BARGAINS
If you fly from the UK, April and May are bargain months for the
international traveller. Check out the latest Super Savers
available via the weekly roundup from http://www.ebookers.co.uk
San Francisco £263 Bangkok £369
Sydney £485
Barcelona £104
Dubai £234
Jo'burg £356
Boston £206
Vancouver £268
You can compare prices for baked beans on
your local supermarket shelves, now do the same for car rental!
Globcars, a UK car rental company has come up with the simplest
way yet to save time and money. At the click of a mouse
anyone with internet access can compare rental prices by the major
car rental companies around the world. "Click on www.globcars.com
and up comes a comparison of a number of companies with all the
makes, sizes and prices they provide. The prices could vary
by as much as £30
for a week for the same class car."
Tunisia offers a European style culture with the best of exotic
Africa. Fourteen-nights in a two-star property on a bed and
breakfast basis is available from First Choice for only £219 per
person. This price includes return flights departing on 22nd April
from Manchester and UK airport taxes. *If you want to relax after
Easter take a trip to Tenerife, where village charm during the
daytime is combined with a great nightlife. Staying
fourteen-nights in a First Choice two-star property on a
self-catering basis for £249 per person. This holiday departs
from London Gatwick on 17th April. Price includes return flights
and UK airport taxes.
Spend two-nights in Paris for £129 per
person. Cost includes return flights from Heathrow and two-star
hotel accommodation. Departures after April 17. For more
information call British Airways on 0870 24 24 243.
Travelcare are offering a selection of low-cost flights to
Australasia and Asia. For example, bag return flights to Hong Kong
for £467, Melbourne for £534 and Auckland for £574 return. For
these and other offers, call 0870 902 0058.
Thomas Cook Flights Direct have return flights to Paris for £78.
Departures from Gatwick with British Airways until April 5. For
further details call 0870 752 0066.
Spend seven-nights in Tolon, Greece for £249 per person.
Cost includes return flights and self-catering accommodation.
Departures throughout May.
For further details call Club
Pavilion
on 0870 241 0427
Eurotunnel Motoring Holidays (0870 333 2001) is highlighting
stays in the Champagne area of France where visitors can
stock up with bubbly in the many Champagne houses in and around
Reims and 'shop until they drop' at the nearby retail village. A
three-night stay in Reims, taken before 30 April, costs
£109 person (excluding Easter which is £128 per person).
This twin-share price includes return Eurotunnel crossing for
car and passengers and accommodation with breakfast at the
Holiday Inn Express, Reims.
The latest brochure from Connections for 18-35's (020 8742
8612 - www.connections1835.com.au),
is packed with Australia and New Zealand options.
One new
addition is a three-day live-aboard sailing
adventure round the Whitsundays and Great Barrier Reef
when 18-35's can try their hand at the helm, snorkel over
rainbow coral, explore tropical islands or just relax on warm
decks. With daily departures (from Airlie Beach, easily
accessible from Cairns) the trip costs £190 including
all meals and two nights' accommodation on board. UK flights are
extra and can be arranged by the company on request.
Spend your summer strolling around some of England and Wales'
finest scenery with the Youth Hostels Association Walking
Holidays.. Call 0870 241 2314 for a brochure, which details
walks ranging from a 4-mile stroll to a 40-mile hike!
You can also log onto http://www.yha.org.uk
for details
A selection of campsites in Italy are being featured this Easter
by Canvas Holidays (08709 022022 - www.canvasholidays.com).
Camping Norcenni Girasole in Tuscany - an
ideal base from which to explore Renaissance Italy - offers
superb facilities including two large pool complexes, a
hydro-massage and fitness centre, along with tennis, cycle hire,
horse riding and aerobics. A 12-night holiday arriving
on-site on 13 April will cost a family of two adults and
up to four children a total of £320 inclusive of return
short sea ferry crossing for car and passengers and
accommodation in a tent.
Easter getaways to Estartit on Spain's Costa Brava -
where a family of two adults and two children (aged under
17 years) will pay a total of £487 for a ten-day
(seven-night) holiday - are being featured by Club Cantabrica
(01727 866177). Departing on 14 April, this price applies to a
stay at the Blau Park Apartments and includes return coach
travel from a choice of pick-up points in England and
Wales and apartment accommodation. The accommodation is just a
short walk from the sandy beach and facilities include a
swimming pool, plus a spacious garden ideal for sunbathing.
The Hotel Directory (020 8770 0123 www.thehoteldirectory.co.uk)
now offers
cruises along the River Thames. By day, the Thames Circular
Cruise takes visitors on a journey to see sights old and
new. The cost is from £6.70 per adult and £4.70 per
child. It also offers lunch and dinner cruises: a three-course
lunch costs from £20.50 per person, while dinner prices start
at £70 per person for a four-course meal with welcome cocktail,
wine and cabaret entertainment. The company offers
accommodation throughout the
city, from self-catering apartments to five-star hotels.
