Archive for January, 2008
Eurovision tickets go on sale
Jan 30th
This year‚s Eurovision contest will be held in Belgrade, and the tickets are now on sale. For the first two days, tickets can only be purchased in Serbia, but from January 31 they can be bought online from anywhere in the world.
Tickets are only available in packages until March 17 when they can purchased for single events. The Eurovision will take place in Belgrade from May 20 to May 24. It will the ideal time to take holiday in Belgrade and be in the audience at the Eurovision for the cheapest prices ever.
Serbian media has pointed out that this year has the lowest ticket prices to the Eurovision ever. Semi final tickets cost only about ‚£10 and the final between ‚£10 and ‚£45.
Heathrow Terminal 5 to fingerprint passengers
Jan 30th
The new Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 will be fingerprinting domestic passengers. The new terminal is due to open in March, after which passengers on British Airways flights to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester or Newcastle will have to undergo extended security measures.
This due to the fact that the new terminal is one big departure lounge, where international passengers could possibly swap tickets and use fake ID‚s to enter the UK, when they are supposed to be changing flights.
The fingerprints are taken to insure the people checked in are the people at the departure gate.
Expensive content in the backpackers‚ bags
Jan 30th
The British backpackers travelling around the world on a budget carry ‚£450 worth of clothes and necessities. In total, there is ‚£1.7 billion in the bags of the British backpackers at the moment.
The high value of their bags is due to the dependence on technology. Phones, digital cameras, mp3 players and even laptops are now crammed in to the bags as people head for their gap years.
The figures were revealed by a new study by AA Travel Insurance. It found that 73% of backpackers take mobile phone with them, and 72% carry a digital camera.
What worries the insurance company is that with this expensive content, backpackers staying in unsecure lodgings travel without any insurance.