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Finnair is a very solid choice. Only downside I see is a tight 45 min connection in HEL on the outbound. Looks like a nice cabin and the A350 is a great plane. Maybe this SAS option DUB-ARN-HKG might work. 22nd Apr to 6th May with decent connections for $2,168 or about €1,750 (I'm in the US...

Cathay is starting a direct DUB-HKG on June 8th. Four times a week on the beautiful A350 and it is pricing around $3,900 / €3,200. This would be by far the most comfortable way to get there if the dates work. Qatar/Etihad/Emirates all offer solid business class products. BA's product is...

I agree avoid Sorrento. It's more of a big town/small city whereas the other towns to the south have a nicer village feel. Positano is also quite big and bustling and is the main focal point for the area. I've stayed in Praiano which is a couple of miles south of Positano and is much more...

For broker's fees the nominal rate is 6% of the sales price but most will agree to 5%. You are as well off going with one of the majors like Corcoran or Douglas Elliman as anyone else. Brokers are ten a penny in NY and they are all pretty much the same. Certain brokers tend to specialize in...

Without a doubt the one-bed is better value (relatively speaking of course - still seems like a lot of money). In fact I'm stunned that there is a €90,000 difference between the 1 and 2 bed when they are the same size. The square footage is what counts and I always think of property in terms...

Stick to the Ipanema/Leblon neighborhood when looking for a hotel as it is more pleasant than Copacabana in my opinion. Ipanema has most of the good restaurants/bars/shops where you will want to hang out. My impression of Copa is that parts of it are busy commercial districts and other parts are...

DEET does work but it is an oily chemical and not very pleasant to rub on your skin. I found 100% DEET to be particularly noxious - it can stain fabrics and even melt certain plastics (eg the eyepiece on my camera!) with contact. I've tried Avon Skin So Soft with repellent (oily and not very...

I've used two companies in the past to move similar sized amounts: TransferMate (based in Kilkenny I think), and CurrencyUK (London based). Note that in each case you need US dollar account details where they can desposit the foreign currency. There's a bit of paperwork to go through before...

I don't see why everyone (apart from DerKaiser and Eamonn123456) is having such a hard time grasping the point that Camry is making. The OPs have already notionally lost 20k of their original equity in their current house, based on today's value. Assume they sell it, and buy a similar house...

Personally I'd much rather 3 bigger rooms. I'm probably against the majority opinion as the Irish way seems to be to carve up whatever available space you have into as many boxy rooms as possible. The smallest of your rooms is only 7ft wide so I'd question its usefulness as a bedroom, but it...

That is woeful advice. Nothing smacks of desperation more than a series of incremental price cuts. If the seller wants to shift the property she needs to take decisive action and make one meaningful reduction that will attract buyer's interest. Find out what similar properties are selling...