XL

Advantages: cheap, friendly staff, no delays
Disadvantages: unclean, limited entertainment

...I recently flew from London to Florida with XL Airways, part of Travel City Direct. The whole set up of the airline worked perfectly, we had no problems checking in and the flight left only 20mins or so late, which is obviously expected on a chartered airline. A big 'no no' about the flight was the basic cleanliness...on our trip out we found a load of empty sweet wrappers stuffed down the backs of the seats and there were crumbs all over them as well...we were guessing that this was missed by the crew on their clean up beforehand, but this became doubtful when on our flight home, they were still there! (Thats the joy of pre-booked seats i guess!!) I wonder if anyone else encountered the same problem?! The entertainment on the flight was OK; the film was projected on to a solid wall on the plane, a novel idea, but not very useful... Read review

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Advantages: Location, cleanliness and value for money
Disadvantages: A 15 minute walk to the nearest metro station

...My wife, daughter and I stayed at the A-XL Flathotel in late August of 2007. This is what we thought of the place: - We paid Euro 60 per night for our flat through a popular hotel booking site on the Internet. However, some sites were offering the same accommodation for more that double that figure, so make sure you shop around before you make a reservation. - The A-XL is situated on Rue de la Croix, a quiet street just off Ave Louise, one of Brussels' most up-market shopping streets. Confusingly, many maps of the city label the whole street Rue de la Croix, but this is not true. If you approach the hotel from Ave Louise, then you need to turn onto Rue du Beau Site, which then becomes Rue de la Croix. - The location of the hotel cannot be faulted: across the street from a small late-night store; 2 minutes walk from tram stop... Read review

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Advantages: NONE AT ALL!
Disadvantages: IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE AND BANK BALANCE DONT BOOK WITH TRAVEL CITY DIRECT EVER!

...Seriously if you value your health you will not book your holiday through travel city, whom are now part of the xl leisure group plc, and use xl as their airline carriers! My family and i, two adults and three kids youngest aged 6 thought we had a reasonable deal when we booked our recent holiday to orlando. It was our fourth visit and the first time we had booked with T.C.D, we also purchased sunshine first seats aswell as house and car hire as a package. When we first boarded the xl boeing 767 on the 1st feb 07 our first impression was reasonable seat pitch and that im afraid to say is the only positive thing to say. There was no meal choice for 1st class passengers and all my daughter and i was offered was salmon? 8 hrs into the 10 hr flight my daughter aged 6 violently vomitted and my husband and i started feeling very unwell... Read review

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