The cold chill appears to make British citizens want to flock the country to sunnier climbs, pointing out the obvious right? Well there seems to now be concrete proof into this statement with Gatwick seizing the benefits of the cold early Easter with Easter Sunday being the coldest Easter in the UK on record since records began in 1960 with temperatures dipping as low as -9.8C a ridiculous temperature for the last day in March. (more…)
MasterCard and Visa undergo EU investigation
An investigation is to take place into MasterCard and Visa cards inter-banking fees. The problem came across when they found if a US tourist was to use one of these cards inside the EU the charges would be extremely high, much higher than those who live in the EU but are travelling to another country within the EU. The problem arises with MasterCard and Visa as well as other rival companies all trying to compete on their inter-banking charges. (more…)
Gap between Leasing? Indigo can help!
No one wants to be left without a car especially if they heavily rely on it to get them to and from work on a daily basis. Many people instead of buying a car opt to lease on instead as it can often be more convenient and just easier, but what happens when you lease a car and it comes to the end of the lease and you are waiting for your new lease vehicle to arrive? This can take days or even weeks and you can be left stranded. (more…)
Airports dive into war over their “turf”
Manchester airport bosses have launched an advertising campaign in the form of posters in order to win back some of their passengers. One of their advertising campaigns portrays them as “the low-cost airport of the north” and the other is aimed to portray them as “the global gateway of northern England”. These adverts are controversial in themselves with seemingly being very close to aiming them at rival northern airports, let the war between airports begin. (more…)
Cardiff airport new travel routes cause a stir
Cardiff airport was under Spanish ownership until recently whilst under this ownership the airport saw a massive slump of passengers with losing out on almost half it passengers from 2 million in 2007 to 1 million in 2012 which is a staggering loss for any airport. The underlining reason Cardiff airport saw rapid decline was due to the withdrawal of budget airlines from the airport causing there to be less flight routes around the world from Cardiff airport which of course leads to a decrease of customers. (more…)
Heathrow Airport Proposed Plans To Expand
Many may be aware that Heathrow airport has proposed plans to expand the airport by increasing the amount of runways to a total of 4. This will increase flights to an estimated 860,000 per year; these plans of course don’t come without their controversy with many views opting for and against the proposal to expand the airports size. This has of course sparked huge debate as to whether the airports plans should be accepted or not. (more…)
Florida international driving licence law u-turn
The Floridian law that came into place on January 1st 2013 in regards to having to have an international driving licence in order to hire a car in Florida this shocked many people and left them unable to acquire a car during their holiday. Coming from the UK the law was an unusual one as like most other countries they usually accept driving licences which are within their own language and travelling from the UK to the USA licences where of course in English. Now a Florida international driving licence law u-turn has taken place. (more…)
Debit card car hire Italy
We now offer debit card car hire Italy in several locations throughout the country. We answered the distressed call for help from our suffering customers whether they are Italian locals or holiday makers then car hire is still available there through us with the use of a debit card. We realised the plight the credit card can bring and the stigma of people not wanting to pass it over in order to hire there car and we watched as many reluctantly handed over the credit card through prised fingers so we decided something needed to be done! (more…)
Road Tolls Destined for Britain?
The government have been said to be planning to build a tolling booth on the M4 motorway and it’s not a popular choice with the Britons. A staggering 70% of people are actually opposed to tolling the motorways, what makes us so different from our American counter parts they tax almost every road going! Possibly the underlining reason why we are so against it is the fact that the country on a whole are already paying £48 billion pounds worth of other motoring taxes that you are already required to pay. (more…)
Manchester airport Evacuated
On the 2nd April the busy Easter weekend, Manchester airport evacuated all its passengers and staff a like as it laid baron for 4 hours despite the bomb disposal unit and police of course being within, the closure caused about 10 flight delays to and from the airport in the time. Terminal 1 of Manchester airport was completely evacuated after there was a bomb scare from a baggage scanner after it flagged up a suspicious looking image. (more…)