find cheaper holidays

Coach holidays

2011-08-04T04:42:00.001-07:00

COACH HOLIDAYS.

Well its been a while since I posted as I could not find much about, Now with companies going bust its even harder as all the other companies have put the prices up so much its really hard to find a bargain?. So what I thought was I would tell you about some fantastic short breaks with some of the coach companies.
It’s a really nice way of meeting people and most of your meals are included too, and most of them give one or two free excursions so that’s even better.
I have already been on one this year in May and I have another one booked for December and I can not wait.
If you go to coachholidays.com you will find a selection of different holidays but at a price you can afford, I got my holiday half the price of the actual holiday firm that was doing the trip so keep looking and do lots of research before booking.
There are several coach companies and they depend on what part of the country you live? I tend to use the one mentioned above door2tours, www.justgoholidays.com. Leger holidays, shearing holidays, grandukholidays, crusader holidays, and consort holidays. So there is plenty of choice to choose from.
Most of the cheaper breaks are in England and Europe I think you will be surprised with what you can find, happy looking

Late deals

2011-07-11T06:20:00.000-07:00

Late deals

It is now a good time to start looking for that late get away and I have found quite a few today.
I will start by telling you about the first one I have found and its flying from stansted to Majorca from the 5th – 12th October hotel blue sea gran playa 3*** all inclusive for 2 adults with bags all for only £397.00. That is a good deal.

The next is a flight from stansted flying to Ibiza staying at a 2** hotel at the costa sur – sol post complex double room for 2 adults all inclusive from 6th – 13th October with baggage for only £416.00. These are both with lowcostholidays but if you look on the web site they have loads of holidays for really loads of places at a very low cost.

If you prefer a s/c holiday you can travel the same dates and airport for just £294 in total for 2 adults.

Finding a cheap package holiday

2011-06-20T06:06:00.000-07:00

Well I will start by saying I did not think I would do it but to my surprise I did,
I have found a holiday cheaper with lowcostholidays, cheaper than what I could do?
I searched hundreds of flights & hotels but came out with a weeks A/I for £249.00
And with lowcostholidays it came out at £216.00 and £13.20 more with transfers a total of £229.20 a saving of £19.80. It was for Majorca in the resort alcudia 28th Sep for a week From London stansted.
Holidays have desperately gone up recently leaving most families without a summer getaway. But don’t be negative I have had some amazing holidays in this country and not costing a lot of money just a cheap little getaway, it is usually at a holiday camp or even just camping but that’s for another day?.
I have had several little breaks at caravan parks and before anyone thinks not for me? Then just try it you may be pleasantly surprised. I do tend to keep pretty local only travelling under 100 miles so dose not cost the earth in petrol either.
You can find these on the internet by just looking for caravan parks and then you choose where you want to go and how much you want to spend as some are more expensive than others but it just depends on you budget.
You have the larger ones such as Butlins, Haven, or even Hoseasons, but then you are paying for very large venues but little camps are much more reasonable.
I tend to use park holidays UK, or park resorts and have always had a wonderful time.

really cheap flights

2011-06-06T08:56:00.000-07:00

Really cheap flights
I have just found a really cheap flight with cheapflights.co.uk from London Gatwick to Palma Mallorca (Majorca).
With luggage and taxes for just £43.98 I just couldn’t believe it. It is for 9th – 16th of June so nice weather too. And one from Luton for just £53.98 same dates. At cheapflights.co.uk they have 4 million new flights each day ensuring the cheapest flights around.
Looking on easyjet.com today I found flights from Stansted to Majorca with bags and taxes for only £102.98 that was from 29th June and flying back on 7th July. You can book hotels and transfers with easyjet.com so you can book everything together all at one time.

cheaper holidays with different travel agents

2011-05-29T09:44:00.000-07:00

Today I just thought I would show you the difference in prices between three holiday companies.
The holiday was for 2 adults flying from Norwich to Majorca staying at the condesa de la bahia hotel staying for 7 nts with transfers. The 1st was Thomson at a cost of £1,902, 00. The 2nd was hays travel £1,597, 83. And the last one was 2bookaholiday.com £1, 480, 66 that’s a difference of £421.34 amazing isn’t it.

doing it yourself cheaper

2011-05-26T09:51:00.000-07:00

Today I am going to give you an example of a package holiday by holidaynights.com which is a very good site to use and very reasonable, I got a flight, transfers and hotel for £1,490.98 this was for a family of six 4adults & 2 children
Then I done the flights, hotel and transfers separately and this is how I done it.
I firstly went to ryanair.com and booked the same flights for 27th September and returning on 4th October I also booked 15gk of luggage & the total for everything was £82.98.each total of £497.88
I then booked transfers with holidayrooms.com at a cost of £95.70.
I then booked one of my favourite hotels in Santa Susanna
The Santa Susanna Resort is situated roughly a kilometre from both the beach and the town centre.
This hotel was at a cost of £635.04 a/I (all inclusive) booked with alpharooms.com.
So the holiday that I booked was £262.22 cheaper than the package price & the only thing I booked that wasn’t included in the package price was priority boarding as it is one thing that I do prefer when travelling with budget airlines, but it was only at a cost of £4 each way so not bad.

