Yesterday’s Spanish strike, a protest against the government measures, caused travel disruptions in some UK airports.  Some of the passengers travelling to Spain had to change their plans as they saw the cancelation of their flights, although airlines like Ryanair said there would be no extra charge for rebooking (or they will give the money back). BA rearranged flights so as to enable most of their clients to reach their destination.

Within Spain other forms of transport have been disrupted by the strike. Picketers tried to stop buses in some cities and closed roads in others. Other than that, the strike did not have major effects in transport and today airports and train stations are back to normal.

According to the  International Civil Aviation Organization, 2013 can be the date when the liquid restrictions come to an end. The security measures concerning liquids were set up in 2006 after police discovered plans of terrorist that involved using liquid explosives. Nowadays if we travel  with liquids in the hand luggage we can not have more than 100 ml per liquid and they all have to be taken out of the luggage in a separate transparent bag. However, the organization is now discussing if the measure can be removed. This will help travellers, as they will be able to fligh more comfortably and will also have to spend less time preparing for security.

Howcast.com is a webpage where they tell you how to do things. We’ve chosen two that are specially interesting for travellers… Sit back, learn and laugh!

Yanko Tsvetkov is an artist from Bulgaria that has given maps a new look. His gallery shows a series of maps of Europe decorated with what other countries think of them. Stereotypes from USA, UK, France or Italy that show us in a funny way how different we are and how many prejudices we still have from one another. Check them out! UK is mummy for USA, Enigma code hackers for Germany and Wembley Stadium for Italy, want to know more? Check out the rest of the maps!

Sometimes we don’t realise that when we buy a very cheap flight we will have to pay for the transport to and from the airport, and that’s what makes the flight more expensive. In Madrid, this usually happened with low cost flights, as the subway only works from 6 a.m and some of the flights take off at 6 or 6.30. This meant that the only way to get to the airport was to take a taxi (about 30€).

However, Madrid has presented today the new way of connecting the city with the airport: ” Express Airport” is a fleet of buses that will run 24h and will have 3stops in the city and 3 in the airport (T1, T2 and T4). The service runs every 15 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes at nightime. This is just one more reason to visit the capital of Spain! Remember that this opportunity will be even better if you choose your hotel from our wide variety of hotels in Madrid at Hotelopia.com.

Whether you are atheist, catholic or protestant we are sure that you’ve heard the news: the Pope is in Britain and as a traveller’s blog, Blogtelopia will tell you all about his trip. He is going to be in England for four days and will leave England on Sunday.

Princess St., One of the places where the Pope has been today

Today the Pope was in Edinburgh, the Queen of England welcomed him to England in her official residence in Scotland, the Palace of Hollyrood.

He will  then travel to visit Archbishop’s House in Glasgow. On Friday and Saturday he will visit Westminster Cathedral and some other places in London. Finally on Sunday he will be in Birmingham. A good tour around the British Island, sadly he will not have time to visit the touristic parts of the city as we travellers do.

According to a report released this week, hotel prices have risen in the second quarter of 2010 compared to 2009. In the UK  they have increased, on average, 3%. This means that hotels are recovering from the recesion little by little, as it is the first time since 2007 that prices go up in this sector.

At least with Hotelopia you can find the best offers, so remember that whenever you travel, business or pleasure, Hotelopia.com will help you decide where to stay with the best offers and discounts!

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This is the project presented by the italian company Avioninteriors in the Plane Interiors Fair in California. The aim is to save space and therefore economize the flight. It is, therefore, specially designed for low cost airlines, such as Ryanair, whose director has already shown his interest for the idea.

The seats reduce space between pasangers from 80 to 58 cm. The person will have to be almost standing up, but with back and behind rested on something similar to a cowboys saddle. This will probably enable the airline to reduce the cost of each ticket but it is still waiting to be tested, specially in the security area. Experts in the matter say it is very difficult that this kind of seat complies with all the safety requirements.