Another great offer for those on a family holiday camping or on a holiday park - Blacks are offering buy one, get second half price on everything. So if you are looking for a bargain for your holidays in terms of clothing, footwear, tents and accessories then you have until the 6th May 2009 to make huge savings at Blacks.
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A great offer for anyone heading for a holiday park, caravan site or tent holiday, Millets are offering you 20% off their entire camping range. The range includes tents, picnic camping, accessories, outdoor leisure, sleeping equipment, cooking and furniture offering you everytrhing you could need on your family holiday. The sale last until the 5th May 2009.
For all those holidaying in Europe this year the good news is that sending texts home via your mobile phone will cost just 9p. For most people that is a 60% reduction on exisiting rates thanks to MEP’s who voted to cap the costs of roaming texts from July.
Rules set in July 2007 had already reduced the excessive costs of phoning from abroad but texting had remained a profitable loophole for the operators.
This is great news for all us setting off on our summer holidays - knowing that the odd text to family and friends to let them know we have arrived safely isn’t going to cost a small fortune.
With the May Half term holidays fast approaching Keycamp has released some great offers for family holidays. In fact Keycamp are currently offering up to 40% off selected holidays travelling before 29th May and there are further discountsthrough to the endof August. (Please note this offer ends 30th April)
Save £177 for a family of 4 holiday to Les Biches at St Hilaire de Riez in 
the Vendee, France
Les Biches is set in fragrant pine woodland, a quality parc with modern facilities including a pool and bar complex. This special offer is for 7 nights departing on the 13th June 2009 staying in a 3 bed chalet. The price for 2 adults and 2 children is just £248. More info / Book now >
Save £155 for a family of 4 holiday to Domaine de La Riv, Biscarosse in Gascony, France
Domaine de la Rie is ideally located on the edge of the Biscarosse lake with direct access to a private, sandy lakeside beach. This special offer is for 7 nights departing on the 6th June 2009 staying in a 3 bed chalet. The price for 2 adults and 2 children is just £345. More info / Book now >
To see more holiday parks in France visit our France search pages where you will find Keycamp, Eurocamp and others. Find holiday parks in France >. Click here if you want to search specifically for Keycamp holidays >
Great news for UK holiday travelers as Flybe are expanding their flight base by restoring flights between Leeds Bradford and London Gatwick. This is particularly good news as it follows BMI’s decision to axe the route earlier this year.
Flybe will operate a new three times daily (twice daily on weekends) service on June 29 using Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
The airline’s chief commercial officer, Mike Rutter, said: “The new service demonstrates Flybe’s commitment to the region, continuing to help the local economy through the development of affordable and convenient business and leisure travel options.”
If you are looking for some great value holiday park family fun this Whitsun then we are pleased to say that Hoseasons have a new special offer for the Whitsun period. You could save up to £80 off 7 nights and up to £40 off 3 & 4 night breaks at either some of their all action, fun filled holiday parks or our fabulouscountryside parks.
To find out more about the Hoseasons special offers click here and click here to check out Hoseasons holiday parks and other great UK parks.
Some great news for those looking for family holiday parks in the UK… Eurocamp has announced that it plans to re-establish itself in the UK this year. The holiday parc operator has focussed its family holiday efforts in recent years on its European network, particularly in France, Spain and Italy.
However, with the effects of the recession being felt across the UK and British families increasingly looking for holidays closer to home, Eurocamp felt it was the perfect time to relaunch a UK holiday solution.
More details about this will be announced in the coming weeks but we are definitely hoping that they bring their full Eurocamp experience to the UK including the highly successful kids clubs, quality sites and on-site couriers, mobile homes and tents.
With operators such as Hoseasons already in the UK, the relaunch of a UK Eurocamp offering should put a further emphasis on improving holiday park services and pricing - good news all round. You can seach for great value holiday park accommodation right here: Search for UK holiday parks
If you are looking to get away this Easter or are looking for something to keep the children entertained then a break at a holiday park could be just the thing.
Staying at a holiday park in the UK over Easter, especially now that the worst of the weather has passed and we can finally see spring arriving, can be great fun. There are some great short break offers available at UK holiday parks over the Easter holidays, with many of them having onsite entertainment over the school holidays and indoor swimming pools - so you can play whatever the weather. You can search our directory of UK holiday parks and see some special offers from one of our partner sites Hoseasons including saving up to £80 off 7nts and up to £40 off 3 & 4nt breaks.
However, if you are looking for something a little further from home and may be a bit warmer, why not try out a holiday parc in France, Spain or even Croatia. With our partners at Eurocamp and Keycamp you can find some great value mobile home, caravan and tent accommodation in some of the nicest spots in Europe.
Good news for holiday travellers as the Transport Secretary has announced new Government plans for a new champion for air travellers when things go wrong with flights. Rail watchdog, Passenger Focus, will become responsible for upholding passengers rights.
In further good news for holiday travellers and a further rebuke to the Civil Aviation Authority, the minister Geoff Hoon said that the CAA has to put travellers interests first and do more to meet environmental obligations. Feedback from travellers has been that they want more toilets and baggage carousels and these are the issues the CAA will be expected to address.
British Airways has given another warning that its revenues in the coming financial period will fall by approximately 5% and would as a result be posting another loss next year. BA’s response to this and the falling passenger numbers caused by the recession is to reduce capacity this summer by up to 2%.
The company, which expects losses of £150million in 2008/9, is said to be considering a pay freeze and voluntary redundancies to see it through this difficult trading period.