BOOKING A FLIGHT

2011-05-22T10:51:00.000-07:00

BOOKING A FLIGHT
I am now going to show you how to book a flight from start to finish. And show all options like I spoke briefly about earlier, let’s say we want a flight from London stansted flying to alicante in Spain, and I want to fly out on the 7th June and return on 15th June. Well we will start by going to one of the budget airlines. I will use http://www.ryanair.com/ in this example. In the search box enter your departure airport I have chosen London stansted going to alicante (ALC) then it will ask what dates and also a box to tick if your travel dates are flexible , I always tick this as I book my flights from the prices not always the dates.
Then it will ask number of passengers, so far very easy!
Then you must tick the box which says have read and accept the terms of use of the ryanair website as if you don’t you can not go any further.
Then several boxes will appear with dates and prices, this is where the price of your flight will be, also showing online check-in, delay/cancel levy, taxes/fees. Then the total at the bottom, but remember to look at the times of flights as the cheaper flights are usually very early in the morning, or later at night.
So today 21st may the flight for the 7th June is £11.99 plus £6.00 online check-in with free delay/cancel levy and free taxes/fees so the total so far is just £17.99 say you want priority boarding then that will cost you another £4.00 each way and on top of your free hand luggage allowance you can now use the drop down bar and book yourself 15kg of luggage but remember this is at a extra cost of £40 still all in you have now got yourself a complete flight for just £88.98 and that is everything so don’t worry about a thing your flight is now booked.
When filling out your card details there is a small fee but less if you use a debit card instead of a credit card.
Ryanair have more flights from stansted but they do fly from many more airports, and all are of similar price.
Now to remind you of looking at the prices of flights, as I mentioned earlier it isn’t always the cheapest flight that works out to be the cheapest in total as some will have free taxes, but some of the cheaper flights will have taxes to add so do search through many before booking your flights . I hope it makes sense but after searching for flights for a while it will all fit into place I am sure.

how to start to find cheap holidays

2011-05-19T10:26:00.000-07:00

Well let me start by giving you information that I have gathered over many years and have saved many people a lot of money, especially me.
Firstly by saying don’t be afraid to book your own flights, hotels and everything that’s needed for a brilliant holiday , I know it sounds very scary but follow exactly what I say and you too will be having holidays you could only dream of.

So think of where you want to travel and firstly you need a flight, well I know what you’re thinking but Ryan air or easy jet is your best bet and cheap is good. I have travelled with both companies many times and had the best holidays, it is just a way of getting from A to B so we go on ryanair.com and we find a cheap flight now when I say cheap I mean go on every day around the dates that you want to travel because if ten flights are 27.99 some will be free taxes some will be free delay/cancel levy so a flight 21.99 could be cheaper than a flight 11.99 as the cheaper flight may have all other bits added so you must use your time and keep looking to find the very best prices.

Then decide if you want to be first on the plane, this means priority boarding but remember this will add £8 on your flight, both ways though
Then baggage do you want to take a case some people I have travelled with just use their hand luggage allowance as you can take 10gk free and goes straight in the cabin with you when boarding your flight if you want an extra 15gk it will cost you £40 so that’s up to the individual but I always take a lot of luggage, but it does cost you.

Remember most airlines do airport parking, transfers, and hotels, so to start with just look around and see how it goes you don’t have to book anything just look and see how you feel you will wonder why you have never done it before. As long as you don’t put any credit card details through you can not be charged for anything so just keep looking and see what you find.

Then you can venture off to other sites I will cover everything you could ever want to know.
So now we have looked at flights we need a hotel well that’s the easy bit visit all different hotel sights as they will all be a different price every time so one time you may book with holiday nights for example but next time you may book through holiday rooms they change all the time and if I am not familiar with a hotel I ring a travel free phone number and see where their holiday is staying and get all my information from them and then go direct and book it myself cutting out the middle man. Crafty but they shouldn’t charge so much and we would all go to them.

I have never found it a good idea to read other peoples reviews as I have read some terrible ones and I have loved it so again it’s the individuals.

Some of the sites that I use are Ryan air, easy jet, hays travel, fleet way travel, Portland, Thomas cook, Thompson, 2bookaholiday.com, and travelsupermarket.com. I usually ring telexed holidays for information because they are extremely helpful.
How to book hotels, I use , alpharooms.com , holiday nights, holiday rooms and they are very good.
And will give you information when booking of the area and what is local and near the hotel but that will be available on the internet when looking for the hotel look at many sites to give you an idea of how far from restaurants and beaches and shops and anything you may wish to know how many pools bar times etc.

Look at as many sites as you can, it can take me weeks sometimes to get the perfect holiday and yet another time it just all fits into place and everything is just there ready to book at the price I want to pay. But be patient, because it can get a little stressful but just keep reminding you its saving money so two holidays instead of one.

I saw some flights on Ryan air a few minutes ago at £11.99 with online check in at £6 with free delay/cancel levy and free taxes/fees from London Stan stead to Majorca one of the Balearic islands I have been to many parts of Majorca and have had some very cheap holidays so am looking for myself at the moment, it was for flying out on the 5th June and flying back on 15th June and the beauty is you choose where you want to go from, what airport, and for how long you want to travel, its sometimes for only a few days but it is warm and very enjoyed.

Now let’s talk about hotels and what you want from your holiday! Do you want to eat and drink and not spend a penny while you’re away if so you definitely want to go all inclusive (A/I) If you want to choose what you eat then your best bet is room only (R/O)
now if you want breakfast because you will be out all day then choose bed & breakfast (B&B) half board (H/B) is breakfast and evening meal and full board (F/B) is breakfast dinner and evening meal so there is a lot of options to choose from and of cause your budget if you have little money its often easier to do your own shopping but if with friends A/I is usually the best option as drinks are quite expensive and you can end up spending more than planned.

Get to know your destination airports as most places have many airports and you don’t want to end up landing at a different airport to where your staying but don’t freak out its very easy and I will talk you through it all in time.