Hostels247 Wishes You All Merry Christmas The Greatest Holiday on Earth
23. December 2011
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Merry Christmas &
a Prosperous New Year
Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ
A time to have good will to all men and women, a time of year to spend with friends and family, a time to enjoy a lot of festive treats, over Boxing day relax and try to recover from all the food and drink of Christmas day and look forward to New Year Celebrations just round the corner.
New Year is a time for a fresh start, and new hopes and ambitions for the year ahead, New Years Resolutions and the beginning of a prosperous and happy year for one and all.
Have a safe Travel and remember what it is all about.
We wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
The Greatest Holiday on Earth
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Qantas Business as Usual within 24 Hours
30. October 2011
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Qantas staffs have been ordered by Australian regulators to end the industrial strike action. Qantas Airline should resume normal service within 24 Hours.
The industrial strike action by Qantas staff grounded the whole Qantas fleet worldwide and left over 13,000 passengers stranded. The Strike action has cost Qantas millions in lost revenue.
Chief Executive Officer Alan Juyce said that Qantas will likely resume fights about 2pm Sydney time, “We will be getting our aircraft back up in the air as soon as we possibly can.”
The Strike has been a public relations disaster for Qantas and a circus
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The world without Steve Jobs
7. October 2011
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The world will not be the same without Steve Jobs, good bye friend
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Holiday Cottages For Weekend Breaks
24. September 2011
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Self Catering Holiday Cottages
Being able to go on holiday and weekend breaks, and having time away from the usual stress of work and everyday life is vital to a person’s happiness and well being. Many people do not also take into account where they will be staying on holiday, always booking the usual hotels accommodation instead of thinking about other options like Self Catering Holiday cottages, Apartments and Studios.
For a place to stay in United Kingdom and Ireland, offering all the privacy and comfort of home but having the added benefit of being in beautiful surroundings, Self catering cottages, Countryside Cottages and Village cottage are a great choice.
Holiday cottages are ideal accommodation for travellers who want to enjoy what a city has to offer but at the same time be able to relax and have all the comforts of home, like a kitchen, lounge, and garden.
Holiday cottages are primarily located in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, many guests only imagine the classic thatched roof, dark oak beams and low ceiling cottages, but now days there are types accommodation for Cottage Rental, sleeping from 2 people and more, from the classic thatched cottage to barn conversions and manor houses
For families and small groups, self catering holiday cottages are a much better accommodation option than hotels, hostels, guesthouse or even apartments as they offer a garden or outdoor terrace allowing guests to enjoy the outdoors and indoor of the cottage seamlessly.
Holiday Cottages are self contained, allows one to maintain a home life while on holiday, you can cook your own food, while relaxing in an idyllic and picturesque location.
Holiday cottages and Self catering Cottages are growing in popularity as many people are now discovering the value of holidaying in the countryside, small town or village surroundings
The enjoyment of holiday, being in a new and exciting place, enjoying the sights and places to visit while at the same time knowing at the end of the day you have a true home away from home to return to, adds extra benefit to any holiday or weekend break by staying in a holiday cottage.
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London Bargain Holiday
6. September 2011
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It’s not true that London is the most expensive city…..
What many travellers do not consider when organising a holiday to London is where to find all the London bargains, for everything from London hostels accommodation for budget travellers and cheap place to stay in London, free tourist sights and things to do in London, to cheap places to eat and drink.
To help shatter the Myth that London is an expensive city here are some great tips and information to help your next Holiday to London be a bargain.
Cheap Place to stay in London
The first places to consider for budget accommodation are hostels in London, bed & breakfast, cheap hotels in London and guesthouse they are all much cheaper than the normal expensive Hotels and offer great value accommodation, a lot of the London Apartments and Studios are also a good option for small groups and large families.
Some bargain London Accommodations
Clink261 Hostel in London
Royal Bayswater Hostel
Smart Russell Square Hostel in London
All star Hostel London
10 Pembridge Gardens Apartments in London
Hostel 4 star at Piccadilly Guest House London
London Bargain Holiday By Hostels247.com
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Space Hotel
31. August 2011
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Get away from it all in the Space Hotel
It’s a well known fact that one of the main reason people travel and go on holiday every year is to get away from the everyday life and work, take some time to relax and chill out in a different place away from where you usually live, for many people the further away from where they live the better. The Russian company Orbital Technologies has taken this theory to the limit and is working towards the first every Space Hotel which is due to open to Space Tourists in 2016.
So if your fed up with the holiday experiences on offer on Earth, and the hotels accommodation, holiday resorts and beach front places to stay are not living up to what you expect, its worth thinking about the Space Hotel if your finances will allow and your an adventurous traveller.
Obviously the Space Hotel is not for everyone, but it will, with out a doubt be the world’s most exclusive Boutique Hotel with the target market of the ultra rich traveller and private companies who want to do research in space.
Staying at the Space Hotel is not for budget travellers or anyone with a small holiday budget, as the costs start from about £600,000 which includes the cost of travel to the Space Hotel and Hotel accommodation and meals. All meals are obviously included as the nearest take way or shop is about 217 miles away.
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Armrest on Airplane seats will never be wide enough to share - Travel Critic
22. August 2011
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Armrests on air planes will never be wide enough to share.
