Tips and deals of the week: 01/08/2010

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Half price Isle of Wight


Red Funnel is offering 50 per cent off day-return tickets to the Isle of Wight. Adults now pay £6.30, children £3.15, and concessions £4.25.



Go to redfunnel.co.uk

Save on a week in Greece

Ionian & Aegean Island Holidays is offering seven nights B&B on the Pelion Peninsula in Greece for £735 per person, departing Friday.

Go to ionianislandholidays.com

Family discounts in Tunisia

Stay at Club Med Hammamet from £612 per adult and £388 per child, including return flights, from 30 August, a saving of £570 for a family of four.

Go to clubmed.co.uk

The sport

Tee off on the world's first pop-up golf course in Switzerland. Golf Mountain opens for a month from 10 September.

Go to thecambrianadelboden.com

The tour

Explore the Russian Arctic and Russian Far East on two new tours being offered by World Expeditions this year.

Go to worldexpeditions.co.uk

The website

Check out new holiday website pixelvacations.com, which offers users quick access to the websites of leading transport operators and tour companies.

The route

A new direct coach service from London to Paris, EuroCity Express, launched on Thursday with tickets from £12.50 single.

Go to eurocityexpress.com

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