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Holidaying tragedies, Oprah and Me.

OK one of my many ‘privileges’ of working from home is watching Oprah during lunch most afternoon =)

Just last week saw this very unfortunate and interesting episode of an unfortunate incident on a cruise liner, which made me want to share some very important tips

In the case of any ‘unfortunate incident’ overseas, along with the thing u would normally do make sure you also
1. contact the local embassy of your country, this MUST be done along with contacting the local police
2. if its something very tragic it could be most practical to return home, for investigation purposes rather than continuing with your holiday.

Its really sad these things happen, I just hope and pray stuff like this stays in the news – I’d hate to consider something like this happen to me or anyone for that matter, especially on a holiday.

You can read more about the story here.

Tourists losing favour for Domestic Airlines

“The June quarter report released yesterday shows international visitor satisfaction levels for scheduled domestic flights have dropped from a rating of 8.2 out of 10 in December 2006 to 7.7 in June.”
Source: NZ Herald, Sept 1st 2008

Well, which is where and why Transfercar comes into the picture.

And with us stepping up, with what we do – Mr & Mrs Domestic Airlines will have to do a lot better or NO ONES going to fly! 🙂

Do you judge a hotel by its Internet Security?

Well – very interesting article I came across in the Herald the other day.

As per the story – a hacker hacked into a hotel server, left a data stealing trojan that gave him access to all the hotel customer data information!! The hotel in question (for logical reasons) has completely downsized the enormity of situation, saying “it only affected 10 customers”!
Super dangerous dont you think? considering credit card details etc.

All these stories convincing me to ration my credit card use both home and overseas!

What is your best traveling tip?

Source:

‘Don’t forget to take your body and soul with you, but leave your laptop and cellphone at home.’ Kiwiswiss (Kaikoura)

Beautifully put don’t you think? So is the next….

‘Try not to get too wrapped up in other people’s tips about travelling, people (all of them including you & me) are weird and have weird ideas about stuff (vaseline up the nose?). Just enjoy yourself in the way that suits you best and be nice.’ – John Paul Moss (Auckland)

My personal (more of a ‘tip’sy tip) – a scan of all important documents (passport, drivers license, visas etc) saved onto your email, just in case your wallet or suitcase happens to get ‘castaway’

The Olympic Gold of ‘Favourite Destination’

After 4 consecutive years at the top of the Lonely Planet Travelers Pulse survey of ‘favourite destination’ Australia have been dethroned by The United States of America – but maybe for the best reasons!

“Lonely Planet Marketing Analyst Adam Stanford said the United States had become an increasingly popular travel destination because of the exchange rate of the American dollar”

Australia have otherwise topped every year running since the Loney Planet started conducting the survey since 2004

New Zealand moved up to 5th place from 9th (in 2007).

The survey includes the opinion of over 17,500 respondents from 132 countries – the largest of its kind