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Trains from the Frankfurt Airport to the city center

Name: Janette

Question: My husband and I (both Australian seniors 68 and 72 yrs) will be arriving in Frankfurt by Qantas and need to take the train to the main rail centre of Frankfurt where the Eurostar and main ICE trains leave as we will find a hotel there for travel in the next days. We are getting Euros in Australia so we have money to use in Frankfurt - would you please advise the one-way cost of rail travel from International Airport Frankfurt to the Rail Centre area Frankfurt. Thank you very much for your help.

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Transport from the Manchester Airport to Keswick in the Lake District

Name: Moira

Question: Hi! I’m flying to Manchester England June 3 and want to go from the airport to the Lake District, Keswick. I’m having difficulty finding local buses and local train lines. I think a train from the airport and then a bus would work. The one website that seemed helpful has no information past May. Do you have any website suggestions? I’d be able to get the train after 12:30 PM. Thank you!

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Not so EasyJet

The following was sent to me earlier today and it details one woman’s horrid experience with EasyJet. I have to say that the service given by budget airlines from the UK is really poor. People like to make excuses for them saying, ‘you get what you pay for’ and other things along those lines, but that’s really not a fair characterization. The fact is I’ve flown on budget airlines in all parts of the world, and they have all provided better and more courteous service than budget airlines from the UK sphere of influence.

Name: Rachael

Message: I am contacting you regarding easyjet and the way they treated me whilst travelling with them recently. I have had not much luck in getting a decent response from them - having sent 4-5 letters and emails to their customer services department, and all senior members of management. I have had replies to my emails but they always seem to skip past the crucial points - and ultimately in effect unfairly lay the blame on me.

In short - I broke my arm on a snowboarding holiday, and when I came to check in at Lyon airport I was forced to remove my cast completely (with a stanley knife borrowed from a newsagent) whilst the check-in members of staff were very rude, obnoxious and seemed to find the whole situation very funny. These staff members broke easyJet’s regulations which state “Passengers travelling with a plaster cast that has been fitted for less than 48 hours then the cast needs to be split (the split need to run along the entire length of the cast) If the plaster cast been fitted for more than 48 hours there is no requirement for the cast to be split.” (http://www.easyjet.com/EN/Book/regulations.html)

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Car rentals on Isle of Mull, Scotland

Name: Lorna Fisher

Question: Can i rent a car on the Isle of Mull???

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Finding flights from Northern Ireland to Malta

Name: Margaret Turely

Question: My husband and I would like to holiday at St Pauls bay this summer. But I am having no luck in finding a flight from Belfast International, Belfast City airport or Dublin. We also need advice on were to stay.

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What city has a good nightlife in Western Germany?

Name: Gerard

Question: What’s a good city to go out in in Western Germany? Thanks from Holland.

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Airline Reviews

The following is a list of short and concise opinions on major airlines across the globe. The opinions are derived from a consensus of travellers who fly on a more than frequent basis.

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Zermatt in the spring

Name: Bob

Question: What is the skiing like in March? What is the best month to ski at Zermatt? Are there any hotels which have 2 bedrooms (father/daughter travelers)? What airport would you fly into from the US? and,,,how do you travel from airport to Zermatt?

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Dakota’s Iberian travelogue

Hi my name is Dakota Smith & I work for Travelers Digest. Recently me & my girlfriend (Jasmine) took a trip across the Iberian Peninsula stretching from Barcelona to our finishing point Lisbon. We would only have one week to complete our trip, but after careful research I thought I had figured out how.

I had been living in England with my girlfriend at the time so we decided to fly on EasyJet from London to Barcelona, I mean after all we just had to see the city where the opening shot of Justin Timberlake’s video for Sexyback took place.

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Motorcycle repair shop in Interlaken, Switzerland

Name: Nicola

Question: Good morning, I wonder if you can help me? My boyfriend is currently on a motorcycle holiday across the Alps. Unfortunately he crashed his motorcycle in Interlaken yesterday and needs to find a garage to get it repaired. I have not had much luck with finding garages who can repair his Suzuki - any help you can give to finding an accident repair garage in Interlaken would be very gratefully received. I look forward to hearing from you.
- Nicola
England

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