Tag: cheap holidays

  • Duty Free – How to Save Money at the Airport

    We have all seen the Duty Free shops at airports. They try their best to entice us to buy something and most of us do as we try to kill time before our flight departs. But are Duty Free shops at airports cheaper or more expensive than the high street ? I set out to try…

  • Accommodation rental – the downside of booking yourself.

    I have just returned from a really good holiday in Fuerteventura. As a travel agent I know the benefits of booking through a good travel agency. You get financial protection, professional advice, good quality products and low prices. I have been preaching these benefits for a while as well as telling customers that there are risks…

  • Why You Pay More For Your Holiday During School Holidays.

    School holiday travel supplements imposed by airlines and holiday companies have again been hitting the headlines. The Daily Mail has a news story today about what they call a “£500 supplement just to take a family away during the school holidays”. They say that they have conducted a survey of holiday prices and they say…

  • Holiday Prices Plunge. Pick Up A Bargain Now !

    The ongoing credit crunch, the see-sawing cost of fuel, the pound’s fall against both the dollar and the euro, and continued poor consumer confidence are all making things very difficult for travel companies at the moment. This is the reason why you can pick up some fantastic holiday deals, cheap holidays and cheap flights.Here is…

  • Redundancy – Maybe not the end of life as you know it!

    With news everyday of shops and businesses closing and a prediction that unemployment may rise to 3 million I thought that I would share my experience of redundancy with you. For many, redundancy can be unexpected but I suppose that I was lucky in that I knew several months before that my office was going to…