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Tips and deals: 03/05/2009
Tips and deals: 03/05/2009
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The gear
New for this season, the belted Nosquito Hepburn Jacket is designed to give protection from sun, showers, humidity and insects. Price £80. Go to craghoppers.com.
The guide
Sharing Somerset's Secrets is a new free guide to the county, offering useful tips from locals, travel experts and a few celebrity fans of the area. Go to visitsomerset.co.uk.
The gadget
Book from a choice of 19,000 hostels or budget hotels on your iPod Touch or iPhone with a new travel accessory application called Hostel Hero. Download free from hostelhero.com.
The bargain
Save £250 on a week's self-catering in Samos with Sunvil Holidays. Stay in a studio sleeping two, price £329 per person, including flights and transfers, from 21 May. Go to sunvil.co.uk.
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