Wanting to Meet some Travel Bloggers Online #Bloggers #LinkExchange

Ok so I'm wanting to meet up and share travel and respite experiences online and I thought what better way to do this than to join blogglue.com and I'm also gonna check out http://blog-links-exchange.blogspot.com/p/submit-your-blog.html. I know that there's quite a few #hookups for bloggers in various cities close to home - but sometimes the inclination may be there but the hourglass simply keeps turning too fast if you know what I mean - so if you're a travel blogger who wants to write for me, or want to cross syndicate unique posts let me know...leave a comment...maybe you'll be a master googler and find me using intext:write-for-me or something similar? Who knows - Until we meet....................................

A Romantic Break in Hunter Valley Daily

A Romantic Break in Hunter Valley Daily

The festive season is a bit of a struggle for me and my fiancé, don’t get me wrong I love Christmas and spending time with my family though we’re so busy running around after other people that we don’t get to spend much time with each other. As a treat for both of us I bought a romantic weekend off a daily deals website, I will give him it on Christmas Day and I know he’ll love it, it’s one of the best daily deals Sydney has to offer.

The discount break is brilliant; it is a romantic getaway for both of us in the award winning Segenhoe Inn, a luxury boutique hotel in the beautiful Hunter Valley. I remember going there when I was a child and haven’t been back since so I am excited about it, the website I got it from is one of the best daily deals websites around and the discount holiday only set me back $270 for two nights. Definitely worth it as it would usually cost $540.

The Segenhoe Inn won the award for tourism excellence in unique accommodation in the Hunter and Central Cost tourism awards 2010 and is one of the best hotels in the whole of Australia. It will be just what the doctor ordered after the hectic holiday season. Chilling in one of their beautifully decorated rooms, long walks in the hills and of course wine tasting. Hunter Valley is one of Australia’s premier wine tasting regions so a tipple or two is definitely on the cards.

I love daily deals websites; there is a whole host of discounts to be snapped up, I have subscribed to four of the best sites so I get emails everyday with some of the best daily deals Sydney has to offer.

What are the Advantages of Booking a Holiday Online?

The travel and leisure industry has seen rapid expansion in the online arena over the last few years. As far back as 2007 official figures had found that over 55% of people in the UK had booked a holiday online within the preceding 12 months – an impressive statistic considering the wide range of individual demographics involved in the survey.  Looking into more recent figures: low cost airlines EasyJet had reportedly carried over 42.4 million people to holiday destinations in Europe – second in terms of volume to only their competitor and industry leader Ryanair.

The online travel industry continues to flourish and expand at such a rapid rate in spite of the ongoing financial crisises. 
The UK travel industry has suffered over the last few years and holiday goers have lost out with foreign currency brokers and estate agents going bust. 
Last week it was announced in the media that (edit) Thomas Cook Holidays were heavily borrowing money to lift the company throughout the winter period.

This post seeks to explore the key reasonings and motivation behind why so many holidaymakers still choose to book online through operators such as this comprehensive list of reputable UK travel websites – and more importantly, what advantages can be gained through this approach in comparison to more traditional approaches such as booking through a high street travel agent.

Advantage #1 > Price! 
It's Cost Effective and Convenient to Book Holidays Online

Perhaps not surprisingly, a key determining factor in the growth of the online travel industry is that holidays booked in this way are widely perceived to be (and indeed on many occasions are) cheaper when compared to like-for-like deals through high street agents. Companies can achieve this by reducing their overheads compared to operating via “bricks and mortar” operations, and in the case of some budget airlines, by offering a more basic but functional service to cut back on unnecessary costs on short haul flights.

Advantage #2 > Convenience!
Booking Holidays Online Provides Greater Freedom of Choice

In 2011 it seems that nearly everyone is living an increasingly hectic lifestyle, and so any method that can save time cutting out hours spent trudging through high streets or browsing through endless pages of teletext is almost certainly going to be a popular one. With broadband access now widely available in most areas of the UK, and with many users now also having internet access via their smartphone, booking holidays online has become more convenient than ever.

Advantage #3 > Online Travel Guides!
Most Travel Websites Have Extensive Useful Guides, Resources and Tools to Provide the Consumer

Who doesn't enjoy a travel guide? By reading online resources such as travel guides, blogs, forums and discussion boards a prospective customer looking to book a holiday through the internet can easily seek out impartial advice on the best holiday destinations in Europe or other areas across the globe and find a holiday that will best suit their tastes using from the comfort of their armchair.Publish Post

Stag Do Weekends - Hotel of Luxury Abroad or Stag Do Party in the City?

Are you getting ready to start making plans for your stag do, or maybe you have a good friend who you are helping make plans for? Either way, your goal is simple: maximise stag do!

It's important that you understand the importance of planning an event with so much potential for having a blast! Sure, this will be a once in a lifetime experience already. Don't you think you should make it the best stag do ever attended by anyone in your circle of friends?

If you do it right, it should give you and your best buddies something to be talking about in pubs for years to come. Have you seen the best comedy film of 2010-11? The Hangover & Hangover 2? Can you get a hotel room to rival that? Will you stag do be as chaotic, anarchic and damn right mad as that?

It doesn't matter if you have your heart set on a stag do close to home or prefer to travel abroad for the party of your lives. What does matter is consulting a professional stag do organizing company that specializes in planning only the most amazing weekend getaways filled with activities ranging all the way from wine tasting to yacht sailing!