 About the Guide
Book
When you travel, you need the Global
Guidebook. It is the insiders guide to international travel and every month
gives you detailed confidential information to make you the sharpest of
travellers.
Globally sourced, its reporters analyse
airfares originating in Britain, Europe, America and the Far East in all classes
of travel to tell you the best place to buy your tickets.
Some of the savings can be incredible.
You can save 70% off British Airways
Club Class tickets if you buy them in Germany.
You can pay 40% less on your round the
world tickets if you buy them in Rome.
New York travel agents give 60% off
fares to the Far East - the Global Guidebook tells you where to
buy all these.
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Do
you know where to get upgrades?
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City Hotels now offer Confidential standby rates.
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Buy
your tickets in Cape Town and London-New York is only £50 extra in First Class.
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Get
your long haul tickets from an airline's holiday department and get free hotels
thrown in.
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Air
Miles is now the second largest currency in the world. Are you making the most
of yours?
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Do
you know where all the budget airlines fly in Europe? 3 More started flying this
month.
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Get
your family into the executive lounges at most airports around the world.
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Take your partner on a trip at no extra charge.
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Special tips every month for women travellers
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When to buy air passes and save thousands of pounds
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How
to beat jetlag
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When it is better to stay in flats rather than hotels - we give you the contacts
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Travel safely around Eastern Europe
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Expert City Guides so you can know your way around foreign cities.
Using the World’s top travel writers we
research beautiful hotels and resorts to tell you where the best business and
holiday hotels are hidden away. Our resort reports are famous for their quality
and style. In the following pages you will see samples of our work as well as an
application form to subscribe to the Global Guidebook.
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today and a year’s supply of the highest quality travel information will come in
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Air Fares are Still Falling
This is the time of year when the real bargains appear. Traditionally a quiet time for airlines before the Easter rush, all sorts of deals are available and tell you where to go to get the best discounts. The market that all airlines chase is the business traveller. British Airways are now using their flat beds on many routes and for overnight travel they are unbeatable. Other carriers are competing on price but the absolute winner at the moment is Virgin Atlantic with their Premium Economy Cabin. You don't pay much more than Economy Class but you get to sit in a dedicated cabin where the seats are often configured as 2-2-2 and as Virgin keep reminding us "You get free champagne all the way across the Atlantic!" Icelandair and Kuwait Airways feature highly as good airlines with attractive business class prices but do look at the prices out of Germany; you will find that British Airways is heavily discounted there.
No Frills Thrill
This is the year that the No-Frills carriers came of age. All the major airlines ignored them for too long. They thought that they were just competition for charter flights. They now realize that they are snapping up the business traveller as well. You can fly to nearly 100 destinations on these new kids on the block, often for as little as £1 and now, belatedly, national airlines are dropping their prices to compete. There is a certain amount of in-fighting as the smaller airlines jostle for market share. We have just lost Buzz and Airlib and more may follow. European regional property prices are being pushed up by the proximity of an airport with a cheap airline. Brits are buying weekend homes in France because budget airlines take them to Brest, Bergerac and La Rochell but they may find themselves stranded if the airlines find that these routes are not profitable and either pull them or dramatically increase the fares. Only time will tell, but if the flights stop, then property prices will fall back.
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