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"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see." - G.K. Chesterton.

"To travel is to live!" - Hans Christian Andersen.

THE AVIATION TRAVEL CLASSES & CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM EXPLAINED:

Super First Class:
The new Super First Class Cabins comprises of your own enclosed cabin complete with 6ft 7ins bed, leather interior, wash unit, 23-inch tv, inbuilt massager, a specially prepared menu and champagne and room service (offered only by: Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways and Emirates).

First Class:
Generally the most expensive and most comfortable accommodations available. Usually refers to a limited number (rarely more than 16) of seats or cabins located in the front of the aircraft which are notable for their comfort, service and privacy.

Business Class:
High quality, traditionally purchased by business travellers (sometimes called executive class).

Premium Economy Class:
Slightly better Economy Class seating (greater distance between rows of seats; the seats themselves may or may not be wider than regular economy class).

Economy Class:
(Also known as coach class or travel class - or 'monkey class'), basic accommodation, commonly purchased by leisure travellers.

"Some people TRAVEL on business, some in search of health, but it is neither the sickly nor the men of affairs who fill the Grand Hotels. It is those who travel 'for pleasure', as the phrase goes. What Epicurus, who never travelled, except when he was banished, sought in his own garden, tourists seek abroad.

And do they find their happiness? Those who frequent the places where they resort must often find this question, with a tentative answer in the negative, fairly forced upon them. For tourists are, in the main, a very glommy-looking tribe. One usually sees much brighter faces at a funeral than in the Piazza San Marco. One wonders why they go abroad.

The fact is that very few travellers like travelling. If they go to the trouble and expense of travelling, it is not so much from curiosity, for fun, or because they like to see things beautiful and strange, as out of a kind of snobbery. People travel for the same reason as they collect works of art: because the best people do it. To have been to certain spots on the earth's surface is socially correct; and having been there, one is superior to those who have not.

To justify this snobbery, a series of myths has gradually been elaborated. The places which it is socially smart to have visited are aureoled with glamour, till they are made to appear, for those who have not been there, like so many fabled Babylons and Bagdads.

The genuine Traveller, on the other hand, is so much interested in real things that he does not find it necessary to believe in fables. He is insatiably curious, he loves what is unfamiliar for the sake of its unfamiliarity, he takes pleasure in every manifistation of beauty." - Aldous Huxley.

