Reading the news recently, post-Covid it feels like everything is falling apart. Flights are delayed or - even worse - canceled with little or no warning. Some seasoned airlines don't seem to be able or willing to solve on-the-ground problems with their flight schedule issues. Calling it frustrating doesn't even begin to…
We will remember this time in history as the time where everything went wrong all at once. Between Covid, forest fires, floods, earthquakes and people fighting each other, probably not even knowing why. So, to add salt to the wound, there are even problems with obtaining planes to be able to shuttle those who…
Take the easy (or BA) way out. Try Bournemouth airport.
Why do European budget carriers feel cheaper than their US equivalents?
Flying is quite the endeavor, nowadays. What with Covid 19 decimating air travel a few years back, to the proliferation / explosion of people around the globe being able to fly now, and actually doing so. Did you know that Every day, some 93,000 flights take off from approximately 9,000 airports? And at…
Pity the poor airlines over the last few years. Things were hunky dory until Covid came along in 2020 and turned the world upside-down. And, now that Covid is more or less a horrible memory, the airlines are trying to ramp up their service again. During Covid, many pilots left their…
Pity the poor airlines. During Covid, nobody wanted to fly. Now everyone wants to fly . . everywhere . . .all at once. And, in some cases, it almost feels like the airlines have forgotten how to run their business.
But, as always - Covid or not - things go wrong and your flight is cancelled. …
Remember the days of yore, when you could simply and easily book a flight from the comfort of your laptop, getting top savings almost without even really trying?
Ever since the "end" of the Covid 19 pandemic, it feels like prices have gone up and up and up, almost with no justification nor abatement, and they keep going up. From the start of the pandemic consumers and retailers have faced shortages in a wide range of goods, from toilet paper to electronics…
What a headline that is. What does it even mean? Let's get to the bottom of it, shall we? Portuguese football team captain and former Real Madrid striker (and dreamboat) Cristiano Ronaldo, and international tennis legend Rafael Nadal, are behind the Tatel restaurant due to open in Spain's third-largest metropolis this summer.…
One of the big complaints about traveling is about how damned expensive it can be. Especially after Covid pummeled the travel industry into the ground, only now is it rising from the ashes, but with rising prices as well. According to NerdWallet's Travel Price Index, the overall cost of travel is up 9%. …
We have written a few posts about how travel can be a nightmare at times, especially when the travel companies don't seem to solve the issues (sometimes no matter how hard they try.) It could be a cascade of problems that they have no control over, or it could external influences - Covid anyone?…
Our affiliate friends, British Airways have re-opened flights to Mainland China again.
Going through passport control when traveling can be one of the most frustrating and painful events - we're sure you agree. But, it has to be done, doesn't it. And a lot of us do it. According to Statista.com, The number of international tourist arrivals worldwide dropped sharply in 2020 over the…
Well, this topic fills us with confusement. As if travel (and even simply enjoying yourself) isn't confusing enough at times, some clever marketing boffins and "influencers" often take it upon themselves to "kick it up a notch" and come up with the latest new buzz words. Of course, there are the classics: laser…
If you pick up any newspaper or magazine, you'll undoubtedly find that there is still mayhem when it comes to flying. As quickly as the Covid pandemic destroyed travel for over two years, its disappearance and the resulting rush and push to travel once again has absolutely nailed many travel companies to the wall.…
We're unashamed tech geeks here at Matouring, and probably our biggest thrill is aircraft. We love flying. Maybe not so much the squeezed seats and no legroom, but more about the aircraft themselves. Since the time of Covid 19, air travel (and most travel, to be fair) plummeted. No-one wanted to…
At last - the Cuba embargo is lifting! Delta Airlines intends to restart Miami International Airport (MIA) and José Martí International Airport, Havana (HAV), two times per day, starting on April 10th, 2023. Atlanta-based Delta tried to start operations in Cuba in 2016 after 55 years when the US Federal Government dropped restrictions on commercial passenger…
Travel often include flight. You either love it or you hate it - sometimes both at the same time. We generally love it, despite the occasional hiccup. The number of flights performed globally by the airline industry increased steadily since the early 2000s and reached 38.9 million in 2019. However, due to…
You know, sometimes we are in so much of a hurry when we're traveling, that we miss so many interesting and unusual things that are around us. We can only imagine the amount of thought, design and execution that takes place in order to provide us with sensible, organised, fluid and welcoming spaces at…