You buy travel insurance thinking that you will be covered for any mishaps, but does it really protect you in the time of need? The details are in the fine print as discovered by Cox and Kings Europe tourists even as C&K is giving its “customers” a rude brush-off. Cox and Kings’ (C&K) European Whirl tour ended with a whirlwind for 32 passengers just before takeoff back home. After being robbed of valuables left in the bus (on insistence of the tour manager), C&K has given them a cold shoulder and the prospects of the insurance company paying them anything is zero. C&K’s reasoning is that they are not responsible for loss of any baggage, valuables and personal effects of the passengers.
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At least 2 000 people were evacuated from the popular tourist region of Valencia in Spain, while the worst fires seen in over a decade out of control, creating a huge ash cloud reached until the third largest city in the country. The work focused on fighting to protect populations and sources close to Valencia, […]
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A fire in the kitchen of a hotel in Lloret de Mar (Girona) has forced the evacuation of 225 customers has resulted in 105 rooms and eight intoxicated minor smoke inhalation. It was reported by the Fire Department of the Generalitat, have received the notice at 07.31 hours, when the fire affected a fryer in […]
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In less than a month, four drunken foreign tourists have fallen from their hotel rooms in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach – one to his death. Police say that such falls from balconies are hardly unique to this summer of 2012. But what is alarming is that the number of cases are on […]
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One man was severely injured in a bomb blast that rocked the town of Sandanski in southwestern Bulgaria on June 29. The man was taken to hospital and was in intensive care, having suffered extensive damage to one arm and his stomach, news agency Focus reported, citing doctors at the Sandanski hospital. The bomb blast […]
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In the event of a breakdown in arbitration talks between Spekter, the employer’s organisation, and Norsk Flygelederforening (the Norwegian Air Traffic Controllers’ Association) (NATCA) on Sunday, 1 July, NATCA will be calling out four members on strike as from Monday, 2 July. This will cause delays to air traffic. The first strike call-outs by NATCA […]
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The 25-year-old suicide victim, who has not been named but who came from Israel, was spotted at the Paris tourist attraction late on evening. Police evacuated and sealed off the area after the man was seen scaling the 1,063ft tower, at around 11.30pm. Read article
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FRANKFURT, Feb 20, (Agencies): Travellers in Europe face further delays and flight cancellations this week as ground staff at Frankfurt airport plan to extend their strike until early on Wednesday, with neither side in the dispute showing any sign of giving ground. The strike by apron controllers at Europe’s third-busiest airport in terms of passenger […]
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Called by NAV workers, the impending strike could be called off after the Ministry of Economy and the Aviation and Airports Workers’ Union (SITAVA) have come to a mutual understanding about the demands made by NAV workers to be exempt from austerity cuts, according to newspaper Sol. NAV workers are due to meet with union […]
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The autopsy and identification of the eight Czech tourists killed in a bus crash in Croatia on Saturday was completed at the Karlovac General Hospital on Wednesday. The bodies are awaiting transport to the Czech Republic, county prosecutor Gordana Krizanic told the media. Read article
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