9 of Ryanair's routes into & out of the airport will cease from Sunday &, with it, the airport will lose 1/3rd of its destinations in Europe. The Director General of Tourism Infrastructure, Maria Garcia Vidal,  did not hide her concern about the impact this will have on the region at a press conference earlier this week.

Read it all on page 11 of  Round Town News online today.

Read the latest update about Corvera airport, Murcia

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Prostitutes working on the street outside a town in northern Spain have been ordered to wear reflective vests to make them visible to passing traffic and reduce the risk of accidents.

READ MORE HERE

General Strike in France: 28th October and on the 6th November

Read Easyjet info here.

Further general strikes have been confirmed in France. Strike action will be taking place on the 28th of October 2010 and the 6th of November 2010. At the moment, no easyJet flights to and from France on these two days have been affected. Please check this website regularly for further details. 

We are working closely with the French Government to try and minimise the impact to our customers, unfortunately however we will have to cancel a number of our flights and have been advised that there is a high risk of additional disruption during the day.  As soon as we know which flights are directly affected we will contact those customers affected.


While the circumstances are outside of our control and are affecting all airlines, we do apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused and reassure customers that we are doing everything possible to minimise the disruption.

Knight Insurance Brokers, S.A. Important Information Over recent months payment from Knights for policies sold to clients has become later and later culminating in a situation whereby now Knights are unable to hand over premiums for policies sold since June 2010.  This is no longer acceptable to Ibex or to Lloyd’s and as such on Monday 18^th October we ceased trading with Knight Insurance Brokers SA.  No doubt you may have a number of questions which you will want to ask.  We set out below a list of help Q&As and have also set up a Helpline where our team can assist you personally.

Full details: http://www.ibexinsure.com/knights

Easyjet are now charging new bookings £14 per kg over 20kg if two people check in only one bag, previously it was up to 32kg free! We have done this regularly for the past couple of years at least. Now it's an EXTRA whopping £168 to take 32kg in that bag!!

See below..

1 checked in (online) bag between two passengers up to 20 kg £18, up to 23kg it's + £42, up to 26kg it's + £84, up to 29kg it's + £126 & up to 32kg it's + £168

Do a test booking & see!!! 

EDITED TO CLARIFY (TO FOXBAT & ANYONE ELSE) THAT I MEANT THAT PREVIOUSLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 20KG AND 32KG 

WAS INDEED FREE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES MENTIONED.

THE INITIAL 20KG WAS, OF COURSE, CHARGED (AT £9 PER FLIGHT BOOKED).THAT WAS NOT 'FREE' & I NEVER INTENDED TO INFER IT WAS.

APOLOGIES!

The Town Hall of Torrevieja has pioneered a scheme in conjunction with local bus operator ‘Costa Azul’ that entitles local residents of all ages, who are on the ‘padron’ to the free use of urban buses within the municipality.

To obtain a pass go to the office of transportation Torrevieja. Calle Gregorio Marañon no 3 , downstairs ( next to Mapfre office)

You will need to produce:

Your certificate of Empadronamiento (Padron)

Your Passport or Resident’s Card /Certification

An attendant will enter the information required for your Bus Pass onto the computer. A photograph of you will be taken by the office.

You will be told when to return to collect your bus pass

Luton & Stansted flights to Alicante are now available.

French ATC strike Tuesday: Ryanair have cancelled flights, check yours!

AND anyone travelling through France should be aware that due to strikers shutting down 11 of the 12 refineries in France , fuel is running short in some areas due to panic buying and hoarding ..!!!! No deliveries have been made since Wednesday and the unions have said that none are planned for at least a week ..!!!

These strikes throughout France this week were upgraded by the unions recently into "open ended ".. , protesting students have also joined in the strikes against cuts and the raising of the retirement age and have been confronting police in major French cities .....!!!!!!

http://www.france24.com/en/20101015-oil-industry-strikes-spark-fears-fuel-shortage-france-pension-reform-total

Bristol to Malaga Wed 10 Nov – Wed 24 Nov only £24 return inc fees & taxes (Ryanair)

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Pay on a credit card and you've strong rights, but not additional cardholders
As savvy shoppers will know, pay on a credit card for something costing over £100 (eg, flight, kitchen, sofa) and the 'Section 75' laws supercharge your consumer rights, yet there are exceptions. Standard Section 75 rights: Unlike debit cards, cheques & cash - pay in full or part (even just £1) on a credit card and by law the lender's jointly liable with retailers, so you can get money back or repairs from it for faulty goods or if the seller's gone bust - though do repay in full each month, so there's no interest. Additional cardholder restrictions: For 'section 75' to work the contract needs to be a direct one, but an additional cardholder purchase is indirect, so you'd need to show the item had a benefit to the MAIN cardholder. Paypal & travel agents restrictions: Buy via a third party eg, travel agents or Paypal and you've no direct relationship so no S75 protection. Credit Card Cheques: Again here the relationship isn't direct so there's no protection. See the Full Guide: Section 75 Related: Give me my money back, Your Financial Rights

Amazon.co.uk will now deliver free to Spain, as long as you spend more than £25.
The Book Depository already deliver free but Amazon's prices are better.
 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200355380

Ryanair have cancelled many flights!

I was under the (distinct) impression that you could drive a fully legal UK reg car in Spain up to 6 months before needing to either return it to the UK OR re-register it in Spain.

HOWEVER I saw THIS post below today by a non resident of Guardamar del Segura, in a forum local to Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca & thought I'd share it.

Rather worrying!!

Please now post about your problems in my new blog... click link...
http://www.eyeonspain.com/blogs/resentmenttowardsryanairoverspanishtransportstrike/4225/resentment-over-the-way-ryanair-has-handled-coping-with-the-spanish-transport-strike-on-29th-september.aspx