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Travelling to Greener Pastures

Published on 18/02/2010 By admin

Now that everyone’s mother and twice removed cousin on their father’s side knows about global warming (we hope), ‘travelling green’ has become not only noticed, but really quite fashionable. Here are our destination favourites for the eco-conscious traveller. Portland, Oregon, USA Who would have thought the second biggest polluter worldwide could hide an eco-conscious gem [...]

Spend Valentine’s Day In The World’s Most Romantic Spots

Published on 04/02/2010 By admin

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and your significant other may be dropping not-so-subtle hints to make sure you don’t forget it (again). But what if you can’t stand the idea of shelling out for roses that will die in a couple of days, and can’t stand the sight of another saccharine card? Well, if you [...]

Work Up A Sweat In These Hot Spots

Published on 02/02/2010 By admin

These cold grey winter days have had many people hankering after warmer climes, but how hot is too hot? Following on from last week’s virtual visit to some of the coldest places on Earth, this week, we’re bringing you to the hottest places on Earth. Those silly looking hats with attached fans may come in [...]

Family Travel Forum and Teen Ink partner to promote teen literacy

Published on 24/08/2009 By admin

Family Travel Forum (FTF), the award-winning resource for family vacation information on the web, announces a new partnership with Teen Ink, an USA national teen magazine, book series and website written entirely by teens and for teens.Both organizations are dedicated to encouraging teens to share their experiences in words and images. Family Travel Forum is [...]

Travel costs are the determining factor

Published on 20/08/2009 By admin

The price is the decisive factor: increasingly the choice of destination is determined by the travel budget. According to the ADAC Travel Monitor, which is presented each year at ITB Berlin, in future half of all those polled want to spend less on their holidays. For 37.9 per cent of those questioned value for money [...]

Guest satisfaction with hotels has risen worldwide

Published on 19/08/2009 By admin

“Was your hotel worth the money?” This was the question investigated by hotel.info, the free online hotel reservation service for over 210,000 hotels worldwide. hotel.info is analysing the over 1 million hotel ratings awarded by hotel.info booking customers from around the world in terms of the price performance of 3 and 4 star hotels. The [...]