User Tag List

Page 84 of 91 FirstFirst ... 34748283848586 ... LastLast
Results 4,151 to 4,200 of 4547

Thread: The Travel Thread

  1. #4151
    Senior Member Waffdon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    14,606
    Mentioned
    48 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by -james- View Post
    Lol at the latest Ryanair grift. The overhead lockers are apparently only for people who have booked priority, everyone else's bags has to go under the seat in front. Good luck trying to enforce that.

    Also managed to get a perforated ear drum on the flight so fuck them.
    They’re normally sound but they delayed my flight this morning for 3 hours trying to find staff. Cocks

  2. #4152
    I used to be funny.
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    22,382
    Mentioned
    45 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Looking at their baggage rules, I think anyone who paid for a cabin bag gets priority by default?

    Priority & 2 Cabin Bags: This allows you to carry a small personal bag (40x20x25cm), which must fit under the seat in front of you and a 10kg bag (55x40x20cm) onboard, to be stored in the overhead locker. It also allows you to board the plane first using the Priority Boarding queue at the gate.

  3. #4153
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    795
    Mentioned
    16 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Yup, they've grouped the two for years.

  4. #4154
    Senior Member -james-'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    5,914
    Mentioned
    57 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Yeah they try and force it on you so your £40 fare is in reality £70. I visited my parents with just a small rucksack and had to lol at now apparently not being allowed to use the overhead bins.

  5. #4155
    Senior Member niko_cee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    19,878
    Mentioned
    47 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Is it formally not allowed, or is it just those are for all the dickheads with the wheel on luggage as a practicality policy? Don't think I've been on Ryanair for almost a decade now.

  6. #4156
    Senior Member hfswjyr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    981
    Mentioned
    13 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by -james- View Post
    Yeah they try and force it on you so your £40 fare is in reality £70. I visited my parents with just a small rucksack and had to lol at now apparently not being allowed to use the overhead bins.

    I know this is completely irrelevant to the point you're making, but thinking about how much value is provided in that £40 (or £70) is really hard to fathom. The engineering, infrastructure, fuel, safety, service, taxes, profit etc. that goes into putting people into flying steel tubes to shuttle them around the world. All for the same money (or less) as a fancy restaurant meal or a seat at a sports game.

  7. #4157
    Senior Member Jimmy Floyd's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    36,966
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Yeah, low cost flying is basically an economic miracle and Michael O'Leary is unironically one of the greatest agents of human happiness this century.

    Enjoy it while it lasts.

  8. #4158
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    795
    Mentioned
    16 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Yup. I'll take almost any level of discomfort, grief and shithousery to keep flying just about anywhere within a three hour radius for less than £100. It's insane.

  9. #4159
    Custom User Title phonics's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Posts
    18,761
    Mentioned
    120 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    The ultimate irony being that one of the reasons they can offer cheap flights is that they're running old Boeings which are far more safe than the new lot.

  10. #4160
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    795
    Mentioned
    16 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Ryanair placed, I think, the world's biggest order (at the time) for 737 Max 8 aircraft during the period that aircraft was grounded – that's the Lion Air / Ethiopian Airlines crash one. They managed to get it under the radar by referring it to the 737-8000 or something like that. And they've ordered more since. I don't know if they have any 737 Max 9s (the Alaskan Airlines door blowout one). I think Tui has a few, and one of the Scandi carriers (Finnair or Icelandair).

    Ryanair's fleet compared to a lot of others is relatively modern. Also, there is absolutely no chance the 737 Max will be killed off by all these incidents. The order book is still for thousands of them, and the issues will always get fixed. Modern aviation is absolutely reliant on there being competition between Airbus and Boeing.

    EDIT: They called it the 737-8200. And they ordered 210 in total, a first order of 135 and another for 75 in Dec 2020. So both orders during the grounding.
    Last edited by Clunge; 27-01-2024 at 10:55 AM.

  11. #4161
    Senior Member Spikey M's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2016
    Posts
    24,054
    Mentioned
    36 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    Yeah, low cost flying is basically an economic miracle and Michael O'Leary is unironically one of the greatest agents of human happiness this century.

