Ferry to Ireland

Ah the Emerald Isle! I have been watching Terry Wogan's Ireland program on BBC and it has given me a thirst to visit Ireland...and not just for the Guinness.

Ireland is beautiful, has a wonderful culture and you never know when a sing song will break out.

The best way to visit Ireland is in your own car so "you'll be needing a ship". Those Ferry Nice Folk at Norfolk Line/DFDS have just the ticket - a ferry from Liverpool to Ireland from just £79.



There are more than 26 crossings each week between Belfast and Birkenhead (Liverpool). They can also help with a weekend break or a short holiday in a luxurious cottage, so go ahead book online to Ireland.

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Useful Site to Check on Travel Strikes

EasyTravelReport is a useful site to check the latest on potential air strikes, public transportation strikes or anything else which could affect your holiday:

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Spanish Air Strike 2010 Update

Air traffic controllers vote to go ahead with 3-day strike starting August 18th but talks continue to try and avert union action.

Ryanair has asked the Spanish government to help ease the effects of the Spanish air traffic controller strike which, if it goes ahead, will start August 18th and last three days.

The strikers are protesting at government plans to change their work hours and reduce overtime pay and more than 2,000 nationally have voted for the strike which could affect some two million passengers (many Spanish workers take their holidays in August and the strike couldn’t come at a busier time).

The dispute with the Spanish government has dragged on since February, when overtime hours and controllers’ pay were slashed. According to some reports, some controllers were earning as much as £290,000 a year, more than the Spanish prime minister Mr. Zapatero earns, and the government wants to increase their hours and shorten their rest breaks.

Now Ryanair is calling for standardised pan-European air traffic control following recent action by French air traffic control staff. The airline is suggesting that if strikers in Spain, for example, took action, disruption could be minimised by having controllers in other countries handling the air traffic until strike action ended.

A spokesperson for Ryanair said: “Air transport and tourism are vital to the Spanish economy and the Government must ensure that Spanish airports remain open during strikes by calling on the military to provide air traffic control services … this happens in many other European countries when strikes threaten air transport.
“[The threatened] Spanish air traffic control strikes and the industrial action taken by French ATC workers in recent weeks highlight the urgent need for a standardised Europe-wide system of air traffic control to ensure that striking air traffic controllers in one country do not hold the travelling public to ransom.”

Source: GoTimeShare.org article

Luxury Athens Hotel Trip at Bargain Price

I am a member of a travel club which offers champagne quality travel at beer prices, like this one in Athens:

DREAMTRIP INCLUDES:

•5 Day & 4 Night stay at the Hotel Metropolitan
•Superior room accommodations
•Breakfast included
•Hotel taxes included
•Supervised hotel fitness center
•Outdoor heated swimming pool
•18 hole golf course approximately 6.5 miles from the hotel
•Tennis courts approximately 3 miles from the hotel
•Jogging path across the hotel property
•Must provide your own transportation to hotel
•Must have a valid passport

HOTEL INFORMATION:
The Metropolitan hotel with its unique cosmopolitan atmosphere, combines traditional hospitality and luxury in central Athens. With a view to both the Acropolis and the Aegean Sea, the fully renovated Metropolitan hotel is ideally situated in front of the Faleron Olympic Coastal Park for both leisure and business travelers. This luxurious hotel in central Athens is only 10 minutes away from Syntagma Square, the center of Athens and the port of Piraeus. The Faleron Olympic Coastal Park is now hosting exhibitions, conferences and events.

WHEN: July 3rd - July 7th

PRICING:
•Best Online Price: $272.19
•DreamTrips Price: $172.00
•Average Savings per Couple: $200.00

HOW TO BOOK:
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The number of available rooms at this price is limited so first come, first served. Only members of the Dream Trips travel club may book at these low prices. Hundreds of other Dream Trips are also available throughout the world including cruises, weekend city breaks, hotels, resorts and self-catering accommodation.

Save 50% On Flights From Brussels

Fancy a trip to Seville for some Spanish sun? But your travel partner prefers a weekend looking at Roman ruins?

