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Holidays & Accommodation icelolly.com Great website to compare package holidays or here at Travel Supermarket F.C.O. Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice by country F.C.O. Embassies Make a note of your holiday destination embassy BEFORE travelling IATA website with the latest international travel requirements
NHS
Medical travel advice by country and
here Travel
Health Notices from Apply for the European Health Insurance Card GHIC (previously EHIC) Travel Abroad (Step by Step Guide) .Gov website e.g. Pyramid Travel Shop Shop online for travel accessories Travelling to USA then click ESTA US$14 - beware of websites that charge more e-Visa for Turkey New rules from 2014 Check TravelVisaCo for more info. on Visas or here ETIAS New EU Visa regulations
Tour Operators 1.Tui/First Choice 2. Jet2 Holidays 3. AITO Note that the first 2 operators are the main travel companies operating in the UK - most other companies are subsidiaries. The AITO website lists all the other independent travel companies. Hotels Combined & HotelsComparison & Tripadvisor Use these 3 to find hotel accommodation in Europe and the rest of the World B&B's Use to search UK ProtectMyHoliday Useful website to insure against airline failure if you're not booking a package holiday Hostels Use the search for Youth Hostels around the world. FarmStayUK Home cooking in superb rural locations Travel Money Compare Use to find the best deal Currency Convert pounds into Euros and vice-versa Google Maps Great site for UK and worldwide maps, also try bing maps including satellite overlays from Microsoft See customer reviews of what your resort is really like at TripAdvisor and FodorsOnline Worldwide City Guides are available at Time Out Plug Adapters Check here to see which ones to take on holiday OMIO Brilliant site for travel options point to point Road Travel Car hire sites 1. Avis 2. Europcar 3. Hertz 4. HolidayAutos 5. Dollar 6. Alamo also try either industry leading comparison website Kayak or the excellent CarRentals for independent local car hire firms MoneyMaxim Compare excess costs by taking out an insurance policy - from 3 Euros/day or try another great company is Questor Insurance (recommended by Which Travel) Zest Car Hire - Which? Magazine recommended broker comparison website
Vehicle
Recall Check
Use this website to check if your car has a recall notice
Travelling Abroad Click here for best advice GOV.UK. Click here to generate a code for car hire International Driving Permit Buy from the Post Office for £5.50 - lasts 12 months Required for certain countries AA website lists those countries
Traveline Very good site for public transport travel planning. BusTimes a great site with real time monitoring and covers all of UK National Express Bus Book Tickets online Scottish Citylink Bus Book Tickets online (Print ticket or postage free!!) 1. AA 2. ViaMichelin UK and European Route Planners TrafficScotland road cameras or here for weather TrafficEngland road cameras (tick box) TrafficWales road cameras (click CCTV button) Motorway Cams Very useful with Google data showing traffic speeds Also available by Motorway Transport for London Road cams - click on menu to change options Sustrans Cycle routes around the UK with cycle routes and postcode search Rail Travel RailEurope (Was Loco2 until Nov 2019) Buy cheapest (split-fare) tickets (small charge for service) RedSpottedHanky Great websites! - No fees and free postage Trans-Pennine Express Great site for buying tickets Promotions Listed by region Ticket Alert Be notified when tickets are available to buy
Delay Repay Compensation scheme for 30mins delays Find recent train times here RealTimeTrains Great resource for past 7 days and 90 days ahead Split Tickets Use this website to make savings - now includes advance fares Autumn 2014 Split My Fare The Trainline Another very good value for buying European train tickets Train Taxi Website listing taxi company contact details at each station PlusBus Add bus travel to your rail journey National Rail Enquiries Live Departure Boards Train departure information that updates every 2 minutes Exeter also try here with real time boards (Exeter St Davids)
Rail
Canterbury Buy tickets for European travel from a
company with more than 60 years experience
or try Seat61 Fantastic resource for travelling by train worldwide Heritage Railways Find out where your nearest steam trainline is. Also try here UK Steam GreatScenicRailways Devon&Cornwall's branch line network UK Ultraspeed The very high speed train of the future? HS1 London to Kent high speed rail HS2 London to Scotland high speed rail network HSUK Map showing all HS lines planned for UK Virgin HyperLoop Travel at 600 mph in 10 or 20 years time? London Tube London UnderGround map RailScot Latest Scottish rail news Sea Travel FerrySavers Check route options and prices for European ferries. Similar website at aFerry Ferry Operators World wide list of operators Air Travel
FlightPlus ATOL holiday compensation scheme introduced in 2012. Also see Which Travel Rights Flight Delays Click here for CAA advice on compensation CAA Claiming compensation Alternative Dispute Resolution Travel Compensation Tool from Which Flight Compensation Tool from Which Flight Aware Enter flight code to see history of previous flights Momondo Comparison site worth looking at Airport Security Very latest info. on dos and don'ts and what liquids you can carry...............
Holiday
Extras Brilliant website for finding and
booking airport hotels and holiday car parking. Also try
London Airports Links Gives a guide to the links between Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton Airports. Look down right hand side of page NetFlights Was Airline-Network - one of the better sites for worldwide flights SeatGuru Gives statistics on airports and airlines and click here for seat pitches FlightMapper Useful resource with clickable route maps Also try WhichBudget Budget airlines from European airports e.g. Exeter No-frills airline operators from the UK. The routes used by the 10 airlines are shown on the maps below 1. Jet2 2. EasyJet 3. TUI Airlines 4. RyanAir 5. Wizz Air 6. Norwegian or use the following sites Kayak/Sidestep or SkyScanner 1. Jet2 Main hubs are Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle, Leeds, Blackpool, Manchester, London. See map below.
2.
EasyJet
See map below
3. TUI Airways See map below
4.RyanAir Main hubs are Glasgow, Dublin, Shannon, London and Brussels. See map below.
5. Wizz Air See map below
6. Norwegian See map below
1. Jet2 2. EasyJet 3. TUI Airlines 4. RyanAir 5. Wizz Air 6. Norwegian or use the following sites Kayak/Sidestep or SkyScanner These two previous links effectively makes the budget UK to Europe airline links, below, redundant, with excellent search and mapping facilities Happy travelling!! Links/Downloads Photos Weather Info DVDs/CDs/Books Cinema Cams TV/Radio News |