Almost every fifth Pole booked a vacation still in the first quarter of 2017, which may indicate the popularity of first-minute offers. It turns out that Poles prefer to spend their holidays more comfortably than economically.more
A pensioner was detained for eight hours at an airport after Polish border guards wrongly suspected that she had kidnapped her two great-grandchildren.more
In the summer timetable of flights from the airport in Jasionka, the German Lufthansa carrier will launch four additional cruises a week to Munich. The first new cruise will take place on May 3 this year.more
Hikers, cyclists and lovers of the great outdoors will be able to fly direct to the Lake District this summer when scheduled passenger flights to the national park resume after a 25-year hiatus.more
More than 5 million foreign citizens visited Albania during 2017, reported on Tuesday the Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). "The number of foreign citizens' arrivals in the country during 2017 is 5.117.700. Compared with 2016, this indicator increased by 8.1 %," is read in the report.more
Ireland's forest Centre Parcs holiday village in Co Longford - due to open in summer 2019 - is on track to open on time and recruitment will get underway this year to staff the centre. Chief Executive Officer of Center Parcs, Martin Dalby, who visited the site this week said the progress is "absolutely amazing".more
Brittany Ferries have announced a new route from Cork into northern Spain. Starting at the end of April, the service will link Cork and Santander, making two return-sailings a week. It will be the first time there has ever been a ferry service linking Ireland and Spain. A new ship will be chartered to serve the route and to deliver an additional weekly return-sailing from Cork to Roscoff.more
Once a trip to the Polish mountains was satisfactory when it comes to spending holidays. Today, Poles go abroad - not only in search of snow-covered slopes, where they could ski. They also search for directions where they will be able to bask under the palm trees.more
It's always a tough choice trying to decide where to stay when you head abroad for a holiday or a weekend break. But thankfully Hostel World have created a list of the most popular hostels across Europe according to how they have been rated, so we never have to go through the struggle of sifting through pages and pages of hostels before picking one.more
Ryanair expects more than half of passengers to pay an extra 5 euro to bring their bag into the cabin. As it introduced new cabin baggage rules, which favour those passengers who pay an extra 5 euro for 'priority boarding', the airline revealed that it will sell the perk for a maximum of 110 seats out of the total of 189 available on its planes.more
The short distance between Dublin and London and the fact that the two cities are separated by the Irish Sea means it should come as no surprise that the journey is among the busiest international flight routes in the world. The English capital is but a stone's throw away and every day people are hopping on planes for work, leisure or to see relatives in old London town. more
A Ryanair jet had to make an unscheduled stop in northern Spain to boot a "drunk" Irish couple off the plane. The intoxicated pair were heading back to Dublin from the Costa Blanca capital of Alicante on Wednesday afternoon.more
Named the 'Isle of Beauty', Corsica is a small island just 180km long and 80km wide and is a place steeped in unrivalled beauty. And now it is easier than ever to reach the destination as Air Corsica are launching the first ever flights from the UK to Corsica this spring.more
India is to restrict the number of daily visitors to the Taj Mahal in an attempt to preserve the iconic 17th-century monument to love, its biggest tourist attraction. Millions of mostly Indian tourists visit the Taj Mahal every year and their numbers are increasing steadily as domestic travel becomes easier.
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Airlines recorded zero accident deaths in commercial passenger jets last year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety group that tracks crashes, making 2017 the safest year on record for commercial air travel.more
In most Polish resorts it is difficult to find accommodation for the New Year's weekend, which can affect prices - for example, in Zakopane, the average cost is 1 thousand PLN.more
For several years, in the autumn and winter season, Poles choose distant, exotic destinations. In the last 5 years, the number of people traveling to Asia and the Middle East has almost doubled to over 24 thousand. more
Tunisia has suspended all flights by Emirates to and from Tunis after the Dubai-based airline barred Tunisian women from boarding its flights last week.more
Some of the more unusual reasons cited by airlines for flight delays in the UK this year included a scorpion and mouse on board a plane, and a lack of toilet roll.more
EU citizens can travel without visas to an increasing number of countries, including Canada, the European Commission said yesterday. Poles, Croats, Bulgarians, Romanians and Cypriots still need visas to enter the USA.more
