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Latest News and Offers

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Theme Park deals with lastminute.com

Alton Tower tickets up to 20% Off
Legoland tickets Save £10 on an Annual Pass
Lightwater Valley Park tickets Up to 20% off
Thorpe Park tickets Save up to 26%
Chessington tickets Up to 50% Off
Adventure island tickets From only £5.60
Cadbury World tickets From £11

Click here for these deals and more....

Lonley Planet offers
Lonely Planet Guides - 30% off when you spend £25 or more until 5th August

Lonely Planet - the publishers of the eponymous Guide has brought back its 30% Discount on all Physical and Digital media. Check out the website for other current Lonely Planet deals. Buy online with Free Delivery and save £££.

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June 2009

Park Resorts - £20 Discount Voucher - can be used on top of all other offers!!!

Park Resorts has a great August School Holiday online voucher code which can be used alongside all other offers, giving you an extra £20 off any 3, 4 or 7 night break! Voucher code: ASH001 Simply choose a holiday, click ‘Book Now’ and enter the code into the Promotional Code box..

Offer valid until 5th July 2009. The cost per holiday, after any discounts, must be a minimum of £120 per week and £69 per short break. Offer only available online. Voucher code can be used in conjunction with any other offer.

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June 2009

Lonley Planet offers
Lonely Planet Guides - 30% off / 3 for 2 / Free Encounter Guide / Free delivery

Lonely Planet - the publishers of the eponymous Guide has a number of offers running this Summer. Check out the website for current Lonely Planet deals. Buy online with Free Delivery and save £££.

Click here for more information

June 2009

20% off Merlin Pass
Merlin Pass - now 20% off when you buy from Legoland.co.uk

The Magical Merlin Pass can now be bought at a 20% discount. This Pass entitles you to a year's free access to Britain's Top Theme Parks.

Click here for full details and to buy online. Hurry, this offer expires 14th June 2009!

June 2009

bluechipvacations.co.uk
The Classic Motor Show - tickets now on sale!

The Classic Motor Show box office is now open for business.

The show takes place in November (13th-15th) 2009. Click here for more info. May 2009

bluechipvacations.co.uk
Blue Chip Vacations - Save 10% on all May half term breaks!

Last minute May breaks for those looking for an exciting way to entertain the family this half term. We've got some fantastic offers that will not only please the pocket but the kids with love as well.

Step out of your front door on to the beach. Stay at Waters Edge in Portreath for just £17pp per night or at the Beach on Slapton Sands from only 13pp per night.

Or maybe relaxing in a luxury apartment with a balcony looking out to sea: Stay at Azure in Plymouth from only £26pp per night or Masts in Torquay from just £30pp per night. Click here for more info. May 2009

bluechipvacations.co.uk

Blue Chip Vacations - Up to 50% off Family Breaks before 18th July!

Make the most of spring with some fantastic prices at these 3 parks - save over £400 when you book a break departing before the 18th July!

Lake View Country Club. Sleeps 4/6 An exclusive destination in a picturesque setting of 3 acres of fishing lakes and surrounded by wildlife. Prices from £9pppn

Honicombe Manor. Sleeps 4/8 Set in 30 acres of woodland with stunning views of nearby Dartmoor. Lots of on-site facilities to excite the whole family. Prices from £10pppn

Atlantic Reach.
Sleeps 4/8 An excellent location for exploring Cornwall with on-site facilities and only a short drive from Newquay's spectacular beaches. Prices from £7pppn

Click here for more info. May 2009

packyourbags.co.uk

RSPB Membership Offer

BBC2's popular Springwatch nature programme starts in just over a week and to tie in with this, the RSPB is now offering the "RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife" as a joining incentive for new members.

All new adult and family memberships taken out online by 30 June, can choose the "RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife" (RRP £9.99) as their free joining gift.

This beautifully illustrated new handbook includes over 200 birds, mammals and other wildlife that people may come across in their gardens and also has sections on garden habitats and advice on how to attract new wildlife to the garden. BBC2's Springwatch programme is incredibly popular, attracting an average of 3.2 million viewers last year.The RSPB nature reserves often feature in the programme and people want to go and see the wildlife first hand. This year's presenters, Kate Humble and Chris Packham, are also both Vice President's of the RSPB! Click here for more info. May 2009

packyourbags.co.uk

PackYourBags fortnightly giveaway!

The PackYourBags Travel Store is now running fortnightly competitions for you to win great outdoor and travel related prizes. In the last month it has given away a set of Surfanic Thermals, Haglofs Waterproof mobile phone covers and a Gelert Travel Accessories pack. All you need to do to enter is to sign up for the newsletter. That's it! Click here to sign up. May 2009

Spafinder - Free £5 voucher with every £25 voucher bought - that's a 16% discount!.

Until the end of May, for every £25 SpaFinder Gift Voucher purchased, we will throw in another £5 voucher. Available on all orders up to £250. No promotional code is required as all qualifying orders will automatically receive the free vouchers. Dead easy. Father's day present, anyone? Click here to find a Spa near you. May 2009

Thorpe Parks In 2009, THORPE PARK unleashes extreme terror, SAW - The Ride. Face Your Fears on the most terrifying ride in the world with a 'beyond vertical' drop of 100° from a terrifying height of 100ft.

Experience it today for only £28 per Adult (12yrs+) to enter the Park compared to £35 (£18 instead of £21 for children).

