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Hainan Airlines Cartoon Safety Video featuring Teapots!
This is one of the more unusual safety videos I have seen! I confess, I have still not flown Hainan so not seen their video on board. The “teapots” go off duty and go on holidays which includes their...
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Lion Air’s Woeful Safety
Have you seen those rants (usually on Facebook) from passengers fuming because “their” plane has been cancelled or delayed. The tone they use often suggests they believe that airline has single...
View ArticleAir NZ: Santa’s Naughty List brings International Change
I look forward to two Christmas advertisments each year: John Lewis and Air New Zealand’s (even though I had some concerns with last year’s). The NZ one was published last Friday. After Santa Claus has...
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Don’t touch the Flight Attendant
In response to this instagram post from Qantas, one poster placed their response up: My view is that, no one likes being grabbed by their customer. It does not matter if they are a Doctor, a Teacher,...
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HiFly moves to Eliminate Single Use Plastics
Hi Fly is aiming to have a single use plastic-free policy on all its flights by the end of 2019. This is welcome news for me. I cringe at how much plastic I see get disposed of on planes. And I am...
View ArticleAreomexico DNA ad trolls
Aeromexico has produced a very cheeky ad. The ad shows interviews with white Texans explaining the reasons they don’t like Mexico. Then they gave those same people a DNA test to show how much Mexican...
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The Phenomenon of Begpackers: Backpackers, do not beg
As I turned the corner toward Ben Thanh Market, the Central Market in Saigon, Vietnam last Friday, I was stunned to see two European backpackers sitting by the side of the road with a sign written on...
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Air NZ Worst safety ad -pulled. What went wrong?
I have not met anyone who has disliked the highly creative Air New Zealand safety briefings until now. After hree months of criticism from NZ Politicians, celebrities, and the public, the airline has...
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Air India calls for nationalistic onboard announcements
Source: Air India As the current Indian-Pakistan tension heats up and with an election looming, India’s national airline has told its crew to conclude every in-flight announcement with the patriotic...
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Air Asia rapped over knuckles for “sex trade” ad
A bus in Brisbane carrying the questionable ad AirAsia began a new direct flight route between Brisbane, Australia and Bangkok, Thailand in February this year. To announce the route, the airline placed...
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Air NZ becomes Air AllBlacks in brilliant new safety video
I have been a huge fan of Air New Zealand safety videos and have run out of superlatives for their amazing productions over the years (with one exception). But lets face it, the Qantas safety video...
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Eighty Times around the World
Jules Verne’s character Phileas Fogg traveled by steamer, train, elephant and horse around the world to demonstrate it was possible to do so. It took eighty days. Today, I completed my 80th navigation...
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Happy New 2020
Here’s to a safe and special year for you. Travel well and take care of yourself, others and our planet. Wherever the year takes you… Boats in Hoi Anl, Vietnam Harbour in Cornwall The Centre of...
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Premier Inn less helpful than North Korea in emergency situations
A UK couple were forced to cancel their North Korea trip after that isolated nation closed its borders to the virus. One would assume that getting the money back from the North Korean tour company,...
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Travel just got interesting- Impacts & Info for a Pandemic.
The WHO has finally called the COVID19 virus situation a pandemic. Before now, the UN’s health agency described it as an epidemic. Calling it a pandemic, states that it has officially spread around...
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Teddy Bears Make Lockdowns Bearable
Parents across the world are relishing the moments when the family are allowed to go outside their homes for exercise.Goldie and Goldie were given to me by Grandmother (left)and sister. Both now...
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Pilot draws “Thanks” in Sky for Medical Workers
Using a Magnus Fusion 212, a Hungarian pilot traced a big thank you to medical staff tackling COVID19. Taking off from Pécs, a city in southwest Hungary, the design took a fair amount of patient flight...
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American Airlines Feel Good Video: You Are Why We fly
AA has a video to tug the heart strings pointing out that the most disruptive event n their 94 year history is upon them: American Airlines: You Are Why We Fly No mention that the only reason they...
View ArticleAn Empty Seattle- evocative video
Incredible drone footage of Seattle devoid of people and cars. It is like a science fiction movie. The post An Empty Seattle- evocative video appeared first on Wild About Travel.
View ArticleRussian Begpackers sent home from Indonesia
I have written previously about the phenomenon of “begpackers” where travelers find ways of earning money in their developing country destination through begging and/or busking. A Russian couple were...
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