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Firstly, apologies for the lack of activity around here lately, there are going to be a few changes, but more on that later. Life has become rather hectic, with little time to rant, but today, I want to share an experience my friend had when searching for a long haul flight to Australia on the high street.

Huge savings on long haul flight

He visited a travel agency and received a quote £500 per person cheaper than the agency around the corner. So what you might say, but the flight was with the same airline, and the departure date was just 24 hours earlier.

Walking 500 yards saved him a total of £2,000 for the flights, a huge saving.

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I know, it’s a hook em’ in headline, but I truly believe it and I want to tell you why I think review sites are going to become extinct in the not very distant future. Love it or hate it, social networks are becoming a part of our everyday lives and the likes of Facebook and FourSquare are ahead of the game.

Travel reviews by strangers

Who wants to read hotel and travel reviews written by complete strangers, whose criteria for the perfect holiday could be so much different than yours. Would you not prefer to read reviews written by your family or friends, I know I do.

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This is the first in a series of three posts offering travel consumer tips for the summer holidays. It drives me crazy when I receive emails from consumers who has received a huge medical bill, or, have had items lost or stolen but didn’t take out travel insurance.

Travel insurance is inexpensive if you shop around for the right policy, so no excuses. The problem is that there are many companies offering insurance and different types of policies. I have often ranted on this blog that there needs to be more transparency when it comes to travel insurance.

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Millions of Brits will be heading off on their holidays as soon as the schools close in the summer, and it is surprising that even the basics people can forget. In this post I want to provide you with tips on how to ruin your summer holiday. In other words do the complete opposite!

Here are my ten tips on how to ruin your summer holiday.

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