With the cold snap hitting harder and earlier this year, festive holidays in sunnier climes are set to be more popular than ever. We throw the spotlight on a brilliant Christmas getaway that will get snapped up fast… Snow looks great on Christmas cards and it looks great the first time you see it out [...]
11.30.10 | Uncategorized | Emily
Long haul holidays at this time of year are about as cheap as they get. Clever holidaymakers do their Christmas shopping in the tropics and head back refreshed and relaxed in time for the big day… Christmas in the Caribbean is packed, but there’s a lull in the weeks preceding the big day. People would [...]
11.20.10 | Travel Trade Secrets | Emily
Now’s the time to bag a bargain party holiday. Or, if you’d prefer something more sedate, it could be a savvy way to ship yourself to the sun… If you’re looking for a party holiday, it’s best to wait until the children are back at school to get a good deal, right? Wrong. Everyone’s thinking [...]
08.26.10 | Travel Trade Secrets | Emily
If your flight was grounded by the volcanic eruption in Iceland, you’re probably looking at an alternative holiday. Most UK airspace reopened today but there is still a huge backlog of passengers. The Eurostar, ferries and coaches to the continent are packed and we haven’t quite got beach weather here in the UK yet. We [...]
04.22.10 | Something Different | Emily
We’re a family of four looking for a last minute deal on an Easter break. We would like to go away for a week, flying from any North West airport. Our children are off school from 1st April for a fortnight, so we can travel any time within those dates. We wanted to go to [...]
03.30.10 | Travel Challenge | Emily
Today is Blue Monday, apparently the most depressing day of the year. Christmas is a distant memory and the snow that brought many of us a bonus day off work has thawed. So, what to look forward to now? How about a week of winter sun? At Be Travel Savvy, our mission is to lavish [...]
01.18.10 | Uncategorized | Emily
Mention Benidorm to me and I instantly thought of high-rise hotels, English pubs, Blackpool in the sun. So tacky they turned it into a sitcom, Benidorm was my idea of holiday hell. It was the one place on earth I vowed never to visit, but I ended up proving myself wrong… When my friend got [...]
12.29.09 | Uncategorized | Emily