support us in it

Best wishes

Keith Williams,
British Airways CEO

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Off-Season UK Bargains

Now that the summer months are coming to an end you can pick up some really great rates in self-catering properties. From September to March you can book a self-catering property at much reduced prices so why not take the opportunity to explore England. You can choose to take a late holiday and stay a week or maybe take a weekend or mid-week break.

Not only are there great rates to be had but you will find that most self-catering holiday cottages drop their requirement for a week’s stay and are quite happy to welcome you for a short break.

The savings can be quite substantial with discounts widely available. You can bag a bargain all around the country so gather up your friends and family and book that off season get away break.

Explore this wonderful country of ours, visit old haunts and look up old friends.

Elaine Robinson
Broadgate Farm Cottages
Gold award, 4 & 5 star cottages
Beverley, East Yorkshire
http://broadgatefarmcottages.co.uk

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From This . . . To This . . .

From this . . .

Harley

To this . . .

Disabled Beach Buggy

 

Facebook post today from my friend Keith Keller of Cayman Custom Cycles . . . 

“Ok so have been away from our Facebook for a little while as we have been busy!! As a custom shop we get to play around with different motorcycles but not all our builds are to go fast… We have a friend that is wheelchair bound and wanted to be able to go into the ocean while he is here. His regular wheelchair weighs about the same as a Harley so getting it down the beach would be extremely hard to do and if it got wet would be costly. So we built the CCC Beach buggy to get him up and down the beach and in & out of the water. Can’t wait to see his face as he tries it out on Wednesday.”

Good on ya Keith

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Alternatives to Hotel Accommodation . . .

 

Finding accommodations during special events like the Adventure World Travel Summit or the Olympic Games can be difficult because they draw so many people. When hotel space gets limited, think outside the box and rent timeshare – an affordable option. Renting means you’re not locked into ownership yet can enjoy all the amenities with none of the commitment.

Find your timeshare rental . . .http://traveljunkies.com/directory.php?act=search&country=503&category=334&x=0&y=0&q=timeshare

Cliff Chapman
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