By Darren Cronian    Sunday, July 6th, 2008
I know I should be promoting the UK to tourists abroad, and I feel quite guilty of not doing this, but I find other than camping trips, and weekend breaks, I prefer to travel abroad, and they’re a number of reasons why I don’t holiday ...


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By Darren Cronian    Friday, July 4th, 2008
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the travel industry does not care about climate change, and a recent survey highlighted by Travel Weekly and undertaken by the Institute of Travel and Tourism confirms my suspicions. The survey highlighted that only 34% ...


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By Darren Cronian    Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Holiday complaints piling up at Travel Rants HQ today. The first rant is about in-flight meals, a number of holidaymakers have reported that they have paid their travel agency for an in-flight meal, but passengers sat around them, who haven’t paid for a meal, received ...


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By Darren Cronian    Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
When I receive news of a travel consumer survey in my inbox I always do a little research because let’s be honest anyone can create a survey without actually speaking with the audience; the conclusion I come up with most of the time is that ...


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By Darren Cronian    Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Airlines might regret allowing mobile phones, blackberry's etc on flights you know, not because of potential air rage from passengers sat next to someone yapping on the mobile phone, but passengers can now complain and rant about the airline live, publicly, whilst flying in the ...


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By Darren Cronian    Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
I wonder how many travel companies have looked in a dictionary to read what loyalty means – It’s okay launching loyalty schemes, where loyal customers are given perks, but where is the incentive for consumers to be loyal. Let’s see a little loyalty for the travel ...


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By Darren Cronian    Sunday, June 15th, 2008
I’ve never needed to use a tourist information office; I’ve picked up leaflets for local attractions at the hotel, searched and booked hotels and B&B’s on the internet, so it amazes me that the tourist office has survived for so long. Reason's why I ...


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By Darren Cronian    Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Lee Harrison from Select World Travel gave me a little bit of a hard time in a recent comment and asked consumers to value the high street travel agent more. Lee was annoyed that I mentioned I would go into a travel agency, pick ...


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