independent travel planning

SailRail tickets combine your rail journey to a port, and your foot passenger journey on a ferry.  Despite the rise in cheap flights across ...

Travelling from Dublin to Zagreb isn't the easiest with neither Aer Lingus or Croatian Airlines flying the route.  And it's made mor...

I wrote previously about looking for flights to Shanghai that were cancellable for a reasonable fee, as the Chinese visa had not been obtai...

I'm looking for a return flight from Dublin to Shanghai departing around Thursday 1st February and returning around Sunday 31st March.  ...

I've written before about the ever changing taxes/surcharges charged on Aer Lingus reward flights - and the difference between booking...

Over two years ago I wrote about seating on Ryanair's Boeing 737 Max, as it was due to operate various routes later that Summer After t...

I've written before that when I'm arriving into Dublin port from Holyhead, even though the Irish Ferries ship departs 10 minutes a...

going to St Anton for some Easter skiing ... a couple of different options: on Friday 30th March 2018 - Ryanair to Munich dep DUB 06:10...

As long as you fly once a year with your British Airways Executive Club number tagged to a flight, you gain the benefit of much lower taxes...

i've written a few times (actually four ) about planning a trip to Svalbard ... so i thought i should explain how i actually finally...

I wrote previously about the extortionate taxes/fees charged by Avios redemptions on Aer Lingus flights ... which included 41 gbp from Dub...

When flight prices between London and Dublin and nearby airports (and not so nearby airports) become unreasonably expensive, I quite oft...

You can now search for availability and book Aer Lingus flights using Avios on the Avios.com website ... although you probably won't wa...

Ischgl isn't the easiest of places to get to from Dublin ... there aren't (m)any direct flights from Dublin to Innsbruck (the neare...

I previously wrote about the (vaguely reasonable) cost of redeeming Avios on EI flights from NOC - LGW ... and I recently contacted BA abo...

looking to go to spain for new year ... the best prices are all to barcelona, with the options: mon 27th dep 06:40 for 107 eur or dep 17:...

with the Lions tour in South Africa in June and July ... i was looking for flights from Dublin to South Africa ... trailfinders assert that...

i'm looking for a week's skiing in dolomites for a week from Saturday 17th January ... Val Gardena seems like a good location - not...

at slightly short notice, i decided to take a trip to the west of ireland for what was a bank holiday in the UK ... my preferred routing was...

looking to depart 27th december, and return 1st january ... best departure is 07:00 with EI to MUNich, arriving at 10:45 for approx 125 ...