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« Reply #15 on: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 20:02:35 » |
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Got to be done...
The perils of holidaying on a bus. |
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« Reply #16 on: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 20:23:47 » |
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We're going to Turkey this year. Previously have been with the kids (9 and 5) to Lanzarote, Tenerife, Majorca and Ibiza. All good family destinations and similar in price. We tend to go All Inclusive as it generally works out cheaper when you factor in the cost of food, drink and ice creams.
End of August will be very expensive, as you'll have missed the free child prices. I tend to book flights and hotel independently as it woeks out cheaper than a package. This year it was over £1k cheaper than if I'd booked as a package with Thomas Cook even with a free child price.
I always have a read of reviews on Trip Advisor before booking and have found the hotels to be pretty much as reviewed. Obviously if everyone says it's dirty and the food is vile, then it probably is and I wouldn't risk it however nice the pictures look. If there's only a few negative reports and the rest are good, it generally means the moaners would find something to complain about wherever they went.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #17 on: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 20:30:23 » |
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The perils of holidaying on a bus.
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« Reply #18 on: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 20:32:52 » |
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Got to be done...
Totally radical for the time....ordinary young Brits only ever went abroad to fight wars. When I first left the country, you were only allowed to take £50 tops with you, so screwed was the post war economy.
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« Reply #19 on: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 21:01:00 » |
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We're going to Turkey this year. Previously have been with the kids (9 and 5) to Lanzarote, Tenerife, Majorca and Ibiza. All good family destinations and similar in price. We tend to go All Inclusive as it generally works out cheaper when you factor in the cost of food, drink and ice creams.
End of August will be very expensive, as you'll have missed the free child prices. I tend to book flights and hotel independently as it woeks out cheaper than a package. This year it was over £1k cheaper than if I'd booked as a package with Thomas Cook even with a free child price.
I always have a read of reviews on Trip Advisor before booking and have found the hotels to be pretty much as reviewed. Obviously if everyone says it's dirty and the food is vile, then it probably is and I wouldn't risk it however nice the pictures look. If there's only a few negative reports and the rest are good, it generally means the moaners would find something to complain about wherever they went.
That's pretty much what I'm experiencing price wise and even independently things are really expensive. I will keep looking and may just end up going into a travel agents the week before and or spend that week end glued to my iPad for a last minute deals. |
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« Reply #20 on: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 21:10:39 » |
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That's pretty much what I'm experiencing price wise and even independently things are really expensive. I will keep looking and may just end up going into a travel agents the week before and or spend that week end glued to my iPad for a last minute deals.
I booked ours back in January, so the flights were still quite reasonable. Of course as they fill up, the prices go up. My brother in law and famiky always go in August and only book it a week or two in advance. Some years he's had a bargain, other years he hasn't. If you leave your options open you should get something. |
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« Reply #21 on: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 22:16:39 » |
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Germany? No I'm not joking, it's honestly a great place to go on holiday. Seriously. mosel valley is not that far to drive, very beautiful, tons of history (Roman primarily), and plenty of wineries.
Camp-style holidays have never been my bag, but I'm sure there are tons of them around. Just make sure you don't book a nudie one, they're quite popular in Germany...
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« Reply #22 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 00:08:29 » |
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I'm going to Magaluf if it helps?
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« Reply #23 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 01:38:48 » |
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Somewhere on the Adriatic. Obviously.
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« Reply #24 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 05:49:16 » |
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Camp-style holidays have never been my bag, but I'm sure there are tons of them around. Just make sure you don't book a nudie one, they're quite popular in Germany...
I wasn't that keen either til we went to one. And if you have kids they're fantastic. Would have gone again this year but Italy's May weather was too much of a gamble, so we rented a villa in the Canary Islands instead. Funny enough when we were looking for places to go I was telling my wife about how nice Germany looked, but again in May it was a no go. |
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« Reply #25 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 08:51:59 » |
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Bulgaria?
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« Reply #26 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 08:56:29 » |
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Go to the Algarve.
Hardly inspired but you know what you're getting - beaches, weather, entertainment and welcoming locals. The Portuguese are great hosts.
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« Reply #27 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 09:47:33 » |
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What about Egypt? My sister and her young kids went last year to Sharm-el-Sheikh and had a great time, so much so they are going back this year.
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
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« Reply #28 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 09:49:44 » |
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Ive heard similar things about Tunisa, people rave about it.
Personally i'm sampling Rhodes for the first time next month and cannot wait.
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« Reply #29 on: Monday, June 3, 2013, 11:47:24 » |
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Going to Austria next week.
Anybody know how much a Gram of charlie and an average whore house is out that way?
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