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7 common travel myths
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here are 7 common travel myths by peter greenberg
• If you use your cellphone, the plane will crash.
• Cruise ships are all-inclusive.
• If you rent a car with a credit card, you don’t need additional insurance.
• Taking the train in Europe is cheaper than flying.
• Recirculated cabin air on planes will make you sick.
• X-ray machines at airport security checkpoints can erase your computer’s hard drive.
• Your hotel card key can be used to steal your identity.
• If you use your cellphone, the plane will crash.
• Cruise ships are all-inclusive.
• If you rent a car with a credit card, you don’t need additional insurance.
• Taking the train in Europe is cheaper than flying.
• Recirculated cabin air on planes will make you sick.
• X-ray machines at airport security checkpoints can erase your computer’s hard drive.
• Your hotel card key can be used to steal your identity.
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That depends entirely on where you're going from/to surely.
Actually, for some people that can be true. I was on a flight not so long back where there was someone with a serious allergy on board and everyone on the flight was requested not to eat nuts because he could be affected.
then he shouldnt have got on the plane in the first place!!!!
If you go by Ryanair a cup of coffee on the plane costs more than the ticket.
But I've just seen Paris-Munich by TGV that's EUR69 each way, first class.
Not sure about the rest of you, but I'd happily pay 20-30% on top for the increased convenience of going from St. Pancras to Gare Du Nord as opposed to Heathrow to CDG. You might save a bit of cash, but you lose about 2 hours either side with getting there, checking in and faffing about.
Having interrailed around Europe on my gap year, I can heartily say that the Europeans do train travel extremely well. For a start, smoking carriages still exist!
By the time you've paid for the Heathrow Express and train from CDG, you don't save any money. But even then BA and Air France seem to be more expensive than Eurostar, especially if you're a leisure passenger and you can pre-book 12 weeks in advance. Last time I went to Brussels it was £75 return.
I'd always travel by Eurostar if I could: five minutes from check-in to sitting on the train with a cup of coffee, and that included having my bags thoroughly searched.
A lot of smoking carriages are going, though. Even the Germans have just banned smoking in enclosed public places, which is amazing.
In my experience, the answer is a qualified true, but there is no scientific proof. First, the cabin air: Modern jet planes were designed to bring in air from the outside at high altitude. In theory, the extremely cold air (about 40 to 60 degrees below zero) is then heated by the aircraft engines and circulated into the cabin, purging the old air. But there’s a problem. This procedure costs fuel and fuel costs money, so many airlines simply recirculate the air already onboard the cabin, bringing in a very small amount of new air. So you may well argue correctly that if the person in seat 2B has the flu, you’ll be breathing his air back in 35E. But to date, no definitive scientific studies have proven that allegation. Still, my advice is to hydrate yourself while on the plane, wash your hands often and turn off the air vent over your head.
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wow that's a quaint discourse edwin. thanks for sharing that.