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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 polled nearly 2,500 people on where they would like to be heading this spring.
Raising a glass to festival-going
Which festival or event would you most like to experience this spring?
1. Ireland's famous St Patrick's Day (37%) is number one with a tipple of the black stuff......
By: tmhogirl (24 March 2010)
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 this season and it's become a late buyers' market, particularly for chalet holidays in France (and we've more ideas for ski weekend breaks in The Times today).
Times have put together 40 current deals, from more than 30 tour operators, and only made available in the......
By: summer (20 February 2009)
10 Top Tips for Getting a FREE Flight Upgrade
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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 after all, there is a thin line between getting something for nothing and being banged up for obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
In this series, we will examine tips for paying for standard travel be it flights, rooms, taxis, and being upgraded to the next......
By: tmhogirl (19 January 2009)
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 are you settling for less luxury? Do you think life is too short for crap holidays? What is your definition of crap holiday? What are your holiday recommendations?
In this series, we will look at holiday destinations with a particular emphasis on where to stay. The......
By: tmhogirl (03 January 2009)
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 to Sweden for ten months. After so many years living in the Emirates, I no longer owned a coat, shoes even, or anything practical to help me tackle a European winter. I left Sharjah with the blistering fifty-and-change heat of summer having subsided into a......
By: Scarlett (12 December 2008)
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 dint of a portfolio of sinister plans. Said plans reveal a startling degree of ingenuity and cunning, discernible only to the practiced eye. Bear with me. A nation whose people stockpile and eat rotted herring willingly, yet export top-notch vodka in huge quantities, simply has......
By: Scarlett (12 December 2008)
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 and for city-breaks Europe-wide. After the latest debacle though, I can say with the utmost certainty that in future I will gnaw my own leg off before EVER booking a flight with them again.
I should have heeded the warning signs, but you know how the......
By: Scarlett (12 December 2008)