Types of trip
Half term walking breaks: Kid free or free kids?
Walking tour operator Upland Escapes has half-term solutions for all: kid-free holidays, and free holidays for kids. Whether escaping with the children, or from the children, Upland Escapes has the prefect break to offer.
Loire River to be transformed into art exhibition
From 1 June to 1 September 2007, one of the world’s most astonishing contemporary art exhibitions will be revealed on the River Loire, featuring over 40 installations by internationally renowned artists such as Anish Kapoor, Daniel Buren and Atelier Van Lieshout.
Affordable beach areas
Pawleys Island, South Carolina, offers wonderful and affordable beach vacations. There are no high rise commercial hotels on the oceanfront, just beach homes that can be rented. Therefore, people using the beach come from the homes and not from 500 room hotels.
Island Cruises launch early booking offers
Island Cruises (islandcruises.com) are celebrating the launch of their new summer 2008 brochure by offering some fantastic early booking offers, and prices from just £549* for a 7-night cruise.
A taste for Philadelphia
Cappuccinos, cafe lattes and mochaccinos are served Philadelphia style this month in your local Coffee Republic! Spread over tables, encased around coffee cups, and featured on internet screens, Philadelphia’s message as a young, trendy destination accompanies the time-out café set.
New flight & new holidays to N.E. Slovenia
New Ryanair flights into Slovenia’s second city of Maribor, starting in early June, are opening up the lesser known north east of the country, a rural, undulating region of spa resorts, ski centres, historic cities, wine routes with numerous opportunities for cycling, walking, site-seeing, and adrenalin sports.
Cité Europe makes shopping a privilege
Cité Europe, the biggest shopping centre in Northern France, located near to Calais in Coquelles, is launching a new Privilege Card scheme exclusively for cross channel visitors from the UK.
City breaks - the fastest-growing travel sector
European city tourism is growing faster than any other area of the European economy, according to European Cities Marketing (‘ECM’), the association that represents more than one hundred European cities, tourist boards and convention bureaus.
Flint Hills featured in National Geographic Magazine
For the April issue of National Geographic magazine, long-time photographic contributor Jim Richardson tackled a subject familiar to central Kansas residents in an unfamiliar light - he put the Kansas Flint Hills on display, portrayed with fireflies, starlight and aerial views.
Island Cruises gets comical
Island Cruises has teamed up exclusively with Jongleurs, the UK’s number one comedy brand and the world’s largest chain of comedy clubs, to bring laughs on board for 2008.
Get a taste of the summer’s property hotspots
Every month or two there seems to be a new hot spot for property investment overseas, with new holiday homes popping up all over the world. Whether you want to visit somewhere new, relatively undiscovered or are looking for an investment bargain, when it comes to the finest selection of accommodation, holidaymakers really are spoilt for choice!
Trace your Viking roots at new exhibition
A new exhibition hitting the JORVIK Viking Centre in York in May 2007, will be sure to cause a storm, as it delves into the historic ‘melting pot’ of York that was created by immigration and trade in Viking times.
More Ooh La La for your Euro
Interhome, one of the largest holiday accommodation agencies in Europe is delighted to unveil its brand new France brochure for 2007, offering the very best privately-owned holiday accommodation, in prime locations across France.
Fiji - South Pacific’s top spa destination
The beautiful, paradise islands of Fiji are rapidly emerging as the South Pacific’s top spa destination with the opening of new spas at six luxury resorts. The Westin, Hilton and Sofitel on Denerau Island, and Yasawa Island Resort and have all recently opened luxury spas and the Outrigger and Shangri La on the main island of Viti Levu are due to open their new spas later this year.
The darling bugs of May
Kids can learn about wildlife and find bugs and beetles in Park Resorts ‘Mini Beast Safari’ which is just one of the treats lined up for youngsters visiting holiday parks this May Bank Holiday.