Category: Travel News
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UK Public Holidays 2014 – UK Bank Holidays 2014
View 2022 UK Bank holidays. To help you plan your weekend getaway, here are a list of this years remaining bank holidays: 18 April Friday Good Friday 21 April Monday Easter Monday 5 May Monday Early May bank holiday 26 May Monday Spring bank holiday 25 August Monday Summer bank holiday 25 December Thursday Christmas…
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Blog – VickyFlipFlopTravels.com
Another excellent blog, this time Vicky who is a 20 something who loves festivals, travelling and most importantly writing all about it in her blog at VickyFlipFlopTravels.com Unlike a lot of travel writers she has a day job and fits this in around that, but that doesn’t seem to have held her back. Each article is…
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Blog – Inside the Travel Lab Blog
We thought we’d bring you the best of the web in terms of our favourite blogs. In the first in the series we bring you Inside the Travel Lab. Run by Abigail King, she swapped her career as a doctor to start her blog and head out on the road and travel around the world, bringing…
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First Choice – July/August departure discounts
First Choice are currently offering £80 off per booking and further discounts for departures in July and August 2014 at the moment. Check out their Summer Sale page. With this and the Thomas Cook offers we mentioned yesterday, there hasn’t been a better time to book your summer sun holiday!
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Single vs multi-trip insurance
Travel insurance is often one of the things everyone forgets about until the last minute. Whilst not always compulsory it’s definitely worth having. Its all too easy to assume you won’t need it (and hopefully you won’t). However, medical bills abroaf can easily mount up and you may find yourself needing to pay thousands of…
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Sharm El Sheikh – currently 28degrees
We’ve seen a rise in the number of people ordering currency for Egypt. Its worth remembering that you can use US Dollars throughout most of Egypt. A lot of people travelling to Sharm El Sheikh will be all inclusive so money needed will be for trips or tips and usually USD are the preferred currency…
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Kids for £1 with Thomas Cook promotion
For Summer 2014 Thomas Cook are offering a number of resorts ideal for family holidays, and children go from as little as £1. Check them out before the offer runs out.
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Travel advice – Russia
With the current situation in the Ukraine, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is updating information with regard to travel to the region. If you are travelling or planning to travel there take a look at their advice for Russia.
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Airport Hotel stay with Parking
Following on from our previous post about getting to and from the airport, we explore the airport hotel stay and parking option. This has been popular for a long time, but with the rise of on-site hotels is becoming even easier than before. it can also be a more relaxed way to start your holiday,…
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Currency focus – Turkish Lira
The official currency of Turkey is the Turkish Lira. The currency consists of notes and coins, the most frequently used coins being 5kr, 10kr, 25kr, 50kr, 1 Turkish Lira and the most commonly used notes are 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 Turkish Lira. At the time of publishing the best rate online is £1 = 3.7749…