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Austria: Good booking situation continues during the Easter holidays
“Across all federal states the booking situation is largely good this Easter holidays. This confirms once again that our guests enjoy Austria's wide range of tourist offerings, from winter sports and wellness
Amateur photographers get their money’s worth at these holiday destinations
A vacation without photos? Hardly imaginable. We want to capture the most beautiful moments along the way: be it a picture in front of the majestic Eiffel Tower, a selfie next to a famous work of art or a panoramic shot
Vienna: Hotels “well booked” over Easter 2024
After the record sales year of 2023, the tourism season for Vienna is off to a very good start this year: at Easter, the first big travel weekend for city tourists every year, the hotels are already very good
Flixbus is expanding its 2024 summer offer by 25 percent
According to the company's own information, the Flixbus route network was expanded by around 2024 percent for the summer of 35. This particularly applies to international routes. Within Germany, the increases are very limited
Laxenburg: Ferry in new splendor
In Laxenburg, Lower Austria, a few kilometers from Vienna, there is one of the largest castle complexes in Austria. The associated Laxenburg Palace Park, in which Wien Holding also has a stake, is one of them
Tui Care Foundation plants trees in Peru
Peru is over 40 percent forested. However, ongoing deforestation threatens important habitats and worsens the livelihoods of indigenous communities in particular. The Tui Forest Peru aims to
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Nice Places: Rust - The stork town in Burgenland
The German Rust is particularly known for the Europapark. The town of the same name in the Austrian Burgenland is much smaller and for numerous storks that raise their young in spring and summer,
Nice Places: Chilling with the dolphins in Eilat
The southernmost city of Israel has an extremely interesting place with the Dolphin Reef, which invites you to swim as well as to watch the marine mammals. It is expressly not a question
Xlendi: Picturesque fishing village with a coffee house flair
Sitting comfortably in the coffee house or restaurant while the children play or bathe in the water very close by? This is exactly what is not only possible in Xlendi on the island of Gozo,
Greek wine and a dreamliner: with the Scoot 787-8 from Berlin to Athens
There are these more or less unknown airlines with which there are few or no intersections due to existing travel preferences. For me personally, Scoot is one of those unknowns
In the test: This is ITA Airways - aka "new Alitalia"
The “new Alitalia”, which decided without further ado as “ITA Airways”, has been in the air since Friday. On Saturday, the carrier made the official maiden flight on the Rome route
A touch of Dolce Vita: with the Singapore Airlines A350-900 from Copenhagen to Rome
If life gives you a lemon, make lemonade out of it ”, this old saying is the ideal starting point for this trip report. The corona pandemic also resulted in numerous frequent flyers and
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Semester holidays: Air and train passengers have these rights
February is traditionally a busy month for travel. The APF takes this opportunity to inform travelers about the rights of travelers in relation to the issues that most often lead to arbitration proceedings:
Cancellations and delays: ÖAMTC gives valuable tips
It happens again and again that flights are canceled or delayed. Affected travelers often do not know whether they are entitled to compensation. “First point of contact for information about the cancelled
ECJ: No nuisance, no compensation
With two recent decisions, the ECJ made it clear that compensation for flight delays is only due if the passenger is actually affected by the delay. In the first case (C-474/22) booked
Car rentals: German law can also apply abroad
Additional fees are often hidden in the small print of the terms and conditions of commercial car rental companies, which can sometimes cost a lot of money. For example, almost all providers charge a processing fee for forwarding
VKI lawsuit: HG Vienna repeals 48 time-sharing clauses
The Association for Consumer Information (VKI) had sued Hapimag AG because of inadmissible clauses in the general terms and conditions of its timeshare contracts. Hapimag is a stock corporation based in Switzerland
Train arrival included: Tour operators are liable for delayed trains
What happens if you book a train trip along with a package holiday and the train is so late that you miss your flight? This was exactly the question
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