      Train Travel
    • El Expreso de la Robla, Spain.
    • Lists of named passenger trains - Wikipedia.
    • LUXURY TRAIN TRAVEL TOURS IN INDIA - hill trains in India.
    • MAGLEV TRAINS - Wikipedia.
    • ORIENT EXPRESS - Wikipedia.
    • ROYAL TRAINS - Wikipedia.
    • TRAIN - Wikipedia.
    • Venice-Simplon Orient Express - Wikipedia.
      • AMTRAK - Amtrak Auto Train (Florida): the world's longest train.
      • AVE RENFE - Madrid-Seville on Spain's high-speed 300 km/h train.
      • BERGEN RAILWAY - a 371 kilometres (231 mi) standard gauge railway line between Bergen and Hønefoss, Norway. The name is often applied for the entire route from Bergen via Drammen to Oslo, where the passenger trains go, a distance of 496 kilometres (308 mi). It is the highest mainline railway line in Northern Europe, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau at 1,237 metres (4,058 ft) above sea level.
      • BLUE TRAIN - travels an approximately 1,600 kilometer (1,000 mile) journey in South Africa between Pretoria and Cape Town. It is one of the most luxurious train journeys in the world.
      • BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FEDERAL RAILWAYS - try the trip between Mostar and Sarajevo.
      • Burma Railway - also known as the Death Railway, the Thailand–Burma Railway and similar names, is a 415 kilometres (258 mi) railway between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), built by the Empire of Japan during World War II, to support its forces in the Burma campaign. Forced labour was used in its construction. About 180,000 Asian labourers and 60,000 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) worked on the railway.
      • CHEMIN DE FER DA LA MURE - The Little Train of La Mure is the beauty of good oldays. Welcome on our 1930's coaches for a splendid travel made of discoveries and wonders near the city of Grenoble, France. Following threats of closure in the mid-s1970s, the line was saved by an oil crisis, getting the chance of a further life to become one of the finest tourist railways in Europe with spectacular views over dams and lakes, and mountain scenery. It can be reached easily by road from Grenoble, or by trains on the SNCF line towards Gap, Hautes-Alpes. The line was built between 1882 and 1886, to link Saint-Georges-de-Commiers and La Mure through a mountainous region of the department of Isère.
      • Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad - New Mexico, U.S.A. Hidden away in a little-known corner of the southern Rocky Mountains, and is a precious historic artifact of the American West. Built in 1880 and essentially unchanged since, the C&TSRR is the most outstanding and best known example of steam-era mountain railroading in North America. Known around the world for its spectacular scenery, unique machinery, and historic structures.
      • DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY - nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in West Bengal. Since 1999 the train has been a World Heritage Site as listed by UNESCO.
      • E&O | EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS - carries passengers in luxury between Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
      • El Expreso de la Robla - El Expreso de La Robla is an oportunity to travel on a vintage, but with all the menities of any hotel, at an affordable price. Discover the north from Gijón to Santiago and Ribadeo, as you spend 4 or 2 days on board a luxury train but at a price that is within most budgets. This unique experience offers all the nostalgia of the great Train journeys, but with every modern amenity, while emulating all the traditions and glamour of El Transcantábrico route.
      • EUROSTAR TRAIN - high-speed railway passenger service connecting London with Paris and Brussels.
      • EUROTUNNEL - from Folkestone to Calais in just 35 minutes.
      • Georgetown Loop Railroad - is a narrow gauge heritage railroad located in the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, Colorado, in the United States. The railroad operates summer tourist trains between the communities of Georgetown and Silver Plume, a distance of 2 miles (3.2 km). The railroad route is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and ascends an elevation of 640 feet (195.1 m) through mountainous terrain along with trestles, cuts, fills, and a grand loop.
      • GLACIER EXPRESS - "The most famous railway in the world. It travels from Zermatt to Davos or St. Moritz in around seven hours. It is a day trip through untouched mountain landscapes, glamorous health resorts, deep gorges, delightful valleys, 91 tunnels and across 291 impressive bridges."
      • GORNERGRAT BAHN - "The Matterhorn railway." First electrical cog railway in Switzerland (1898). Europe's highest open-air cog railway (3,089 metres a.s.l.) (only in summer) has its lower terminus next to the station of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn in Zermatt, from where it climbs the Gornergrat daily every 24 minutes. Across stunning bridges, through galleries and tunnels, idyllic forests, past gorges and mountain lakes. With the Matterhorn continually in the field of vision.
      • HIRAM BINGHAM - the most luxurious way to journey between Cusco and Machu Picchu, Peru. The Hiram Bingham is an exclusive luxury Orient Express service operated by PeruRail, all service included where you will enjoy a full day of unforgettable experiences.
      • INDIAN PACIFIC - connects the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean on one of the world's longest and greatest train journeys on the "Kangaroo Gold" train.
