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An English Summer: British Visa or Irish Visa?

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In preparation for our visit to the UK and Ireland, we had the time and effort to do only for one trip to the Visa office. We had to decide if we make a trip to the UK consular or the Irish Consular. Here is how we decided how to go about it.

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These Hotel Sales will save you 25 to 35 % if you book by August 15, 2017

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Home or away this long weekend? Do not miss these hotel sales from Hilton, Hyatt & IHG which will slice off your next hotel stay bill by anything between 25 – 35%. Act fast, because the sales will end by August 15, 2017, however, you could stay much into the future!

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Reminder : 40,000 IHG Rewards Club points just to register & stay 3 times!

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IHG’s most interesting promotion is the Book Direct promotion where you can earn 40,000 points by just completing 3 stays in 2017. You get 1000 points just to register. Not just that, I maximized this offer last year by combining it with Accelerate and earning 75,000 points. Here’s how you can do it too.

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What? I paid more tax on my hotel stay in India than in UK or Ireland??

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I am red all over my face seething with some sort of pent-up anger. I’ve just discovered that luxury is taxed differently in the western world as compared to India as compared to south-east Asia, and boo-yeah, we are paying a lot more taxes on those hotel stays now as compared to earlier. Nice moneygrab, eh?

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Is Jet Airways’ Zone Wise priority boarding being quietly buried?

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Evidently, Jet Airways is no longer making a fuss about Economy Class Elite passengers preboarding ahead of the rest of the back of the plane. This is based on anecdotal experiences, but maybe you’ve heard or observed something as well? Do let us know.

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