Book it Danno! Travel Plus... Destination - Featuring Pearl Harbour and The USS Arizona Memorial Index: A Rock, A Hard Place and Tier Points To Birmingham Airport, Ryanair FR693 Birmingham to Dublin A morning around Dublin Dublin Airport, BA4467 Dublin Airport to London City Airport Travelodge, London City Airport A Morning at London City … [Read more...]
Travel Plus… Technology/Photography: Canon 100D – Hiking the down the Diamond Head
Time to return to a long-term test - my Canon 100D Digital SLR camera that I tend to throw in the bag when I'm travelling. The 100D in real life. For those of you who are interested in some background on the long-term test, have a look at it in San Francisco and Chicago. My interest in the 100D is simple - is it any good as a travel camera? Most of you know that I rate … [Read more...]
Book it Danno! Travel Plus… Destination – Featuring the Diamond Head Trail
Book it Danno! Travel Plus... Destination - Featuring the Diamond Head Trail Index: A Rock, A Hard Place and Tier Points To Birmingham Airport, Ryanair FR693 Birmingham to Dublin A morning around Dublin Dublin Airport, BA4467 Dublin Airport to London City Airport Travelodge, London City Airport A Morning at London City Airport British Airways BA001 London … [Read more...]
Iberia WiFi connectivity in-plane – even worth considering?
In flight connectivity is all the rage these days, with Gogo offering various all day packages in the USA for $16 upwards, Emirates offering 500mb for a $1, and so on. Yesterday, I was aboard an Iberia flight - and there was WiFi offered aboard the plane. Which is all well and good. The A330 had the "new" Iberia cabin installed - but we're not interested in that in … [Read more...]
Heathrow Airport WiFi increased free allowance to 4 to 8 hours… but is it worth it?
Heathrow Airport has finally got it into its head that actually providing passengers with free WiFi is a good thing. To begin with, they offered 45 minutes - or 1 hour 30 if you were a Heathrow Rewards member. I wandered into LHR this morning at the crack of dawn (well - dawn hasn't broken yet, but that's besides the point), and saw a new sign on my travels: 4 hours … [Read more...]
Travel Plus on Economy Class and Beyond… What this all about?
The eagle-eyed amongst you may have spotted my menu bar has grown for the first time in how many months with a new section - Travel Plus Travel Plus is something I've been working to bring to Economy Class and Beyond since I popped the new blog name into existence. It deals with a lot more than going to the airport, flying around, landing, staying at a hotel, and … [Read more...]
Trip Report Extra: London Fashion Weekend
Whilst the following doesn't lend to a normal trip report of any kind, it does involve travel and such, so it goes into the general pile. Besides, there's more to life than Premium Cabins isn't there? The Honolulu trip report is taking a break - It'll follow on after this sometime later today/tomorrow. Those who know me know that I more than "dabble" in photography - to … [Read more...]
Need to charge your phone? Look for a SolarBox in London!
When we are all travelling about, I'm sure one of things we look at on our mobile phones is the battery level remaining. Now, I've written about Power Banks, but sometimes - you forget them. In London however, there's a new solution called "Solarbox" Solarbox charging booth - Image, Solarbox via Twitter The idea is a simple one: get an old red phone box, paint it … [Read more...]
Trip Report – Hello Daytrip – A Day of Avoiding Scams and Scammers
Trip Report - Hello Daytrip! A Day of Avoiding Scams and Scammers Or... A Day touring Paris. In this trip report… To Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First Lounge BA332 London Heathrow Airport T5 - Paris Orly West in Club Europe Would you like to heal your Pokemon? - The Paris Popup Pokemon Centre Other bits of Paris (or which scam is where!) … [Read more...]
Power banks – the traveller must have?
A lot of us are wedded to our phones or other devices that love to consume power. I know I am sadly. Try getting one of these out of my hands (be it the iPhone or the Sony thing I use as a modem) When we use our devices for mapping, networking, catching up with the world , geolocation, train times (or in the case of trains in Paris - actually operating), especially … [Read more...]
