Monthly Archives: December 2006

Ryanair loses bitch site name-grab claim

Posted on December 31, 2006 by Paul Roberts

“Ryanair has lost its claim against a website which helps customers of
the airline complain about the service they receive.”

Link: title="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/29/wipo_rules_against_ryanair/">http://www.theregister.co.uk

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It’s US vs UK in online geography battle

Posted on December 15, 2006 by Paul Roberts

“North Americans fed up with being ribbed over their geographical incompetence are trying to get even — pitting their skills against Britain in a transatlantic geography quiz.” Link: http://today.reuters.com

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The best mountains to climb before you die

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Paul Roberts

“Of all the world’s high and treacherous mountain peaks, only 14
summits reach above 8,000 meters in elevation. These heralded “Eight-Thousanders” include Everest, K2, Makalu, Annapurna and ten
additional stratosphere-scraping summits.”
Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16113203/

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[worldtravelexp] Accommodations and Car Rental in Spain

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Paul Roberts

> We are also hoping to find a reasonable price for an economy rental car for three weeks.

For car hire you could try getting quotes from these consolidators.

they all resell the same cars. (Spain tends to run on the bring it back empty con, they make you buy a tank of gas when you pick the car up, you can’t get out of this)

Check that they include excess insurance (this might be $2-4 a day more) some include it others insure you and you have to pay for damage and claim the excess back from consolidator.

I’d also ask for a diesel, you’ll get twice the mpg and gas is expensive over here compared to the USA, about $6-8 a gallon (~$2/L), they have good engines and are as quiet as a normal petrol/gas car and you get lots of power from the turbo for overtaking.

Paul, London, UK

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