Sean Teach, Newry

Advantages: Knowing that you have back-up in a foreign country
Disadvantages: Not always that organised!

...I went on a 6 week programme to South India on a teaching project organised through teaching Abroad. It cost me £995, not including visa or flights. I got a flight for £600. So from the outset it wasn't a cheap trip! The team in England were helpful, always answering my emails and calling me back the next day, so i felt pretty confident that I would be looked after. however my placement details were changed twice before I got there, which unnerved me a little. I was going on my own, which is why I wanted to go with a large organisation (I knew someone who had gone with them to Ghana), and I was willing to pay the larger fee so that I knew I would be looked after. I was collected from the airport, which was such a relief after the long 12 hour flight, and taken to a cab. It was all pretty overwhelming, and part of me wished my... Read review

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Advantages: deal with sean and you have plenty
Disadvantages: er...none

...ive been using dial a flight for 3 years now... always dealing with sean... and only sean! i cant big him up enough!!! he is friendly, helpful, and his prices are beyond compare... if you tell him a price you have been quoted, he will beat it... ill almost guarantee it. i now consider him a "friend", we chat about girlfriends etc and he is a genuinely nice man, one whom im happy to deal with, and will do again. price wise, he has consistently beaten the best quotes i or my friends have been quoted ( last time by £130!) i only ever deal with sean, other operators seem to only want my money, whatever the cost, but sean seems to care, a BIG thing in todays ever hassle filled life i have never had a problem with dial a flight... once my name was spelt wrongly, but one phone call to sean and it all was sorted. no problem at the airport... Read review

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Advantages: Trains, ticket prices, friendly staff, efficient service - need I go on
Disadvantages: Could have more lines and a catering trolley on board trains

...-opening of the mothballed Antrim to Lisburn line with a new station at the ever busy Aldergrove airport as well as hourly and high speed services to Dublin and Londonderry. New stations are coming up for Newry and Derry (and possibly Great Victoria Street??) as well as more park and ride halts. It would be ideal if the railway lines in Northern Ireland were to expand again into once used territory - i.e. Armagh, Comber and Co. Tyrone, however, it is only a matter of time before this happens. Now we have local government, our local politicians are recognising the need for major transport development in the future. However, N I Railways must ensure that for the short term anyhow (the next 7 to 10 years), that they keep all existing lines and assets, and develop them to their full capacity so that they continue to have a good case for more funding... Read review

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