Category Archives for International.
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.
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!
I stayed at an IHG hotel a couple of weeks ago with no plans to return. Except the hotel has another reservation on file for me tonight. And IHG Corporate or I can’t seem to cancel it just yet. This is gonna be so much fun, not!
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.
Air India seems all set, slots in hand, to launch their flights to Los Angeles. Bollywood to Hollywood ain’t happening though, given the flights will be from Delhi to LA and not Mumbai to LA. Here is a lowdown on all the planning they’ve done so far!!
If you thought pirates attacks are a thing of the past think again. Recently a passenger cruise ship en route Dubai had to go dusk-to-dawn blackout for 10 days in fear of pirate attack.
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?
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.
In this edition of The English Summer, Shipra & I travel to the UK and onwards to Ireland for some rest & recuperation in luxury. We flew some new airline this time around, and stayed at a few new luxury hotels. Check out the trip report which spans U2, Hyatt Regency London, InterContinental Dublin, JW Marriott Sahar Mumbai and Park Hyatt Goa Resort & Spa along with travel on Air India and British Airways.
Qatar has just opened up their country for visitors from 80 countries who can enter the country without a prior visa to Qatar. These countries include India, USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and 75 others….
The UK Electronics Ban is beginning to go away as well. On Royal Jordanian and Turkish, you can now carry your electronics in the cabin on your London or other UK bound airports as well. Here is the lowdown.
