Sunday, November 03, 2013
Novotel Congress Hotel, Budapest - Tall Traveller Report
A perfect five for the Novotel Congress Hotel, Budapest. Quite a rare thing!
Monday, April 04, 2011
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
The Tall Traveller returns - again!
Back for good, as they say. Here's the first report of a new season - The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona. They score 3.5 out of 5 on the Tall Traveller scale - see why.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
The Tall Traveller is back! And he's not happy with BA
After a four-year hiatus, this blog is back with a vengeance.
We demand that British Airways drop their discriminatory charging structure, which penalises those over 6ft tall.
Follow this blog to support the campaign. Thank you.
A campaign is starting right here, right now. British Airways is the target. The article below explains why.
From today, people like me, who are over six feet tall, will have to pay British Airways an extra fifty pounds a flight to sit in emergency exit seats. (OK, so will everyone else, but this charge is discriminatory) Since these are the only seats in economy class that tall people can fit in without suffering great discomfort (and probable increased risk of DVT), this amounts to nothing less than a tax for being tall.
I fly a great deal on business. Sometimes my client will pay for me to fly business class, but this is increasingly rare in these tough times. In the past, I've turned up at check-in and requested a seat with extra leg room, because of my height. Provided I arrive early enough, I'm generally successful. Sometimes check-in staff offer it unasked as I arrive at the counter.
But with BA, that's now all gone, and it will cost me an extra 100 pounds on each return trip. In terms of taxes and levies, that's an outrageous percentage. On short-haul flights I can just about cope with the discomfort, although it's getting worse as the seat pitch is reduced and more seats are squeezed in. On long-haul flights, I will just have to pay up.
So, I'm starting a campaign to have this discrimination outlawed. Tall people will be standing up for their rights (and you will not miss us). BA be warned. The Tall Travellers are not happy.
We demand that British Airways drop their discriminatory charging structure, which penalises those over 6ft tall.
Follow this blog to support the campaign. Thank you.
A campaign is starting right here, right now. British Airways is the target. The article below explains why.
From today, people like me, who are over six feet tall, will have to pay British Airways an extra fifty pounds a flight to sit in emergency exit seats. (OK, so will everyone else, but this charge is discriminatory) Since these are the only seats in economy class that tall people can fit in without suffering great discomfort (and probable increased risk of DVT), this amounts to nothing less than a tax for being tall.
I fly a great deal on business. Sometimes my client will pay for me to fly business class, but this is increasingly rare in these tough times. In the past, I've turned up at check-in and requested a seat with extra leg room, because of my height. Provided I arrive early enough, I'm generally successful. Sometimes check-in staff offer it unasked as I arrive at the counter.
But with BA, that's now all gone, and it will cost me an extra 100 pounds on each return trip. In terms of taxes and levies, that's an outrageous percentage. On short-haul flights I can just about cope with the discomfort, although it's getting worse as the seat pitch is reduced and more seats are squeezed in. On long-haul flights, I will just have to pay up.
So, I'm starting a campaign to have this discrimination outlawed. Tall people will be standing up for their rights (and you will not miss us). BA be warned. The Tall Travellers are not happy.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Why should you pay for extra leg room on an aircraft?
There was a report on the radio this morning about discrimination against overweight people in the job market. One of the reporters said "If you're tall, you're lucky, since people discriminate in your favour". Ahem. Clearly the reporter was not a tall traveller.
Many airlines charge a premium for seats with extra legroom, which can be as much as twenty pounds on a one-way fare (which can double the ticket price on some no-frills flights). OK, so if you're flying no-frills, you expect to have to pay for extras, such as coffee and sandwiches. But is it fair to discriminate against people because of their height? Could the emergency exit and bulkhead seats be allocated to people over six feet tall (they wouldn't be hard to spot in the check-in queue). Well, probably not. However, I've sent the reporter in question a note about tall travellers. Maybe you'll hear me on the radio soon.
Many airlines charge a premium for seats with extra legroom, which can be as much as twenty pounds on a one-way fare (which can double the ticket price on some no-frills flights). OK, so if you're flying no-frills, you expect to have to pay for extras, such as coffee and sandwiches. But is it fair to discriminate against people because of their height? Could the emergency exit and bulkhead seats be allocated to people over six feet tall (they wouldn't be hard to spot in the check-in queue). Well, probably not. However, I've sent the reporter in question a note about tall travellers. Maybe you'll hear me on the radio soon.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Hotel rooms for Tall Travellers in the USA
At least one hotel group has recognised the problems faced by we tall travellers. The Hotel Monaco chain (part of Kimpton hotels) has a special range of "Tall Rooms" at sites in some large American cities.
They claim to have "longer beds, higher ceilings and doorframes, extra long bathrobes or raised showerheads, vanities and toilets". Next time I'm over there, I'll give them a try. But how is it that only one hotel chain in the world (as far as I can discover) does this? Over 15% of males, and 1% of females in Europe and the US are taller than six feet. Isn't that a market worth pursuing?
They claim to have "longer beds, higher ceilings and doorframes, extra long bathrobes or raised showerheads, vanities and toilets". Next time I'm over there, I'll give them a try. But how is it that only one hotel chain in the world (as far as I can discover) does this? Over 15% of males, and 1% of females in Europe and the US are taller than six feet. Isn't that a market worth pursuing?
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