Overseas holidays & travel planning

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• Cheapest way to stay at Holiday Inns - save up to 50%

  Hi, Just a quick note about how to book Holiday Inn hotels (this includes Intercontinentals, Crowne Plazas, Hotel Indigos and Express by Holiday Inns). If you just get a quote from IHG's website, it will not be the cheapest because they are always running special deals. All these rates have limited availability and some…

• Is it possible to ski cheaply at February halfterm?

  Does anyone have tips for ski-ing cheaply next Feb half-term? The cheapest package holiday I can find is Inghams to Bulgaria self-catering £2800 family of four incl ski hire, pass, tuition etc. I have been to Borovets many times so would prefer not to go back. So I am trying to beat that price. I have also tried to put…

• Manchester-Joburg £299 return

  MANCHESTER--5 MARCH, 2009--Lufthansa has just slashed the price of flights to Johannesburg to an unbelievable £299 return from Manchester, including all taxes. http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh/uk/specials/booking?l=en&nodeid=2097008&cid=1000243

• oh no Nationwide debit/credit cards starting to charge for some countries outside Eur

  Europe - what a bummer - just heard it on working lunch - anyone got any more details - Nationwide's site isn't saying anything. macca

• Flying with Autistic child

  Hi I am going away to Tenerife with my Mum and my 4 sons at Easter, on of my sons (aged 11) has Aspergers Syndrome and I was wondering if I can ask for priority boarding, either first or last depending on what would suit him better. If so do I have to inform the airline before departure date??? Or just at check in? We are…

• Usa/canada

  Some Help/Advice/Tip's please My OH and I are off to see New England in the Fall, has anyone got any recomendations for area's to stay around the New York, Rhode Island area's. We are going for a month, but will be also be spending two weeks or so in and around the Toronto/Ottawa area's to see the fall there. So the main…

• SAS Sale to Scandinavia

  SAS Sale to Scandinavia starts Friday 6th March 2009: http://www.flysas.com/en/uk/Promotions-and-prices/10-days-to-book

• Hard Rock Hotel - Orlando

  Hey there people. Just wondering if anyone knows much about this hotel? Me and my partner stayed there during our last holiday in Florida and it was superb - and I would like to send a letter of thanks to the manager. For some reason, work isn't letting me into google (but is letting me on here!) so does anyone know the…

• Accomodation Parma Italy

  Does anyone have any tips for good accomodation (and/or websites) within about 30 miles or so of Parma for middle of April? Think i would prefer an Agriturismo type place in the country. Would also prefer something fairly simple.

• Recommendations for a Prague Hotel please

  Would be grateful of any suggestions for a nice hotel in Prague. Looking to spend about £150 for 2 nights (19th/21st March) and want to be central. I have been looking at the Icon hotel?

• Wizzair to Kiev - advice needed

  I wonder if anyone can help me. I am planning to travel to Odessa in August and I am very excited about the fact that Wizzair now fly from Luton to Kiev. The only problem is that the bookings only go up to June (and this has been the cut off for a couple of months now). Is this because Wizzair are likely to pull the…

• barcelona airport to salou? help

  Hi we are flying into barcelona airport and need to get to salou portaventura, other than hiring a car how else would we get down there. we have never been to spain before so any advice as to public transport would be greatly appreciated:beer: .

• Visa Moneycard????

  We are going to Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand in December. Having not been abroad before we are unsure of how to take currency. Do we get a Visa Travelmoney card? Travellers cheques? Country's own currency? Thanks!! Lydia

• Ba Club or Virgin Upper

  Hi, I am going to new York later in the year, and currently the prices for BA Club or Virgin Upper are roughly the same. Anyone any opinions on which is best please? Will probably be spending quite a bit of time in the lounges beforehand, so thats a factor too. Cheers, Karen

• Photo ID required to pay in CASH !

  Just noticed this when booking an Ibis hotel room: "Special terms : : Valid photo ID (passport/driving license) is required for cash payment" Has this country gone stark staring raving mad ? You now need an ID card to pay in cash. If you offer cash and don't have photo ID with you, what do they do - call the Police ?

• Port Aventura theme park tickets?

  Hi i am going to portaventura staying in 1 of their hotels on the 7th and 8th of April i will get 1 adult and 1 child theme park ticket included (which we won't use) my question is to anyone who has stayed at 1 of the parks hotels, do you get proper tickets for the park ie that i could sell on ? or is it just printed…

• Does give you much time to act?

  Received this email from Ryanair at 22:41 last night (after I had gone to bed) Are they taking the p... or just anothe marketing ploy.:rolleyes:

• Ammending the date of a Virgin Atlantic flight

  OK - Now first of all. I can't find this information on the Virgin Atlantic website. I've called their customer service line twice to be passed around different departments before being cut off both times. I have a Virgin flight fro London to San Francisco booked and I might need to change the date of the return portion.…

• Snowshoe holiday - any recommendations?

  Hi, Just wondering if anyone has tried a snowshoeing holiday and if so could pass on any recommendations? We're completely open as to destination - though would prefer somewhere tranquil and smaller scale and ideally with sauna/spa/thermal facilities available. Many thx in advance.

• Cheapest Flight to New York in July

  Hi everyone, im looking for the cheapest flight to New York arround July the 20th. I know this is a bad time to get a cheap flight. A few weeks ago I found one for £460 return from manchester but everwhere seems to have gone up? :rolleyes: Cheapest I can get now is about £510 thats departing 20th July returning 3rd…