    Enjoy it while it lasts.
    Absolutely. I don't use them often, but I flew to Ireland 10 years ago for the price of a Boots Meal Deal. I have no idea how they manage it, but I'll gladly suffer whatever indignity is required to make it happen

  12. #4162
    Senior Member Waffdon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    14,606
    Mentioned
    48 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Clunge View Post
    Yup. I'll take almost any level of discomfort, grief and shithousery to keep flying just about anywhere within a three hour radius for less than £100. It's insane.
    I really did fuck up being with a school teacher. Barely get any use out of the cheap flights anymore. I was £14 and £25 for both my flights to London this weekend at 2 weeks notice. Spent nearly £30 in a taxi going 3.5 miles last night

  13. #4163
    Senior Member Jimmy Floyd's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    36,966
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I will never understand how black cabs stay in business. Not only are they about double the price they should be, but you can pretty much do any journey across London by bus, tube, foot or a combination in less than an hour.

  14. #4164
    Senior Member Waffdon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    14,606
    Mentioned
    48 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I was pretty pissed and got on wrong tube to go back to hotel and couldn’t be arsed trying to rectify the mistake.

    Stansted to Victoria was ridiculously easy though and was much less of a ballache then I thought it would be compared to Heathrow. Definitely just book there in future unless Heathrow have dirt cheap flights

  15. #4165
    Senior Member Jimmy Floyd's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    36,966
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I wouldn't call that easy but then I'm not used to ScotRail, jesus what a disaster that is.

  16. #4166
    mischamischaracterisation Dquincy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    4,010
    Mentioned
    16 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    The ultimate irony being that one of the reasons they can offer cheap flights is that they're running old Boeings which are far more safe than the new lot.
    Quote Originally Posted by Clunge View Post
    Ryanair placed, I think, the world's biggest order (at the time) for 737 Max 8 aircraft during the period that aircraft was grounded – that's the Lion Air / Ethiopian Airlines crash one. They managed to get it under the radar by referring it to the 737-8000 or something like that. And they've ordered more since. I don't know if they have any 737 Max 9s (the Alaskan Airlines door blowout one). I think Tui has a few, and one of the Scandi carriers (Finnair or Icelandair).

    Ryanair's fleet compared to a lot of others is relatively modern. Also, there is absolutely no chance the 737 Max will be killed off by all these incidents. The order book is still for thousands of them, and the issues will always get fixed. Modern aviation is absolutely reliant on there being competition between Airbus and Boeing.

    EDIT: They called it the 737-8200. And they ordered 210 in total, a first order of 135 and another for 75 in Dec 2020. So both orders during the grounding.

  17. #4167
    Man(c) of the People igor_balis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    6,148
    Mentioned
    44 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I will never understand how black cabs stay in business. Not only are they about double the price they should be, but you can pretty much do any journey across London by bus, tube, foot or a combination in less than an hour.
    I kinda love black cabs as an institution, despite (or perhaps partly because of) them really not making much sense on a logical/economic level. There's a young black cab lad who runs an excellent YouTube channel where he just does videos of his shifts, explains his routes, talks about the economics/admin/history of it all. It's really interesting, and it is genuinely fucking impressive what they can all do, yet it does still seem a bit pointless. He's done a couple of videos along the lines of "why still get black cabs" or "why are we worth using instead of Ubers" and it basically just boils down to "well we'll usually be a bit quicker because we know little short cuts and more aware of typical traffic rates/road closures that Google maps/sat navs don't really manage " and "well if you have a few of you it's basically as cheap as getting a train ticket each, and a much nicer journey ".

    On the first point, yeah I spose. The second point is absolutely true though, and is with taxis generally. Big advocate of sharing taxis over multiple people getting tickets for stuff. Did my fucking head in when we did the fringe a few years back, and would constantly be late to the first show of the day cus my spazzy mates insisted on the 1 hour unreliable bus for £3 each or some shit, Vs all putting in practically the same amount into a taxi. Wankers.

  18. #4168
    The Artist Formerly Known as Taz
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    8,772
    Mentioned
    111 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Yeah, I follow a black cabbie who puts out a lot of videos too.

  19. #4169

    Join Date
    Jan 2022
    Posts
    7,386
    Mentioned
    24 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I watched one where he explained the whole queueing system at Heathrow. Really interesting shit but he sat around for like five hours to get one job into the city. There is literally hundreds of cabs in this queue all to make, what, £50 tops?

  20. #4170
    Man(c) of the People igor_balis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    6,148
    Mentioned
    44 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Ben View Post
    I watched one where he explained the whole queueing system at Heathrow. Really interesting shit but he sat around for like five hours to get one job into the city. There is literally hundreds of cabs in this queue all to make, what, £50 tops?
    Yeah I did think that. Plus when he breaks down the costs, hours, and general lifestyle it sounds pretty rubbish to be honest. Sounds quite patronising, but sometimes when he goes on about the "freedom" and other advantages of the job, I kinda think it's probs more a reflection of a lack of stuff to compare to. IIRC his only other job was working in topman or some shit. Still, good luck to him or whatever.

