With Domestic flights and your rights here are some tips for you and examples on what you are allowed and what you are not: Lost baggage: Generally it is aprox ZAR160 per kilogram across the board except for Mango who offers ZAR2500 per passenger. Weight Limits: The most you are allowed is 25 Kilograms with [...]
Archive for June, 2008
International Data roaming
June 25th, 2008
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With the internet, travel and laptops it is easiest to just use data roaming from your network provider. This has become a nightmare for travellers when they return home and get astronomical bills for data usage. For some examples have a look at a few of these links: http://www.hellopeter.com/the_comment.asp?recid=165352&comp=357 http://www.vodacom.co.za/services/travel/data_option1.jsp http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2008/0803051038.asp?S=Cellular&A=CEL&O=google These rates are crazy. [...]
ESTA
June 20th, 2008
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ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) This is for the USA and as the website says: “Once ESTA is mandatory, all nationals or citizens of visa waiver countries who plan to travel to the United States for temporary business or pleasure under the VWP will need to receive an electronic travel authorization prior to boarding [...]
Buy your tickets now
June 19th, 2008
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Well as far as business goes one should say buy your tickets now as it ois good for business however this is for real here are some examples of the increases coming through within the next 2 weeks: Emirates will do a fare increase on 30 June 2008 British airways increase fares 5% to North [...]
Domestic flights
June 15th, 2008
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Booking a domestic flight and are unsure on which websites to check? Well here are a few links for you to book direct with the airlines: www.kulula.com www.1time.co.za www.flymango.co.za If you would like to run a search on various options try either of the following: www.travel247.co.za www.travelclub.co.za www.cheapfares.co.za Booking with airlines is sometimes not the [...]
Fuel surcharges and taxes
June 13th, 2008
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Can you image picking up a great ticket for London for ZAR3400 only to learn that the airport taxes on this ticket will amount to ZAR5578, you heard correct the taxes are more than the plane ticket itself. The fuel surcharges on this said ticket would be ZAR4038 so that means that just the fuel [...]
Welcome to Travelblog
June 12th, 2008
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Welcome to travelblog.co.za my name is Kevin Banks. Having a keen interest in webpages I have decided to keep a travelblog. No I do not travel every week however I have in the past and feel that people like you and me need to be updated on what is happening in the travel world. The [...]
