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Thomson 10% savers

Posted on September 19th, 2008 in Featured, Travel news

Thomson special offer holidays save extra 10% this weekend.

Customers can save up to 10% on online bookings on a number of destinations:

Luxury and Faraway Shores offers from as little as £224pp- see Thomson Holidays Special Offers

· Majorca from £224 Dominican Republic from £518

· Costa del Sol from £279 Jamaica from £565 Cyprus from £333

Great offers from only £176pp

· Algarve from £176 Cape Verde from £574 Tunisia from £436 Gran Canaria from £264 La Palma from £272 Fuerteventura from £269 Tenerife from £317Costa Blanca £306Majorca from £198 Cyprus from £296

XL failure condemned

Posted on September 12th, 2008 in Featured, Travel news

Cheaperholidays can reveal that, the UK’s biggest trade union Unite has attacked the way XL staff were treated..

Unite represents hundreds of the 1,700 employees at XL who are expected to lose their jobs.

It will start pursuing the bankrupt company for redundancy payments for its members.

Unite said it would also be seeking urgent discussions with company officials on the future for XL employees.

National officer Brian Boyd said: “Airlines that are struggling in the present climate are treating their workforce and the trade unions representing them with contempt.

Summer holiday rush

Posted on July 18th, 2008 in Travel news

The summer holidays start this weekend and we are predicting more than two point five million people will be travelling abroad. All looking for cheap late deals and last minute hot offers.

Research for Cheaperholidays shows that summer holiday bookings out of the UK were up one per cent at the end of June compared to the same time last year, despite the gloomy economic climate. For the best deals see Travel Price Comparison

The biggest growth in bookings this year is for Egypt, which is up 29%, Turkey up 23% and the US up 9.5 per cent.

Pontins Brean sands warning

Posted on June 27th, 2008 in Featured, Travel news

If your considering a holiday with Pontins at Brean Sands, then be advised that :-

1. You will need to take disinfectant room cleaner with you, before you pack anything else…

The next shock is the accommodation, picture run down garden sheds and you will not be far wrong. (Note they don’t actually show you the run down accommodation on the Pontins Brean sands web site) Pontins holidays at Brean sands Somerset