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New low-cost airline routes…

A quick surf around their web-sites shows that the low-cost airlines have new destinations for 2008 as follows:

Ryanair – Bristol to Beziers (France), Shannon to Fuerteventura and Tenerife www.ryanair.com

Easyjet – Luton and Liverpool to Jersey, Gatwick to Thessaloniki (Greece) www.easyjet.com

Jet2 – Leeds Bradford to Heraklion (Crete), Paphos (Cyprus), Madrid, Hamburg, Avignon and La Rochelle (France), Olbia (Sardinia), Jersey

Manchester to Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria

Edinburgh to La Rochelle, Toulouse, Chambery (all France)

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The top ‘A Place in the Sun’..

This property is a television star. It was viewed and purchased by our clients on the popular Channel 4 show ‘A Place in the Sun’. At the time, in 2004, it was the most expensive property ever viewed and bought on the show. And it probably still is! But that hasn’t stopped the owners spending over £100,000 on refurbishment and re-fitting. This has included a luxury kitchen with high quality white goods, luxury en-suite bathrooms, new pump and filter for the pool, new boiler, renovated terraces and much more. The property is situated on a 1,000m2 plot with stunning sea … Continue Reading

Recent business…

Right now its either late bookings for 2007 or early bookings for spring/summer 2008. For this year a convertible at Orlando International airport (MCO), a number of economy cars at Murcia, others at Faro, Mojacar and La Rochelle, a mini-MPV (Focus C-Max or similar) at Seville and some ex-pats arriving at Stansted. A 9-seater in Oslo for the following day was just too late. For next year a 7-seater Galaxy/Espace for the Algarve in May.

Other enquiries included a car in Cape Town, an MPV for Sydney, two more cars for Florida including one on the young drivers deal and several … Continue Reading

Christmas stop-sells already..

We have been advising for a while that if you are travelling over the Christmas and New Year holiday period then it is important to get your rental car booked early. This advice has been proved correct as we have just received an e-mail from one of the largest companies in the Canary Islands saying that they cannot confirm any more bookings for dates involving 17th to 31st December.

World Travel Market 2007…

Its November again and time for the annual World Travel Market. Held every November at the ExCel Centre in Londons Docklands, this is the biggest meeting of the travel industry in the world. Our membership of ther prestige Meridian Club allows us entry on the first two days, the best for doing business. We met with old friends and suppliers such as Goldcar (Europa) from Spain, Europcar and others. We also had discussions with potential new suppliers and partners and collected leaflets and information on rental companies from Hungary, Croatia, Italy and elsewhere. Just as importantly we bumped into old … Continue Reading

Recent business…

Its been a bit quieter in the past couple of weeks but that is normal for a school holiday period. Now that the holiday is over, its getting busy again and there is already a lot of interest in 2008 bookings. These include a Focus C-Max at Trieste for a touring holiday through Italy, Slovenia and Croatia – by booking early our client got an exceptional deal – and a compact car at Murcia for Easter. Another client has booked 7 cars for trips to his holiday home over the next 12 months. This will involve 2 rental cars on … Continue Reading