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SMRT gives perks to early travellers By 938LIVE | Posted: 15 August 2008 1933 hrs SINGAPORE: From Monday, come to office early via the MRT and enjoy discounts on your breakfast. Until October 31, commuters who exit any of the nine MRT stations within the city area before 7.30am will not only enjoy the discounted breakfast but also a 10-cents discount on their fares. ...

Source: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...630?hub=Hea lth Stay on guard for dengue fever, travellers warned Updated Mon. Jun. 30 2008 12:01 PM ET The Canadian Press TORONTO -- It goes by the nickname "break bone fever.'' And after his brush with dengue, Phil Day knows why. Day, an expatriate Canadian living in Singapore, contracted the mosquito-borne viral ...

Tax means fewer travellers at main Dutch airport: report Jun 28 02:46 PM US/Eastern Some 50,000 fewer passengers are expected to use Amsterdam Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest, this summer on account of a Dutch environmental tax on flights, it was reported Saturday. " We're expected zero growth in 2008, and in fact a decrease (in passenger numbers) in July and ...

Important files should be scrubbed from laptops before entering a foreign country, computer security experts warn. And if travellers must bring critical files, be sure they’re encrypted. David Perry, a former computer security adviser for AOL who’s now with Bay Area-based Trend Micro, logs about 300 days a year on the road with his laptop, about half the time overseas. Despite ...

British travellers in Thailand are being warned to avoid large gatherings as the country's prime minister admits the government is unable to control spiralling protests. Link To Original Article

That is one of our absolute favorite times to travel to WDW! We love NYE, and have frequently started a trip Dec. 31 and ended around Jan. 10th. When the 1st is on a weekend, the first week will be very quiet in the parks. With the 1st on a Thursday, teh crowds will hang around through the weekend, but will drop VERY rapidly on Monday. We have never thought the marathon effected the park ...

Have been wizzing around Scotland recently, mainly EDI and INV using various routes / aircraft / airlines. The best by far was FLYBE LGW-INV (and return) on the new EMB 195LR (some of the crew were ex BA cityflyer / BA Connect.) Flights actually on time, top service, as many cream teas / sandwiches / teas / drinkies that I could manage in the flight time.(and of course, pay for!!) Keep up ...

quote: Originally posted by Sky: Some of the european airlines do not allow anybody under the age of 12 in first class but I don't know if the US allows that kind of rule making. That sounds like a great idea to me! Mrs C, to answer your question (and even though I'm not a savvy business woman traveler ), I love red-eyes now that I have children. Hear me out: I'm that lady with two ...

Been a while since I've seen it, but I think they start recording conversations and listening to them on earphones when they travel back in time so they know what people are going to say a few seconds ahead of time.

I had some Euro cheques with me in Italy a couple of years ago, but only used a few to pay for our driver in Rome excursion. However, there's lots of banks in the major centres and finding one that will cash them shouldn't be difficult. There's also lots of ATM's for you to get cash.

Bank Source RED Debit Card. Clients who keep accounts with our bank can obtain the RED debit card which has the following features: They are for electronic use in the national territory. They are freely delivered and additional cards are available in favor of other persons. Each card can be used up to the daily limit fixed by the client . The client´s ...

lol both i suppose !