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The advent of ‘airline’ credit cards has witnessed a number of people using flying as a mode of transport simply to benefit from the usage of the card in buying an air travel ticket. Besides, the dawn of these cards has also played a substantial role in the betterment of ‘services of convenience’ apart from the standard transaction based incentives. The main reason for the rise in popularity of these cards is that they function exactly like your normal credit cards and are based on the same concept. However, for the wide range of services that they offer, they do usually charge a slightly higher interest rate. Main advantages: These cards can be used for your day to day activities such as eating out, shopping, travel, etc. Besides the free accumulating ‘air miles’ that come along with the card, you also have the facility to redeem your normally earned points through the purchases you make through the card. In order to maximize your benefits, you must ideally spend some time in thoro...

If you’ve ever had to take a long distance flight, there are good chances that you have experienced some degree of jet lag. Jet lag is a condition that affects a person physiologically wherein the quick travel between time zones adversely affects the body’s biological clock. Therefore, while it might actually be afternoon in your current location, your body would still be used to the time in its previous location (where it could be night), and this would explain your feeling drowsy. However, in cases of severe exhaustion, it an also lead to a person experiencing headaches, feeling groggy, as well as becoming dehydrated. While there is a plethora of options when it comes to treating jet lag, here’s a list of a few tried and tested methods. One of the best things you can do is get adequate rest/sleep before embarking upon your flight. You should also ideally get your body used to a specific pattern when it comes to sleeping. Going to sleep and getting up at the same time everyday woul...

If vacations in amusement parks or nature reserves is not your cup of tea (or coffee), and if you are bored of visiting places that are part of ‘regular’ travel itineraries, you should very well consider going on a cruise. While there is plenty to do whilst on a cruise, it is important that you choose a good time to go on a cruise. Although you might not have very flexible options when it comes to taking a vacation, a workable schedule could result in better options. The two main periods can be briefly classified as ‘off season’ (the winters) and the ‘peak season’ (the summers and school vacations). Peak season vs. off season: Since different people look for different things in cruises (as with everything else), it is entirely up to you to decide what a favorable period for you would be. However, if you are looking at options, here’s what’s on offer. Taking an off season cruise can result if your saving considerable money. Besides, if you do not wish to be part of large crowds, the...

The widespread use of the World Wide Web has had a rather positive impact on the businesses of bed and breakfasts all over. While the conventional bed and breakfasts offered travelers with economical options, they weren’t ideal for vacations. However, you can now expect to find bed and breakfasts that cater to a wide range of choices. One of the primary differences in different bed and breakfasts is the extent of interactions between the guests and the establishment’s keepers. In traditional bed and breakfasts, you could expect to find pictures of family members within the room that you occupy, and the owners would be quite likely to indulge in conversations with their guests before calling it a night. If this is not your idea of an ideal stay, and if you prefer staying in a place that is more intimate than a hotel room but still gives you a sense of space, you would still have options. If you like isolation, you can look for a bed and breakfast accordingly. It is always a good idea...

Travel insurance is soon becoming an indispensable provision to have while going on a business trip or traveling with the family on a vacation. This insurance provides coverage to an individual in the events of baggage loss, trip delay or cancellation, medical hassles and other kinds of travel-oriented occurrences. Travel insurance policies are generally available in various forms. While purchasing a travel insurance policy one can add a coverage that might be useful and drop out a coverage that seems to be unnecessary. While obtaining a travel insurance policy one needs to be aware of a few important factors in order to acquire a policy with optimum benefits at an optimum price. Travel Insurance Policies Are Simple Base Coverage Plans While purchasing a travel insurance policy, one needs to find out what the plan consists of. Only looking at the price of the plan is not sufficient. The policy premium will go on increasing with an increase in the coverage areas being added to that part...

If you are deciding to go on vacations then planning is very important. After that the most important thing is to choose the right destination you want to visit. Now you can decide the mode of transportation. If you reside in United kingdoms then you have the best opportunity of traveling to France through car ferries. There are various different ferry operators that provide the best ferry services across the world. You can surf internet to know more about the best ferry service providers. You can book your ferry tickets online. You just need to log in to the operators website. It is advised that you should book up in advance and not at the time when vacations get closer. A travel agent can also help you in booking otherwise you can do it yourself. Apart from this car ferries are supposed to be the best option to take your car on holiday so that you can enjoy yourself to the fullest. A car ferry to France can be booked online also. While dealing with ferry operators you w...

The purpose of first multi- cross channel ferry route which was created in between U.K and France was to maintain the links between the trains on the English side and France. The total time which ferry takes to cross France varies from 70 minutes to 8 hours. This time taken mostly depends upon the route. There are two most famous routes. First one is Dover Calais and second is Dover Dunkerque. The traditional cross channel traveler usually arrives at the port by first horse drawn coach and then with steam train. This traveler has always been a foot passenger. Captain Townsend bought an old minesweeper because of the increasing popularity of motoring. This was done to cater a new market for those people who wanted to take their car with them while going for a ferry travel. In the early times cars were loaded by crane on Dover ferry. The number of cars that were loaded in the first year was 6000 which then rose to 31,000 in 1939. After that services were interrupted because of t...

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