I have rambled on a lot recently about companies that I wouldn’t bother to deal with again; STA Travel, Leisure Connection and Play.com, but more recently, problems have also been experienced with a German company called Köln Ticket (also known as Der Ticket Service). For Christmas last year, I decided to buy my parents a short break to Frankfurt...

I have just ended a very short swimming membership with Leisure Connection; the company that owns and operates three fitness facilities in the Reading area; Loddon Valley Leisure Centre in Lower Earley and St Crispin’s Leisure Centre and Carnival Pool Leisure, both in Wokingham. This was my second membership with the company and the experience...

Last month, I stayed at the Terrace Ridge Resort in Davenport, Florida, whilst in Orlando for a week. Before visiting, there was little information about the resort available on the internet and few visitors to the accommodation there had reviewed their stays on Trip Advisor. Below is the account of my enjoyable stay there, which does also appear on...

To avoid the rush on the high street, I decided to do much of my Christmas shopping online last month. Aside from being convenient, the prices online were often a lot cheaper than what the high street could offer anyway. It was a no-brainer. All of the websites that I used kept to their pre-Christmas delivery promises – even when ordering in the...