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Summer 2012: Family-friendly festivals
Sunday 27 May 2012
Jousting knights and juggling jesters will help recreate the spirit of medieval Sweden at the Medeltidsveckan Festival (00 46 0498 29 10 70; www.medeltidsveckan.se), in the walled city of Visby on Gotland island from 5-12 August. Sunvil Discovery (020-8758 4722; sunvil.co.uk/discovery) has a week from £1,385 per person including return flights on SAS Scandinavian Airlines from Heathrow via Stockholm to Visby, accommodation with breakfast and car hire.
Travel Challenge: A summer break in Iceland
Friday 27 April 2012
Each week we invite three companies to offer us their best deal for a specific holiday. Today: a short summer break in Iceland. Prices are per person, based on two people travelling together. All packages include three nights' accommodation in the capital Reykjavik and flights from London in June.
Flybe becomes first budget airline to drop £9 debit card fees
Thursday 26 April 2012
Change comes as the Office of Fair Trading is considering legal action against travel firms that refuse to scrap debit-card charges.
Deals of the week: Barcelona, Malta, Jordan
Wednesday 25 April 2012
Less than £200... Soak up the culture in Barcelona on a two-night break for £173pp. The deal includes easyJet flights from Gatwick on 19 May and stylish accommodation with breakfast at the Rafaelhoteles Badalona, close to Montjuic. Lastminute.com
Something to declare: Santorini; Southern savings; Cyprus scams; price-fixing refunds
Friday 20 April 2012
Destination of the week: Santorini
EasyJet adds new routes for winter
Friday 20 April 2012
Low-fare airline easyJet has announced a series of new routes for winter 2012.
EasyJet launches new Belfast route
Thursday 19 April 2012
Low-cost airline easyJet is to start a new Belfast-Birmingham service, it was announced today.
Simon Calder: End of the runway for BMI, but will passengers suffer?
Wednesday 18 April 2012
The man who pays his way
Travel challenge: A Jubilee escape on the Mediterranean
Friday 13 April 2012
Each week we invite three companies to offer us their best deal for a specific holiday. Today: a Mediterranean break over the Jubilee bank holiday. All prices are per person, based on two sharing. Each includes flights from the UK on Saturday 2 June and three nights' accommodation.
Tips and deals of the week: Italian lakes; Madrid; New Orleans and Memphis
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Less than £200
How to spend two days in Zurich – and could a strike spoil a Spanish break?
Wednesday 04 April 2012
Q. My husband has to be in Zurich on business later this month, and he would like me to join for him for a long weekend. Would you have some advice on how we could spend two days there? Rebecca Grunwald, London
Chaos on roads, rail and in the sky... it must be Easter
Wednesday 04 April 2012
Strikes in France and Spain set to leave tens of thousands of passengers stranded at home
Carolyn McCall: In the pilot's seat at easyJet
Thursday 29 March 2012
After nearly two years in charge, the budget airline's chief executive is used to dealing with headwinds, as Lucy Tobin discovers
Higher charges cut EasyJet losses
Monday 26 March 2012
Low-cost airline easyJet said today that half-year losses would be smaller than expected as its revenues were boosted by higher baggage charges.
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