The easiest way to make touring cheaper

Posted on 29/04/2018 13:01 by KeefySher

Think you read too much into my post. So I'll put a bit more reasoning for you 

Ryanair are well known for their far removed airports from the city they use in the headline.

We once went on Ryanair where we paid a premium for ski carriage, return. On the return, after waiting over 16 hours for a delayed flight with no one at the overseas airport to let us know the flight was delayed despite being on a transfer to the airport, we were charged £85 each for ski carriage or leave them behind. That sort of business practice is not something we repeat and therefore have never used them since.

No other low cost carriers have attempted that scam on us, so we use others. 

Same as we no longer fly Bloody Awful (BA) when they lost our baggage when our daughter was 3 months old and we arrived in a snowy Chicago. My well travelled samsonite oyster case that had served me well over 20 years and had only been lost twice before, once going to Sydney, Oz, when I was in Sydney, Nova Scotia; the other it went to Toronto, when I went to Jakarta, returned within 48 hours in tact. BA returned it 3 weeks after my return home, banded up where it had the handles missing, wheels missing, locks smashed open and a split in the lid. No recompense forthcoming.

Each time we fly on alternative carriers, always Business Class above 7hrs, especially to OZ, New Zealand and Singapore; BA lose our business.

I was aboard the inaugural BA 747-400 from Perth, WA to LHR. I had no choice than to use BA as all other carriers were full due to big medical conference in Singapore. My Business Class tick was £4800. I boarded expecting to be upstairs as all the other 747-400 operators, Qantas, Thai, Lufthansa, Singapore, Cathay Pacific; all of who I had flown with to/fro Oz. I was surprised to find myself sat just behind the inboard engine. My seat had the questionnaire on it, duly completed. That year I had flown 37 long haul flights, over 200 other flights from pond hoppers to jet services at just under 400000 miles in total. The then BA CEO Colin Marshall was on board, he came back for a chat about my comments re Club World being downstairs and economy upstairs. The objective of flying Business was to get on after the day at work, travel, get off and go to work. Took a long time before I flew BA again and only because the alternative was Air India out of Delhi one night, not something you do by choice!!

Well aware of the Accor hotel group and their value, been using them for over 30 years across their portfolio.

My last cruise on Cunard's QE was less per night than our booking for Baltic Wharf next Easter!!

As a somewhat travelled person, I'm savvy enough to choose where to spend my pound for a service commensurate with my wants and needs at a time and circumstance that spend is made 

Posted on 30/04/2018 08:41 by Oneputt

Of course if one really wanted to make vanning cheaper one could always sell their van and then hire a touring van when one wants to take a holiday.  No capital cost outlay, no maintenance, no depreciation, no storage fees, little or no insurance costs and hey bingo just rental fee and site fees.