Well, with Brussels Airlines
you can save 50%* on flights to all European destinations this spring, so you can go to both Seville & Rome! Or perhaps, you prefer London & Barcelona. Or how about Marseille & Venice? There are over 40 European destinations you can choose from.

Wherever in Europe you choose to go this spring and whether you pick one, two or even three destinations, you can fly there at -50%*! Which means you can travel twice as much!

So hurry! Book your flights by midnight 1 March 2010, and fly between 10 April and 30June 2010.

Save 50%* to over 40 European destinations:

Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Bilbao, Birmingham, Bologna, Bristol, Budapest, Catania, Copenhagen, Krakow, Faro, Florence, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Lisbon, London, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Marseille, Milan, Naples, Newcastle, Nice, Oslo, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Prague, Rome, Seville, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Turin, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius, and Warsaw.

* This discount is valid for all return tickets booked between 23 February and 1 March 2010 for a European flight between 10 April and 30 June 2010. This discount only applies to the base price of a b.light or b.flex ticket. It does not apply to airport and fuel taxes or ticket processing costs. It is only valid on flights to and from Brussels, operated by Brussels Airlines.

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UK Hotel Rooms from Just £9 for Summer 2010

Travelodge have a great offer right now. UK hotel rooms for Summer 2010 from just £9 booked online at Travelodge and available on a first come, first served basis. £9 rooms are only available at selected hotels on selected nights (also in Ireland and Spain) from 2 May to 5 September 2010.

Booking with Travelodge
All rates are subject to availability at the time of booking and may not be available at every hotel, every night.

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I often stay in Travelodge because they provide great value for money, large comfortable beds, a full bathroom, TV, tea & coffee making equipment and a family room includes a pull-out sofa for two more people so it makes a family trip really affordable. The incredibly low price of £9 is per room, not per person. Many Travelodges also offer a delicious cooked breakfast buffet plus a bar with tasty meals. If you book breakfast and/or dinner with your room, you receive a 20% discount! They are usually in convenient locations with on-site parking. I really recommend Travelodge

For a short break in London, I usually stay at Tolworth because the train in to London takes just 25 minutes, the station is 5 minutes walk, the on-site parking is £5 for 24 hours, there is a bar-cafe with breakfast and dinner. There are trains through the night to Surbiton Station with a 24 hour bus service on the 281 route direct to the Travelodge at Tolworth Broadway. There is also fantastic shopping, cinemas, restaurants etc in the nearby town of Kingston, again on the 281 bus route.

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Resort Transfer Service

Resorthoppa has one of the widest ranges of any transfer company, providing transfer services in over 70 countries worldwide, covering over 450 airports, ports and railway stations. Rates start at just £3.49 per person.



Shuttle Services
Resorthoppa operate shuttle services throughout the summer and also during the winter to all the main Mediterranean resorts. In Spain they operate through Gerona, Barcelona, Reus, Alicante and Malaga airports on the mainland, in the Balearic Islands of Majorca, Ibiza and Menorca and in the Canary Islands of Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. In Greece they have shuttles on the islands of Corfu, Crete, Lesvos, Mykonos, Naxos, Santorini, Rhodes, Samos, Zakynthos and Kos. They offer services in the Algarve in Portugal, from Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman airports in Turkey, from Larnaca and Paphos airports in Cyprus and in Malta.

They also operate shuttles in other parts of Europe, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Bulgaria, as well as further afield in Egypt, Tunisia and Dubai and in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, USA and China.

Ski shuttle services are also available.

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Private Transfer Services
They offer private transfer services in all destinations where they operate shuttles, but also in many other countries and major destinations around the world, including Morocco, South Africa, Australia, India and Sri Lanka.

City Transfers
City break destinations are also well covered. They operate a shuttle as well as a private transfer service in Barcelona and private transfers in Paris, Rome, Venice, Prague, Budapest, Marrakech and New York, to name but a few cities.

Use promotional code HOPDISC4 for a 4% discount for bookings made in January 2010.

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