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Best of best: unusual halls of fame
Travel website VirtualTourist.com has put together this list of 10 unusual Halls of Fame in the United States that cover a gamut of hobbies and professions.
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Travel Postcard: Cork, Ireland
Got 48 hours to explore Cork? Local correspondents help you to get the most out of a stay in Ireland's second city, whose tradition of independence earned it a reputation as a "rebel city".
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Recriminations erupt over ash crisis
As the skies over Europe finally reopen for flights, airlines are toting up $2billion losses and trying to get thousands of travellers home, as recriminations erupt over the chaotic response to the volcanic ash cloud.
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Aussie trio's $4500 ash dash cash splash
Three Melbourne men forked out more than $4500 for a taxi ride from France to Spain after their flight home was cancelled due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
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Airlines clearing passenger backlog
Air New Zealand is hoping to at least halve its passenger backlog, following the closure of the European airspace by ash clouds from an Icelandic volcano, by the end of next week.
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Thai hotels send tourists packing
Thailand's bloody political crisis has been scaring away tourists for weeks but took a new turn yesterday when some of the capital's finest hotels sent guests packing for fear of violence at their doorsteps.
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Exorbitant fares in ash aftermath
Travellers wishing to fly to Europe can expect to pay exorbitant fares when airports re-open, aviation experts warn.
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Kiwi director among volcano chaos
Emmy Award-winning New Zealand director David Stubbs is one of the thousands of people stranded in Europe by Iceland's volcano.
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Price hikes hit stranded passengers
Andrew and Debbie Jackman of Britain spent more than two years saving up for their family vacation to Australia. They probably wish they'd saved a little longer.
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Best day trips from London
Dare to moan to a Londoner that you've grown tired of their city and there's a fair chance they'll hit you with
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New York top for blokes
New York has beaten Chicago as the world's best city to live in 2010 if you're a man, coming up trumps in both professional and personal fields, according to a survey.
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Trapped in Paris
Help! I’m stranded! In Paris! For days! Can you imagine the horror?
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Mission impossible - escape from Europe
Stranded travellers are piling into buses, trains and high-priced taxis in a frantic scramble to accomplish an increasingly tricky mission: Escape from Europe.
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Flights paralysed: Which airports open?
Eurocontrol, the European air navigation and safety organisation, says around 63,000 flights have been cancelled since April 15 when Iceland's volcano first erupted.
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Fed-up flyers turn to trains
After idling for decades, train travel in the United States, while not quite out of the station, is beginning to work up a healthy head of steam.
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Luxury homes up for swap
Fancy a holiday with a difference? How about offering your own home for a short-term swap? There's one catch - it needs to be luxurious.
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Stranded tourists billeted to Kiwi homes
The volcanic ash cloud which closed the skies over Europe, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, has given some tourists a dose of Kiwi hospitality they did not bargain for at the end of their holiday.
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When it comes to luxury, Bali's best
You don't need to travel halfway across the world to experience some of the world's best hotels.
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Volcanic ash halts Europe air travel
Travel agents are flat out after a huge cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the cancellation of up to 5000 flights in Europe, affecting thousands of New Zealand travellers.
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Powder on Virgin flight 'not toxic'
Passengers on a Virgin Blue flight had to be moved to a holding area after a white powder was found onboard the plane.
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