      • Jacobite Steam Train - also known as the Hogwarts Express. The Jacobite runs a distance of 41 miles between Fort William and Mallaig, passing through an area of great scenic beauty including alongside Loch Eil, Glenfinnan Viaduct (as seen in the Harry Potter films), and Arisaig (the most westerly station in Great Britain). Trains cross with regular service trains at Glenfinnan station, where there is a small museum and cafe.
      • Kalka–Shimla Railway - 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway in North-West India travelling along a mostly mountainous route from Kalka to Shimla. It is known for breathtaking views of the hills and surrounding villages.
      • Kangra Valley Railway - lies in the sub-Himalayan region and covers a distance of 164 km (101.9 mi). from Pathankot to Jogindernagar. The Kangra valley railway comes under the Firozpur division of Northern Railway. It is one of two mountain railways that run in Himachal Pradesh, the other being Kalka-Shimla Railway, which is also a world heritage site.
      • Kuranda Scenic Railway - railway line that runs from Cairns, Queensland, Australia to the nearby town of Kuranda. The tourist railway snakes its way up the Macalister Range and is no longer used for regular commuter services. It passes through the suburbs of Stratford, Freshwater (stopping at Freshwater Station) and Redlynch before reaching Kuranda.
      • LE TRAIN BLEU - ("The Blue Train"), officially the Calais-Mediterranée Express, was a luxury French night express train which carried wealthy and famous passengers between Calais and the French Riviera from 1922 until 1938.
      • Nariz del Diablo - "The Ecuadorian Railway: The Most Difficult Train in the World."
      • Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe Train - travel on South Africa’s only remaining scheduled steam train, the Outeniqua Choo Tjoe. The Choo Tjoe offers its passengers a unique, picturesque and scenic 52-kilometre journey experiencing the Garden Route with spectacular views of the Indian Ocean.
      • PRIDE OF AFRICA - luxury train which is run by Rovos Rail. It is billed as the World's Most Luxurious Train. It travels through South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania.
      • ROCKY MOUNTAINEER - the world-acclaimed Rocky Mountaineer train, a two-day, all daylight rail journey between Canada’s West and the Canadian Rockies.
      • ROVOS RAIL - the world's most luxurious train. Cape to Cairo or Cairo to Cape.
      • Royal Rajasthan on Wheels - "An epitome of luxury , royalty, pleasure, wonder and so on. It is the latest version of Palace on Wheels with better facilities. The new version of the Palace on Wheels will cover these destinations – Delhi, Jaipur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Chittaurgarh, Bharatpur and Agra. Tourists will be taken through a charismatic train tour of 8 days."
      • SEMMERING RAILWAY - starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gauge track. It is commonly referred to as the world's first true mountain railway.
      • TGV | TRAIN À GRANDE VITESSE - (French for 'high-speed train') operated by SNCF, the French national rail operator.
      • THE CANADIAN - Canadian transcontinental passenger train with service between Union Station in Toronto, Ontario and Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia.
      • THE FLAM RAILWAY NORWAY - one of the most beautiful railway lines in the world. An incredible train journey from the mountain station at Myrdal on the Bergen Railway, down to Flåm station nestled in the innermost corner of the Aurlandfjord.
      • THE ROYAL SCOTSMAN - Scottish luxury charter train run by Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. The train is composed of nine cars; two dining cars, five state cars, one crew car, and one observation car.
      • TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY - travel from Yaroslavsky Terminal, Moscow to Vladivostok (9,259 km / 5,753 miles). A network of railways connecting Moscow and European Russia with the Russian Far East provinces, Mongolia, China and the Sea of Japan.
      • Tren a las Nubes - (English: Train to/of the Clouds) is a train service in Salta Province, Argentina, that connects the Argentine Northwest with the Chilean border in the Andes mountain range, over 4,220 metres (13,850 ft) above mean sea level, the third highest railway in the world.
      • VENICE SIMPLON ORIENT-EXPRESS - luxury train travel through Europe on the Orient-Express.
      • West Highland Line - ("Iron Road to the Isles") is considered the most scenic railway line in Britain, linking the ports of Mallaig and Oban on the west coast of Scotland to Glasgow. The line was voted the top rail journey in the world by readers of independent travel magazine Wanderlust in 2009, ahead of the iconic Trans-Siberian and the Cuzco to Machu Picchu line in Peru. The ScotRail website has since reported that the line has been voted the most scenic railway line in the world for the second year running.
      • White Pass and Yukon Route - "Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, this narrow gauge railroad is an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, a designation shared with the Panama Canal, the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty." Canadian and U.S. Class II narrow gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. An isolated system, it has no direct connection to any other railroad.
      • WUHAN-GUANGZHOU HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY, CHINA - trains G1001 and G1003 cover the 968 kilometres (601 mi) long journey from Wuhan to Guangzhou North in 2 hours, 57 minutes, at an average speed of 312.5 km/h. This speed is also the fastest of any commercial train services in the world.
