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10 Top Tips for Getting a FREE Flight Upgrade

Do you fancy paying like a pauper and travelling like a prince or princess? We have mastered the art of paying like a pauper, and travelling in style. We are not talking about blagging, trickery, lying, we are strictly keeping it completely legit here......

By tmhogirl (19 January 2009)
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Life is Too Short for Crap Holidays Series - Mauritius

So we all know that the economic crisis is very much on most people's minds. Has that stopped you from going on holidays? Have you changed your hotel plans as a result of the credit crunch? Are you still a five star junkie or......

By tmhogirl (03 January 2009)
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There is no bad weather, just bad clothes

The Swedes have a saying: ‘Det finns inget dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder’ which translates as ‘There is no bad weather, just bad clothes’. I wish I’d have known that before I went there!   It was late October about 5 years ago and I was moving......

By Scarlett (12 December 2008)
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Fly me to the moon - just don't charge me the earth!

You know something, this airline I’m about to go off on one about used to be a great little budget airline. Let’s call them ‘Fly-on-air’ okay? We use them a few times a year. They were our first choice for hopping between London and Sweden......

By Scarlett (12 December 2008)
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That Spring Feeling...

DK Eyewitness Travel celebrate the launch of their new book Where To Go When: Great Britain & Ireland with a poll to find our most popular days out. From festivals to historic monuments, wild walks to city breaks, spring is all about getting out and about. We......

By tmhogirl (24 March 2010)
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40 late travel deals for skiing holidays

Timesonline have collated 40 of the best travel deals for skiing holidays. The best snow for three decades, and still it's falling - Austria and Switzerland have seen another two metres in the past week, reports Ski Info. But the credit crunch has seen some regulars stay away......

By summer (20 February 2009)
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Ikea flat pack furniture: Sweden's polite way of terrorising the gullible

Now some may allege I used to be a tad critical of Sweden - having moved to that icicle hell from the somewhat sunnier climes of the Middle East. Bias aside, however, I truly believe Swedes are secretly villainous Vikings bent on world domination by......

By Scarlett (12 December 2008)
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