The age old fight to gain ultimate control of both armrest on airplane seat during a flight continues to this day, all travellers want to feel comfortable during their flight and one of the easiest ways to do this is rest their arms on the armrests, but the armrests in Airplanes are not really wide enough to share, especially for two strangers sitting next to each other.
On a plane, there is only one way that two strangers can try and share the armrest, what the travellers need to do is to use one each, so everyone in a row uses either the right, or left armrest, but as soon as one person decided they want both arms on the armrest another passenger will loose out.
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Travel Like a Local
30. July 2011
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Travel The World Like a Local
To many people this may seem like a contradiction in what you want to do, how can you travel the World and also be a local. For most people Travelling means going to new places and visiting different cities, being a local means you live in that city so it is impossible for someone to do both at the same time, so how can you do both?
The key to travelling the world like a local is for the traveller to embrace the new city or destination they are visiting, embrace the culture, people the food
everything, be ready for new experience and also be able to think on your feet and be bold in what you do and say, don’t let people distract you or fool you into going somewhere or doing something you didn’t set out in
doing, know what and where you are going and make sure you achieve what you set out to do..
It’s very easy if you think about it, for the travelling part, just choose a travel destination, book your flight and hotel or hostels accommodation, then pack your bags, pick up your passport and your ready for your holiday to begin.
Now the part about being a local, this is also easy, all you need to do is use your common sense, you may be in a new city or somewhere different but there is no point making yourself look like a gullible tourist and stand out like a sore thumb.
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New York City
25. July 2011
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When planning your holiday on a tight budget, it may seem that your holiday destinations and place to visit are limited because you can’t afford or want to stay in and expensive Hotel accommodation, after all you’re not going on Holiday to spend all your time in your Hotel Room.
The truth is every city offers alternative budget accommodation options for visitors, some cities have a wider range on offer than others, in New York for example there are cheap hotels in New York offering holiday makers a cheap place to stay for their New York Holiday.
New York offers a lot for budget travellers, from cool hang outs in the form of restaurants, cafes and night clubs, great shopping and not forgetting the world famous tourist sights.
Even right in the centre of Manhattan, there’s a lot to do and see, getting around is easy, a lot of the sights are very close to each other or just a couple of Subway Stops away from each other.
From the upper west and east side of New York, Mid Town, and Lower Manhattan there is so much on offer holiday makers will be spoilt for choice. New York is a top Travel destination so don’t miss out, check out New York for yourself.
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An Historical View of Rome
25. July 2011
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Everyone has there own their own ideal of what a perfect holiday entails, from the travel destination, the accommodation and your place to stay, to what to do and the places you visit while on holiday.
For me as a keen historian I love architecture, monuments and anything that evokes you to think about what happened in the past, how the people lived and what their lives were like.
One of my favourite travel destinations is Rome in Italy a city that is stepped in history and packed with historical monuments and sights, finding a cheap place to stay in Rome as a base to explore what Rome has to offer is easy.
When in Rome one of the most fascinating sights happens to be the Colosseum, it was once the biggest roman amphitheater and the largest enclosed structure in antiquity. up to about fifty thousand spectators would watch gladiators fighting and killing one another.
This marvellous and humbling structure is the most readily recognized ancient monument in Rome, its name originated in the seventh century CE and referred not to the building, but to the many colossal statues nearby. Rome ’s architectural emblem bears witness to the majesty of the Roman empire as well as the engineering abilities of its architects. But it also recalls the Roman’s fondness for gruesome spectacles and very bloody forms of entertainment.
The great Roman emperor Vespasian commissioned the construction of the amphitheater in the year 72 CE. like many other Roman monumental structures built at the time, it was financed by the spoils from the 70 CE ransack of the second temple in Jerusalem. The Amphitheatrum and the Amphitheatre Novum as it was called then, was completed in 79, the year of Vespasian’s death. It consisted of three superimposed arcades, each with eighty arches. The lowest story was built in the Doric style, the middle and upper most in the Corinthian style.
Vespasian’s son and successor later added a fourth storey, a low masonry wall with small window niches. it was built of tuff- stone and brick with an exterior facing of fine travertine marble.
This marvellous stone structure was opened in the year 80. The inaugural games continued for 100 days and included gladiator contests among the fascinating forms of entertainment it is said over 5000 animals were killed in this theatre, many of them exotic animals from Africa.
The Colosseum is 156 meters wide and 188 meters long. its walls were 48.5 meters high. its circumference 545m enclosed to accommodate 50 000 spectators, who entered through 80 gates. The stair tunnel and gallery circulation system remains the model for most large sports complexes today. Then as now, tickets had a number for the seat, but also numbers for the tunnel, stairway and entrance patrons would use to get there.
One very interesting thing about the way the structure was constructed was that the arena was an ellipse, a plan that denied gladiators and beasts any chance of saving themselves by hiding in a corner. the floor of the arena is still made from wooden planks that could be moved so that it could be flooded for sea battles. Cells, Cages and service areas were later installed below the arena floor, as well as very complex, pulley -driven stage machinery for special effects or to move the scenery.
This is a very fascinating and historical monument that has to be seen by anyone thinking of visiting Rome Italy in particular I as a keen historian enjoyed the time I spent in Rome with my friend admiring the ancient roman city.
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