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Norfolk Country Breaks
Norfolk Country Breaks have a range of hand picked cottages and self catering holiday homes in North and West Norfolk. They provide great quality self catering holiday homes to suit all budgets and tastes. Their website is easy to use and has a great search facility to narrow down exactly what you're looking for.
Mystery Staycation for William and Katherine!
Following on from the excitement of the Royal Wedding and a bumper round of Bank Holidays, St James's Palace has reported that the newly married couple will spend a quiet weekend away in Britain before William returns to work next week. Speculation on where they will stay has like Katherine's dress remained a closley guarded secret.
Pontins Saved By Britannia Hotel Group
Britannia Hotels founded in 1976 has brought the troubled holiday park Pontins out of administration saving the holidays of thousands of families and safeguarding 850 jobs.
Pontins which has five parks in England and Wales went into administration in November 2010 blaming tough economic conditions. The sale to Britannia marks an exciting period in Pontins 64 year old history. Britannia's owner Alex Langsam commented, "We believe there is a growing demand for traditional seaside holidays and we are prepared to back this judgement with considerable investment,"
Two New Great Outdoors Shows For 2011
The recession, doom and gloom stories about the economy, the strong Euro and threats of airport and airline strikes could encourage holidaymakers to stay in the UK for their well earned holiday or short break.
The caravanning and camping sector in fact anything to do with the great outdoors has seen a huge growth in interest and popularity. Two new shows have been planned for next year to exhibit the latest caravans, motorhomes, camping equipment and accessories as well as products for walking, cycling and sailing.
Staycation 2011
Self catering holidays look set to be popular during 2011 as seen by a strong early demand for bookings at Classic Cottages. This specialist letting company based in Cornwall has more than 700 hand picked holidays cottages on their books.
Haven Holidays specialise in fun filled family hoildays based around the coast with their 35 parks. They are looking at investing almost £2m in their two parks in Berwick. This brings the total investment at Haggerston Castle to £6m over the past two years. Another indication maybe that the staycation trend could continue during 2011. Haven enjoyed a record year during 2010 even better than 2009 when the term staycation was first introduced to us. Signs for a 2011 staycation look good with bookings already ahead of the same point last year.
Families Recommend
Families Recommend is a great resource for finding out fun things to do with your family come rain or shine. With honest reviews, personal experiences and recommendations from people just like you! There are some fantastic days out in this country that are little known and Families Recommend aim to spread the word with the help of everyone who enjoys spending quality, fun time with their families - and by families we mean everyone!
Unlocked Guides - New Travel Guides for Kids
I came across a small article in The Independent on Sunday on Unlocked Guides. Aimed at seven to eleven year olds these guides to London, Edinburgh and the Lake District aim to focus on activities to capture interest and not just places. Bristol & Bath unlocked coming soon.
As we're off to London in the summer holidays and are buy putting together an itinerary that includes something to keep everyone happy I thought I'd take a further look.
Best Western Hotels
Part of the world's largest hotel chain Best Western Hotels Great Britain have 270 hotels in the UK. They offer a range of hotels that include old coaching inns, castles, modern city hotels, golf and spa hotels.
Instantly recognisible as a brand that offers high standards of service and quality Best Western customers can take part in leisure activities such as golf and spa facilities. Dine in award winning restaurants with over 50 AA rosettes earned as well as local dining awards.
Farm & Cottage Holidays, West Country
Farm & Cottage Holidays is a family run business who for over 30 years have been leeting properties in the West Country.
With an ethos of delivering the best customer service and care, Farm & Cottage holidays are part of a Quality Accredited Agency Scheme run by Visit Britain. They also achieved a Gold award in 2009 as part of the Green Tourism Business Scheme which is recognized by Visit Britain.
Visiting The Capital - London
London is one of the most exciting places to visit for a holiday or short break. With an endless list of things to do and see planning is essential to fit eveything in.
There is something for everyone in our capital city. London has an impressive list of museums that include The Victoria & Albert, Science and Natural History to name a few. The museums are extremely popular and it's up to you how long you spend there - pop in for a quick visit and return later or spend the day there if the weather is not behaving itself.