California Delta is water recreation paradise

First-time California visitors traveling southbound on the freeway sometimes are taken aback when, just about the time they reach Stockton, they see a big ocean-going freighter that seems a little like a whale swimming in your local river. After driving hundreds of miles down California’s hot, dry interior, it just doesn’t compute that there should be a ship anywhere even close. Read more »

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Or how to keep yourself amused when you are forced to wait at Gatwick airport for several hours. I have not flown for ages, until this week. We booked a two day break to Amsterdam using an Easyjet flight from  Gatwick last Wednesday, maybe not such a good idea in early February – as I will explain.  First the weather: dire weather forecast all the previous week warned of Arctic conditoons in Britain and they were right! On Monday morning we awoke to find five inches of snow had fallen and the transport system had ground to a halt.  Read more »

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If you are looking for reliable, all year round sun and luxury accommodation, here are two interesting rising destinations for you to consider: Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The first time I heard of friends staying in Dubai was probably two years ago. They told me there are plenty of    Cheap Dubai Hotels to choose from, and the holiday worked out cheaper than a European destination – with more reliable weather. They got a good rates by using a new hotel booking site called cheaperthanhotels.com.  This is a good destination for finding last minute discounts as well as the best rates at some of the World’s most expensive and exclusive hotels .

Some time ago I worked for an international company with offices in the Middle East so I knew quite a few Expats in United Arab Emirates UAE and they spoke highly of UAE as a  placeto live and work, many of them really missed it when they had to return to their home country. Friends and family were able to visit cheaply by booking their rooms through cheaperthanhotels.

There is another new player – Abu Dhabi. Here again, the site has a big choice of Abu Dhabi Accommodation for business travellers and holidaymakers so the option of booking your air ticket and accommodation at good rates is a realistic one.

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When looking for some of Europe’s liveliest holiday destinations you want to look at some of the top cities like Paris. Even 125 years ago Henry James declared “Paris is the most tolerable in hot weather.” There of course is the big music hall, elegant parks with beautiful Mulberry trees, and bench-lined boulevards, parasol-swinging days encapsulated in Renoir’s great painting of Montmartre, Le Bal du Moulin de la Galette. The many grand projects inspired by Chirac, Mitterrand and the millennium celebrations are in place. The Champs-Elysées has been repaved, the Centre Pompidou revitalized and the newly refurbished museums such as the Guimet which is devoted to Asian art. Read more »

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Does Timeshare Work?

I am not going to be one that simply knocks timeshare for the sake of doing so. I am sure it has some advantages; but I worry when I read “when you buy timeshare on the resale market, you are already ahead of the game, as used properties are significantly less expensive than new ones.” (Consider a Timeshare for your family Vacations, by David Chandler).

Writers on timeshare seem to agree that one is lucky to get 50 cents on the dollar with a resale. Some, very cynical about the benefits, say that the chances of timeshare sales-personnel buying into their own product is almost nil. Most categorically claim it is 0%. Not sure if this is quite the case, but people are becoming very disillusioned; no mistake about that. It has become expensive and there is no guarantee of being able to just take off at your specified week; and trust me swapping doesn’t always work. School holidays in various countries are different, and annual fees are on the increase. Read more »

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Your timeshare room will be 4 star Hotel standard - minimum

Why the hell do people buy timeshares? I mean you pay anywhere from $5000 to $150,000 for these properties that you can only stay at 1 to 2 times yearly…oh and sometimes you can buy a fractional one and only be allowed to go there every other year! Then when you get sick of going to your new purchase probably after the 1st or 2nd year if you want to go somewhere else you have to pay a transfer fee to transfer your week so you can enjoy a new destination. On top of all that crap you have to pay a yearly maintenance fee for the ownership privilege that you “had to have”. Am I crazy or Am I missing something here? The only thing that you own are the bills! Read more »

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