Morning all Been away for a while but seeing the story of the whole street that booked it, packed it and f.. well flew away on it (far better strap line than the Redknapps), I thought I would have a little dabble back into the world of blogging. In case you have missed the coverage viral or otherwise...
Posted to
Oakesy's little acorns.....
by
Chrisoakes
on
8 Sep 2011
Filed under:
Filed under: travel, oakes, holidaytaxis.com, school, ABTA, mcewan, Hays, agents, airlines, airports, holidays, COOP, business, overseas, reps, flights, high street
Last week I went to see the team at Jet2.com and Jet2holidays. We had a great catch up and I saw the operations team in action working the ongoing volcanic ash bookings as well as their day jobs! On return to my car – I put in my ticket – knowing the high cost of airport parking – which...
The Travel Convention in Barcelona had a record number of attendees this year – however out of the 1000 delegates approximately 200 were agents – so is it of benefit and was it any good – or is it a bit of a jolly? From a business perspective we don’t do things by half’s...
Off on my holidays – and yes booked with a travel agent – after 21 years in travel I still have a huge loyalty and being a family man (not married but been dating 17 years) I have to go up an aisle one day – and that is of course and aircraft! I have booked private transfers with my...
Posted to
Oakesy's little acorns.....
by
Chrisoakes
on
2 Jul 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: travel, oakes, holidaytaxis.com, taxis, ABTA, agents, taxi, airport, Benalmadena, spain, katona
So we have had local elections, Euro elections, ABTA elections and now soon to be ITT elections - a week in politics is a lifetime! However we shouldn’t forget at least we have a democratic right which our forefathers fought for to give us freedom of speech and the right to vote – so whether...