  21. #4171
    Senior Member CJay's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    2,418
    Mentioned
    17 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Anyone done Legoland Windsor? We're in London (Brentford) for a wedding at the start of April, and I'm considering doing it on our free day. Seems like there's a decent enough route out via Elizabeth Line, but we have to be back in the Ealing area for 5ish, so I'm wondering if 11-4 or thereabouts is enough time to make it worthwhile.

    Any other advice on navigating London with a 4yo and a 6yo very welcome. Or better options for a fun day out than trekking out to Windsor.

  22. #4172
    Custom User Title phonics's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Posts
    18,761
    Mentioned
    120 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Can't go wrong with the Natural History Museum.

  23. #4173
    Senior Member Jimmy Floyd's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    36,966
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    11-4 is plenty for Legoland. It's great for those ages, but it's not an American style theme park spreading out over 5 million acres.

  24. #4174
    Senior Member Spikey M's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2016
    Posts
    24,054
    Mentioned
    36 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    My 2 were underwhelmed by Lego Land. I'd go to Chessington or Thorpe Park instead.

  25. #4175
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2018
    Location
    Swansea
    Posts
    3,452
    Mentioned
    118 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Those hours would be fine, just be wary of the traffic down to Legoland as you'll need a bus from the station. Sounds like you're there during Easter holidays so it could be particularly busy.

  26. #4176
    Custom User Title phonics's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Posts
    18,761
    Mentioned
    120 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I always wanted to go to Legoland because I liked the idea of that driving license bit. Then I saw video of it years later and it looked total shit.

  27. #4177
    Senior Member CJay's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    2,418
    Mentioned
    17 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    My 2 were underwhelmed by Lego Land. I'd go to Chessington or Thorpe Park instead.
    We're near Ewell for another wedding () in September, so Chessington sounds ideal for that trip. Thanks for the tip.

    This has also lead me to discover there is such a place as Nonsuch Park. Lovely.

  28. #4178
    Senior Member niko_cee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    19,878
    Mentioned
    47 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Legoland is alright but you want to get there when it opens as otherwise it can be pain to get to and they day just goes. Those q-bot things they do [and you pay for] are well worth it imo, particularly if it is likely to be busy when you go.

    I've also only ever been when you got cheap tickets from the newspaper or train, so not sure if it's value for money at the full sticker price, whatever that is now.

    Went to the museums in Greenwich Park recently, although not great for Brentford-way. The maritime one was decent but the Royal Observatory has gone to shit since I was last there in the 90s, there's nothing in it. Kind of explains why an annual membership is basically the same price as a family entry. They know you're not coming back.

    Science museum is alright, but I didn't like the entry system when I went where they basically guilt you into donating. Just charge a ticket price if that's what you plan to do. You can bypass that at the Natural History Museum by pre-booking admission, maybe that's available at the science museum as well now.

    I think a daytrip to legoland when you need to be back in London/Ealing for 5ish sounds a bit like a recipe for disaster.

    How about the zoo? Zoo's are great.

  29. #4179
    Senior Member CJay's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    2,418
    Mentioned
    17 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by thommo View Post
    Those hours would be fine, just be wary of the traffic down to Legoland as you'll need a bus from the station. Sounds like you're there during Easter holidays so it could be particularly busy.
    Yeah, I think we're stuck with busy places regardless due to the holidays so will have to suck it up unfortunately.

    Thanks for the advice gents.

  30. #4180
    Senior Member Jimmy Floyd's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    36,966
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    If London Zoo was where Legoland is, and vice versa, they would both be far better attractions.

  31. #4181
    Custom User Title phonics's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Posts
    18,761
    Mentioned
    120 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I don't think I've ever been to a zoo.

  32. #4182
    Senior Member Spikey M's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2016
    Posts
    24,054
    Mentioned
    36 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I don't even know how that's possible? Getting dragged round one once a year as a kid was basically law when we were kids.

  33. #4183
    Senior Member Jimmy Floyd's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    36,966
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I haven't been to one for years. Have they gone all woke now with plans to return the captured animals to the wild etc? Sustainably caught tigers.

  34. #4184
    Senior Member Spikey M's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2016
    Posts
    24,054
    Mentioned
    36 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Most of them have just followed the trend of trying to bankrupt their customers by hiking their prices to ridiculous levels. £33 a ticket these days. Piss taking bastards.

