Types of trip
Short and sweet holidays
For non-stop music - with live performances by a wealth of bands including the Spike Heatley Quartet and the Alex Welsh Legacy Band - check out 'Jersey Jazz' on offer with Modern Hotels.
Follow in the footsteps of Chris and Cheryl
A group of celebrities - including Chris Moyles, Cheryl Cole, Alesha Dixon, Fearne Cotton, Gary Barlow and Ronan Keating - face the challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro at the beginning of March to raise money for Red Nose Day 2009.
Get active this Easter
For families looking to spend time together at Easter - taking part in exciting adventures and learning new skills - there's a lot more choice this year with PGL's 'Family Active' programme.
A bumper selection of credit crunch holidays
Olympic Holidays has launched the second edition of its 2009 Smart Choice budget holiday programme with new hotels and apartments added across its range of destinations.
Australian specialist launches wedding service
Tailor-made tour operator Freedom Australia is now able to arrange Wedding ceremonies, as well as unforgettable honeymoons, in Australia and New Zealand.
A 'woof guide' to Woolacombe Bay Holiday Parks
For families reluctant to leave their beloved dog at home when taking their annual holiday, help is at hand from Woolacombe Bay Holiday Parks in North Devon.
Budget bucket & spade family holidays in Yorkshire
Hard-pressed families are expected to adopt the traditional 'bucket and spade' British holiday this year, which means self-catering cottages on the coast will be in high demand during the school summer break.
Experience a real ‘slumdog’ story
With Slumdog Millionaire expected to win another clutch of gongs at this Sunday’s Oscars, its huge popularity is raising interest around all aspects of the subject matter, including travellers who want to see and experience conditions for themselves.
Affordable fly-rail holidays - US style
An expanded choice of affordable tailor-made fly-rail holidays - enabling visitors to take in the scenery from the comfort of a panoramic viewing lounge instead of sitting behind the wheel - is the offer in 2009 from US specialist, Bon Voyage.
Oldest thrill-seeker in Queenstown gets ride of a lifetime
At 96 years young, Otto Lazar has proven you’re never too old to be a thrillseeker in Queenstown. Mr Lazar, an Austrian who’s been living in Melbourne for the past 60 years, yesterday (18 February) became the oldest passenger Shotover Jet has taken in its 39 years of operation. He pronounced the world’s most exciting jet boat ride “the highlight of my life!”
Cracking prices on Easter holidays in Mallorca
With many of its Mallorcan properties featuring savings on brochure price, Vintage Travel - specialising, exclusively, in houses with private pools in areas of local tradition and culture - states that this Spanish island is ideal for an Easter break.
Buskers help sell summer holidays
The Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’ has come top (19.1%) of a national poll of songs most likely to get us into the holiday spirit and now one tour operator is paying buskers to play the top five tunes in British cities as it launches its summer holiday programme.
Non-eurozone holiday bookings double in January
The majority of UK consumers are on the lookout for guaranteed sunshine in 2009 as the Canaries, Egypt, Spain and the Algarve are once again proving the most popular holiday destinations.
Iconic journeys across America
On track daily is Amtrak’s The Capitol Limited, the historical, all-American rail journey spanning from the nation’s capital to Chicago. The 764 mile route is only accessible by train and follows the original Baltimore and Ohio line of the first ever Capitol Limited back in 1923.
Festival celebrates wild flowers in Slovenia
For anyone interested in wild flowers – including how to cook with them - the third International Wild Flower Festival between 23rd May and 6th June, near Bohinj in Slovenia’s Triglav National Park, is the perfect opportunity to find out more.