Types of trip
Motoring spectacular drives into 2008
More than 25,000 visitors are expected to descend on Eastbourne seafront as Magnificent Motors, one of the South Coast’s biggest free motoring festivals, returns from 3-4 May 2008.
Southern Africa Direct goes live on Sky
Southern Africa Direct, an exciting new lifestyle and culture TV channel, has now gone live on Sky channel 283. The new TV channel is dedicated to providing lifestyle & culture, travel & tourism and commerce information from 25 countries in sub-equatorial Southern Africa, an incredibly beautiful and largely undiscovered region of the world.
Celebrate Christmas St Lucian style
Marigot Marina Village is celebrating a Creole Christmas with special events every weekend through the festive season. The fun starts on December 1 with local schoolchildren decorating Christmas Trees and local songwriter Aagee Simpson turning on the lights.
Escape to a Caribbean paradise
With its luxury villas and world-class facilities, Royal Westmoreland's exclusive estate on the beautiful island of Barbados is the perfect holiday destination.
There’s snow place like New York for skiing this winter
With nearly 50 downhill and over 50 cross-country ski areas to choose from, skiers of all abilities and tastes will find what they’re looking for in New York State so why not combine a trip to the “Big Apple” with a few days on the slopes.
Celebrate with Keycamp Holidays
Book a 2008 camping holiday before 29 November to one of Keycamp’s newest European camp sites and not only will you have the pick of the best mobile accommodation and dates, but the self-catering holiday specialist will also give you 10% off the base price, meaning families could save over £120 on a twelve night break.
Christmas for two in Guernsey
The historic, four star Old Government House Hotel in the heart of vibrant St Peter Port, Guernsey is offering special Christmas packages for two sharing a King Room from £236 for two nights B&B including use of the hotel’s Revolution Health Club and Spa.
Writing and photography holidays in Spain
Creative Escapes, one of the UK¹s premiere companies offering creative learning holidays, announces that award-winning travel journalist Adrian Mourby will join as a guest instructor on their January travel writing course in south eastern Spain, held Thursday to Sunday January 1720.
Christmas cheer with English Heritage
With the distant sound of sleigh bells ringing and the arrival of crisp winter mornings Christmas is soon approaching. To celebrate Christmas cheer English Heritage has organised a range of festive events across the country at some of its most spectacular sites.
Speed riding for beginners
Action-outdoors has announced the launch of the UCPA Speed riding course. Designed for advanced skiers who find regular skiing not quite exciting enough, speed riding combines skiing, parachuting and paragliding to allow you to descend otherwise impossible slopes.
Eurostar offsets emissions with Carbon Clear
As part of its new Tread Lightly campaign, Eurostar is now providing carbon-neutral journeys for all its passengers, at no extra cost to the traveller. In addition to its overall plans to reduce its emissions by 25% per passenger journey by 2012, where it is unable to eliminate emissions from a train journey, Eurostar is now offsetting them at its own expense.
More information for disabled fliers
Cheapflights.co.uk, the UK’s leading flight price comparison site, has produced a tips page for travellers who require more information on airline facilities for disabled passengers.
Volunteering holidays for the whole family
Taking the family on a volunteering holiday can be a life changing experience for both adults and children and it’s a unique chance to learn about different cultures at a grassroots level.
Winter sunshine sailing holidays
The ultimate activity sailing holiday on Round the World ocean-going yachts is being offered for the first time in 2008 with the launch of a 4-yacht Challenger Fleet by Tall Ships Adventures.
Skiing in West Virginia
Skiers, snowboarders, snowshoers and snowtubers should head to Snowshoe Mountain Resort high up in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia and experience it’s 1,500’ vertical drop, 244 skiable acres and 60 trails which includes three new slopes for the 2007-2008 season.