Travel News – Winter Delays
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This winter season has proven to be extremely difficult for travellers. Due to extreme weather conditions across the globe, but most specifically on the East Coast of the United States and in Western Europe, hundreds of thousands of travellers have found themselves stranded or in stressful situations throughout these countries. Eurostar travellers have been stuck for days (some in the Chunnel!) due to power and electrical issues on the lines that is being blamed on the weather. Queues at airports in America are winding around buildings and security queues are lasting for hours as transportation hubs everywhere strain to accommodate delays, cancellations and irate travellers struggling to reach their destinations before Christmas or New Year’s.
In order to survive the stresses and do your best to get to your destination on time and as soon as possible, it’s important to arm yourself with the best information available to assist you on your journey. We’ve found some great articles and posts over the past few days that are especially timely and essential in helping you prepare for travel this holiday season.
How to Cope with Holiday Flight Cancellations, Overbooked Planes… – The Perrin Post
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Travel expert Wendy Perrin writes and extremely helpful and timely post on how best to cope with travel delays at the airport. Equip yourself with the best possible information as early as feasible in order to avoid hassle at the airport. Also, those who are more flexible with their travel dates and times can benefit largely at this time of the year with rewards offered to those who volunteer to give up their seats on overbooked flights.
14 Ways to Survive a Holiday Flight – CNN
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CNN’s travel editors have come up with a good list of ideas that will help air travellers to make their journey as smooth as possible this winter. Leave the wrapped presents at home, forget the liquids and budget your time wisely to ease your stress and difficulties this holiday season.
Stranded in London – Guardian Travel
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The Guardian takes a special look at this weekend and week’s serious delays on the Eurostar rail service between France and England. With commentary from travellers who have been personally impacted by these severe delays, we learn that perhaps perseverance and a good sense of humour are really the only things that can be effective in these types of situations.
Wherever you may be headed this holiday season, we at Travelfusion wish you the best of luck and happy and safe travels!
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