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How to be treated like shite in 15 different countries...and still quite like it!Stung by a ten-hour delay and a not-so-bargain fare to Spain on his native 'low fares' airline, Dubliner Paul Kilduff plots revenge. Can Paul beat 'Ruinair' at their low cost game and fly to all fifteen countries in Western Europe for less than the 300 it cost him to be stranded in an airport lounge surrounded by drunks, bimbos and incompetents (and that was just the flight crew!)?Suffering every low-fares airline indignity: a miniscule carry-on baggage allowance, 6.00 am departures, Six Nations-style boarding scrums, epic bus excursions and terminal anxiety, Paul is doing something he's never done before: travelling to places he never knew he wanted to go, which are probably not quite where he thinks they are, with no idea what he's going to do when he gets there.In a way never before possible Ruinair and its competitors have opened up Europe's treasures to the average traveller, and, as discovered by Paul, a few complete dumps too. In this hilarious, no-holds-barred account of a holiday of a lifetime-cum-human endurance test, Paul takes us on an adventure that is not for the faint-hearted. From Luxembourg to Liechtenstein to Spain and back again, pack your bags (maximum 10kg, please) and join Paul Kilduff on this is a whirlwind no-frills tour of Europe and the low-cost airlines that help make that colourful continent a smaller, and somewhat angrier, place.
Can a disgruntled traveler successfully navigate fifteen Western European countries on a budget lower than the cost of a single disastrous flight? Paul Kilduff, a Dubliner frustrated by the indignities of low-cost air travel, sets out to prove that one can exploit the budget airline model to see the continent for less than the price of his own initial, miserable experience. The book serves as both a travelogue and a satirical critique of the modern 'no-frills' aviation industry, documenting the logistical challenges and personal endurance required to survive such a rapid-fire itinerary.
What You Will Find
The narrative offers a candid, often cynical look at the realities of budget travel, focusing on the friction between consumer expectations and the reality of low-cost service. The work functions as an accessible, humorous account that will likely resonate with readers familiar with the frustrations of modern air transit.
Page Count:
368
Publication Date:
2011-03-18
Publisher:
Collins
ISBN-10:
0007306156
ISBN-13:
9780007306152
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