      • ZUPSPITZE RAILWAY - "Top of Germany." Built in the 1930s. Full moon ride with gala dinner: Germany's highest mountain (2,962 metres a.s.l.) by night. In the early evening, a special cog wheel train brings you to the top of Zugspitze, where you will be greeted by spectacular evening light. In the middle of the Zugspitzplatt where the train ends, lies the Zugspitze Glacier that appears even more mysterious and majestic than usual under the evening sky.
      Travel Books, Guides, Magazines & Media
    • Louis Vuitton City Guides.
    • 10 BEST TRAVEL GUIDES - "Trusted Advice for Travelers."
    • ANDREW HARPER - the ultimate resource for the luxury traveller.
    • BAEDECKER ONLINE - Baedeker was and remains the world’s most famous guidebook for travellers. Since Karl Baedeker founded the company in 1827, Baedekers have set a benchmark for guidebooks.
    • BLACKBOOK MAGAZINE AND CITY GUIDES - hotels, restaurants, travel, nightlife, fashion, shopping, reviews, celebrities.
    • BOOTSNALL TRAVEL NETWORK - established 1998. "One-Stop Indie Travel Guide. We are community of travelers with a focus on Around the World Travel."
    • BUSINESS TRAVELLER - the latest business travel news, including hotel reviews, destination information, airline reports and the latest travel discount offers.
    • CONDÉ NAST TRAVELLER - expert travel guides to the stylish destinations.
    • CNN BUSINESS TRAVELLER - hosted by Richard Quest.
    • CONCIERGE.COM - "Inspired travel starts here." Travel guides, hotel reviews, vacation ideas, and trip-planning tools.
    • ELITE TRAVELER MAGAZINE - the private jet lifestyle magazine.
    • EXPATIFY.COM - Inspiring Expatriatism. "We are the types of people who are always dreaming of living someplace else. It’s like dreaming about traveling, but more about dreaming becoming a part of a culture and experiencing what life is like in foreign (for now) places. With these dreams, we hope to inspire people to dream, investigate and experience what life is like in their choice of foreign country."
    • FODOR'S TRAVEL GUIDES - "Plan Your Trip Online."
    • FORBES TRAVEL GUIDE - "The Gold Standard of Travel Ratings and Reviews."
    • FROMMER'S - "The Best Trips Start Here!"
    • GAYOT - "The Guide to the Good Life: provides the latest up-to-date information on food, wine and travel."
    • GOURMET MAGAZINE - focuses on good living, travel, entertaining, and culture.
    • HAMPTONS MAGAZINE - attempts to cover the best that the Hamptons has to offer.
    • JAUNTED - "Pop culture travel guide for globetrotters, business road dogs, and arm chair travelers who are too harried to sit down with a traditional travel guide, or wait for a monthly travel magazine. Our daily web magazine is a pop culture travel review for a generation that possesses a small attention span."
    • JETSET REPORT - "JetSetReport aims to bring travel back to its Golden Age. We keep you current with what is hot and new now."
    • LONELY PLANET - travel guides and travel information. "LonelyPlanet.com is a network of connections between travellers. To get hardcore about travel. To dream about it, plan it, book it and talk about it. They come to shop, to read features, to enter competitions, to watch videos. They come to find a job, share advice, read reviews."
    • LOUIS VUITTON CITY GUIDES
    • MICHELIN GUIDES - a series of annual hotel and restaurant guides published by Michelin for over a dozen countries.
    • MOBIL TRAVEL GUIDE - reviews and ratings of the best hotels, restaurants, spas and other destinations from the most trusted name in travel.
    • MOLESKINE TRAVEL NOTEBOOKS - "Ideal for both visitors and city dwellers alike, this guidebook lets you organize things you want to keep for future reference or for your records such as the names and addresses of restaurants, shops, friends, hotels, or tourist sites. The Key Map summarizes the overall layout of the city, including large-scale maps of the city centre, an alphabetical street index, and map of the metro system."
    • PLANETWARE TRAVEL GUIDE - hotels, attractions, pictures, maps & more.
    • ROAD & TRAVEL MAGAZINE - automotive & travel resource for the non-enthusiast.
    • SATW | SOCIETY OF AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITERS - travel's most trusted voices.
    • SAVEUR - authentic recipes, food, drinks, and travel.
    • SPA FINDER MAGAZINE - the global spa & wellness resource.
    • STAR DIAMOND WORLD MAGAZINE
    • SUNDAY TIMES ONLINE TOURISM & TRAVEL GUIDES
    • T (NEW YORK TIMES) - a perfect-bound magazine dedicated to fashion, living, beauty, holiday, travel and design coverage.
    • T MAGAZINE BLOG (NEW YORK TIMES) - blog dedicated to fashion, living, beauty, holiday, travel and design coverage.
    • TRAVEL + LEISURE MAGAZINE - vacation guides, travel articles, hotel recommendations, trip ideas, tips, and deals.
    • TRAVEL TO WELLNESS - the e-magazine for the wellness-minded traveller.
    • TRAVELGIRL MAGAZINE - leisure, travel and lifestyle advice for women.
    • TRIPADVISOR - "World's most trusted travel advice." Holiday reviews: hotels, resorts and holiday packes.
    • TRIPWOLF - "Your worldwide travel guide."
    • TTG LIVE - the website for Travel Trade Gazette, the UK's top publication for travel agents and the travel and tourism industry.
    • TTG LUXURY - luxury travel news for premium travel professionals.
    • VAGABONDISH - "Essentials & ephemera for the curious traveler / The Travelzine for Today's Vagabond."
    • VIA MICHELIN - Michelin Guide hotel, restaurant and tourist recommendations and weather and traffic reports.
    • WALLPAPER CITY GUIDES
    • WANDERLUST MAGAZINE - British travel magazine, covering adventurous, cultural and special interest travel.
    • WHATS ON WHEN - worldwide event guide and travel inspiration.
    • WHERE TO STAY - Caribbean travel guide & reviews since 1995.
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