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05 January 2008
SHORT HAUL TRAVEL
Whether it’s a hen night in Prague, a trip to the dentist in Balaton or a long weekend at a gite in Bergerac, it seems we just can’t get enough of short haul flights within Europe. But how is that influx affecting destinations across Europe?
And what about the effects on home destinations like Liverpool, Bristol, Inverness – are they seeing the same increase in travellers and tourism? It’s not just air travel that’s expanding – there are plans to streamline train networks across European borders and the French have announced plans for overnight party trains.
Join Sandi Toksvig and guests Simon Calder, travel editor of the Independent, John Hanlon of the European Low Fares Airline Association, Stephen Dowd from UKinbound and train buff Mark Smith who also goes by the intriguing name of Man in seat 61. That’s all in Excess Baggage with Sandi Toksvig at two minutes past ten.
Presented by Sandi Toksvig
Photo: Airport sign
This week’s guests:
Simon Calder is the travel editor of the Independent. Simon believes patterns of travel have most certainly changed in the past 12 years since the first easyJet flight took off. He thinks we are becoming more adventurous, so long as you have a broad definition of the word "adventure".
No Frills: The Truth Behind the Low-Cost Revolution in the Skies
Publisher: Virgin Books
ISBN- 10: 0753510448
ISBN- 13: 978-0753510445
Stephen Dowd is the Chief Executive of Ukinbound which was founded in 1977 as the British Incoming Tour Operators Association. Their role is to represent the interests of companies deriving a substantial part of their income from the provision of tours and tourism services for overseas visitors within Britain.
John Hanlon is Secretary General of European Low Fares Airlines Association. ELFAA was established towards the end of 2003, as a non-profit making organisation, to represent and protect the needs of low fare airlines and their customers.
Mark Smith is a career railwayman and is also known as ‘Man in Seat 61’. His motto is “There's more to travel than the destination. It used to be called a journey”
‘Man in seat 61’ comes from Mark travelling on Eurostar and always asking for seat 61 (in cars 11, 7 or 8). Seat 61.com is a personal website, started purely as a hobby in 2001 but has subsequently grown into a full time job. The information on the site is provided free of charge to users, with the aim of providing practical advice to help people make journeys by train or ship instead of flying.The BBC cannot be held responsible for
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The daughter of a foreign correspondent, Sandi has been travelling all her life more info |
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