    And that's before they try to sell you a subpar burger and chips for £20.

  35. #4185
    Won the Old Board Lewis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Hull
    Posts
    27,655
    Mentioned
    136 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I took my mother to Windsor Castle last week, and, whilst the castle is well worth a visit, I was surprised how crap Windsor is. I expected a posh little cathedral city-type of place, when in actual fact it's like somebody dropped St. Paul's Cathedral in Nuneaton.

  36. #4186
    Senior Member niko_cee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    19,878
    Mentioned
    47 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I haven't been to one for years. Have they gone all woke now with plans to return the captured animals to the wild etc? Sustainably caught tigers.
    Jersey Zoo did this. Rebranded itself "Durrell" and had all the animals in enclosures where they were entirely invisible. They seem to have gone away from that now though and have let all the tamarinds and little marmoset monkey things run loose which is quite cool.

    I went to Whipsnade Zoo quite recently which was ok, but seems to be some sort of Amazon fulfillment centre for other zoos, chiefly London Zoo or ZSL as I think it likes to refer to itself. Has a car route around it as well which was a bit .
    Last edited by niko_cee; 13-03-2024 at 05:13 PM.

  37. #4187
    Bookie Sir Andy Mahowry's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    43,255
    Mentioned
    107 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Can't remember the last time I went to a zoo but I have been to Woburn "SAFARI PARK" a lot and I love it.

    Nothing like having a pride of lions run towards your car or having monkeys finger their arseholes on your windscreen.

  38. #4188
    Senior Member niko_cee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    19,878
    Mentioned
    47 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Don't the little fuckers just strip your car of all seals and other rubber parts?

  39. #4189
    Bookie Sir Andy Mahowry's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    43,255
    Mentioned
    107 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Don't the little fuckers just strip your car of all seals and other rubber parts?
    Last few times I went in a 9 seater. They usually just sit on the front taking out red berries which have collected in the cracks around the bonnet.

    Although one time they were lounging on the roof and took some rubber parts from up there. I think they're just plugs for the holes for a roof rack.

  40. #4190
    I used to be funny.
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    22,382
    Mentioned
    45 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I went to Lincoln Park Zoo last year and it took a surprising amount of time to find any animal. First thing I saw was a depressed Polar Bear pacing back and forth.

  41. #4191
    Won the Old Board Lewis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Hull
    Posts
    27,655
    Mentioned
    136 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    When I went to London Zoo I saw an African woman give her kid the hardest slap I've ever seen. He was mewling and pulling her jumper, and she turned round and belted him across his chops in a single movement. I was almost as astonished as he was.

  42. #4192
    The Artist Formerly Known as Taz
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    8,772
    Mentioned
    111 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    https://www.jet2holidays.com/search/...order=1&page=1

    That first deal (was apparently only £150 last night too). You're basically gonna come back well in profit over your day-to-day living expenses in UK. They should advertise it to the boat folk.

  43. #4193
    Senior Member Waffdon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    14,606
    Mentioned
    48 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Cheaper than one of RL’s tasting menus. (Not including alcohol)

  44. #4194
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    795
    Mentioned
    16 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Gonna be rife this summer with Jet2, Tui and easyJet holidays kicking the shit out of each other. There's record package capacity in the market this year. Could be some insane deals.

  45. #4195
    Senior Member Waffdon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    14,606
    Mentioned
    48 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I did wonder why my holiday last year was so expensive compared to this year. Can get 14 days AI at 5* resorts in Mexico for less than £2000pp in July. No idea if you’re meant to go this time of the year or not.

  46. #4196
    Senior Member niko_cee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    19,878
    Mentioned
    47 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    "The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th."

    Mexico's hurricane season is from May through November, with most storms developing between July and October. Hurricanes and tropical storms can cause life-threatening flash floods, dangerous winds, treacherous surf and rip currents, and other hazardous conditions.

  47. #4197
    Senior Member Jimmy Floyd's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    36,966
    Mentioned
    89 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Just another day in Dundee.

  48. #4198
    Senior Member Waffdon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    14,606
    Mentioned
    48 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Touché.

    I looked at Cape Verde but it just looks a bit, well, boring.

  49. #4199

    Join Date
    Jan 2022
    Posts
    7,386
    Mentioned
    24 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Windy as fuck too.

  50. #4200
    I used to be funny.
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    22,382
    Mentioned
    45 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    The American Holocaust Museum was pretty sobering. Very effective when the yanks shut their traps for a few minutes and the whole room falls silent.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •