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Could JK Rowling Win Best Shed?
May 2, 2011 | Europe, Offbeat, Travel News | Read More
Ah, the shed. A retreat from the duties of indoor work, an escape from the tedium of house chores. A place to carry out carpentry, store those gardening tools, or for some people, a creative space to do just about anything.
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Freaky Frenchman’s Mansion A Fount of History, Crazy
March 9, 2011 | France, Offbeat, Travel News | Read More
If you were a single man with a lot of money and no wife to tell you, “No, you can’t,” what would you do? If you’re Louis Mantin, you make a mansion-sized time capsule circa 1905. If you’re interested in the era of Oscar Wilde, it’s soon to be up for visits for vacationers...
Virgin Airlines Treats Heathrow Like Shoddy Contractor; Witholds Funds
January 26, 2011 | Offbeat, Travel News, UK | Read More
It’s a common practice for homeowners to withhold the final payment for renovations until the general contractor completes a “punch list” or items that weren’t fixed in the first go-around. Virgin Airlines had to deal with thousands of angry and upset customers at Heathrow Airport during...
Will and Kate Plus 2 Million Britons are Taking April Off
January 21, 2011 | Travel News, UK | Read More
Being royalty has its benefits for Prince William of England and his fiancee Kate Middleton, but two million UK residents can also enjoy some perks – that many Britons are expected to take advantage of the prodigious timing of the wedding between the two.
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London’s Famous Buses Get a Facelift
November 24, 2010 | Eco-Travel, Travel News, UK | Read More
Just in time for London’s hosting gig of the 2012 Summer Olympic games, the double-deckers have gone green with a makeover. These new versions of the double-decker buses contain a hybrid engine that is 40% more fuel efficient than the standard diesel-powered engines usually used for buses. The...
Beware of GuestScan, a Now-Legal Way to Find Travel Malcontents
October 8, 2010 | Travel News, UK | Read More
Revelry has its place in travel; after all the best way to enjoy a new place is with the company of those who live there, especially during festivals and other holiday activities. However, if you’re the type of partier who overachieves, you might want to make sure your name doesn’t appear...
Hotel Kicks Out Couple After Negative Trip Advisor Review
September 29, 2010 | Offbeat, Travel News, UK | Read More
Adrian Healey, a 33-year-old Englishman who had just finished chemotherapy for testicular cancer, booked a three-night stay for him and his girlfriend at the 30-room Golden Beach Hotel in Blackpool. On the second day, the police were called and the couple were forced to leave the hotel with no refund....
Stansted Express in Trouble for False Advertising
September 21, 2010 | Travel News, UK | Read More
Stansted Express has recently come under fire for false advertising. The advertisement indicated that the Stansted Express can get train passengers to the center of London in 35 minutes. The poster in question portrays various London-centric images, such as Big Ben and the London Eye, surrounded by the...
Finns Set Up Portable Sauna on Top of Mont Blanc, Adorableness Ensues
September 9, 2010 | Active/Outdoors, France, Offbeat, Travel News | Read More
At 15,782 feet, the summit of France’s Mont Blanc is the highest peak in Western Europe. It was also immortalized in 144 lines of verse in Percy Bysshe Shelley’s 1817 poem “Mont Blanc: Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni.” For Shelley, Mont Blanc was “A city of death,...
Drive-In ‘Sex-Boxes’ May Spread To Zurich
September 7, 2010 | Germany, Netherlands, Offbeat, Travel News | Read More
Zurich‘s new police chief has received “thousands of complaints” from residents about the city’s thriving red light district. So he’s planning a police trip to Germany to check out a possible solution: ‘sex-boxen’, or drive-in boxes where prostitutes can do...
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