Click here to book. May 2009

Outdoor Megastore is proud to announce that we have been named as one of Britain’s best places to shop on the internet – and the best website overall for buying Outdoor Clothing & Equipment!
Shoppers using leading price comparison website Shopzilla.co.uk rated Outdoor Megastore as excellent across seven key performance measures including overall satisfaction, choice, ease of use, on-time delivery and customer service. April 2009

The Aspinall Foundation in conjunction with Howletts Wild Animal Park has welcomed two stunning North China leopards to their wild animal park in Canterbury, Kent. So rare that it is almost never seen in the wild, the pair are settling in well to their new home. In 2004 there were just 2,500 of these leopards left in the wild, and only 100 in captivity. Click here to find out more. April 2009

Genes Reunited.co.uk
Genes Reunited has introduced an exciting new feature into our census search function! Now when you are searching for ancestors you will see results which include variations on all the first and middle names entered to help you with your search. This can really help you find your ancestors as it was common for people in the census records to change the way in which their name was recorded. Names often varied from year to year with people sometimes recording themselves under their middle name instead of their forename.April 2009

Genes Reunited.co.uk
Genes Reunited is now offering its members a fantastic new Gold Subscription option. For £34.95 members will receive unlimited access to the UK’s number 1 genealogy site for six months. Click here for details. March 2009

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Play and Stay

Play and Stay lets you book a Theme Park and Accommodation at the same time and at a fraction of the separate costs. Why get up early, travel for hours, rush around the Theme Park then drive home exhausted in one day when you can stay overnight at either or both ends of the day and make the teheme Park visit much more relaxing?

Play and Stay has been around for five years, and is part of the Holiday Extras group who are more than 25 years old; and although we'll still be offering the best breaks at the best prices, there is so much more we want to shout about....

£33·50 pp/ per day
LEGOLAND Windsor offer - Kids Go Free

Book your 2009 theme park break to LEGOLAND Windsor and your kids go free

£49·88 pp/ per day
Alton Towers offer - 2nd Day Free

Get twice the thrills and double the spills at Alton Towers this summer

£33·00 pp/ per day
Chessington World of Adventures & Zoo offer - Kids Go Free

Book before 3 April, 2009 for stays throughout the season

£49·50 pp/ per day
THORPE PARK offer - Two For One

Two days for the price of one and a brand new thrill ride for 2009

£32·25 pp/ per day
Thomas and Friends at Drayton Manor offer. Bring the youngsters to Sodor and meet Thomas and friends in 2009

Click this link for full details and more besides...

Serendipity - Cotswold Water Park, South Cerney

This unique area, spread over 40 square miles of countryside, offers something for everyone, from young to not so young, from active to not so active!
Click here for more information

Serendipity - Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, London

Tutankhamen

After more than 30 years, Tutankhamun is returning to London in a once in a lifetime exhibition experience.
Click here for more information

Merlin Pass - save £££ on Theme Parks

10% Off Merlin Pass if you buy Online. Click here to buy Now!

A recent innovation is the Merlin Annual Pass. This allows 12 months unlimited entry to the UK's top attractions: LEGOLAND Windsor, Chessington World of Adventures and Zoo, Thorpe Park, Alton Towers Resort, London Aquarium, Madame Tussauds London, London Eye, The Dungeons, SEA LIFE centres, Warwick Castle and SEA LIFE Sanctuaries.

Here's what's included in the Merlin Pass

You get unlimited access to the following attractions for a whole year from purchase of your Merlin Pass:-

  • Legoland Windsor
  • Chessington World of Adventure
  • Alton Towers
  • BA London Eye
  • London Aquarium
  • Madame Tussauds
  • London Dungeons
  • Thorpe Park
  • All the Sea Life Centres
  • Warwick Castle
  • Sea Life Sanctuaries

You also get preferential treatment, queue busters and discounts at each park. For example, at Legoland Windsor your Merlin Annual Pass will get you 20% off food, 10% off shopping, Preferred parking, Free Coffee Card, Passholder Thursday, Free Entry to Special Events and much more.

In addition, your Merlin Pass gets you great discounts from other retailers:-

  • 20% off purchases at Buyagift.com
  • Free Cinema tickets courtesy of Lovefilm.com
  • 20% off Cafe Rouge
  • Hotel deals at Legoland from just £59.00
  • 20% off at Early Learning Centres
  • 30% of RAC Rescue membership
  • FREE eye exams at Vision Express
  • and more

Click on the link for a full up to date list of all the offers. Far too many to list here!

Merlin Annual Pass

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Gumtree

Gumtree was started in London in March 2000, initially as a community site, designed to connect people who were either planning to move, or had just arrived in the city, and needed help getting started with accommodation, employment and social opportunities. Gumtree flourished and was purchased by eBay in May 2005.

Gumtree is now the largest online community in London with sites all over the UK, and is also used by thousands more before they arrive in the UK. It is now London’s largest flat share and jobsite, with visitor numbers doubling every 6 months. It has now expanded to cover stuff to sell, dating and has a throving Forum.

Check out these and more by clicking here.

2009 - a curate's egg?

We're well into 2009 now and although Armageddon has been avoided for now, many families and many businesses are definitely feeling the pinch. The weak pound is also making it more expensive to holiday abroard with only the Countries that also have weak currencies such as Egypt and Turkey being reasonably priced. What it does mean is that more and more Britons are holidaying at home this year. Expect the most popular destinations such as Holiday Parks and Seaside resorts to fill up more quickly - you should think about booking earlier to avoid disappointment.

Even so, everyone is cutting back and slashing prices to attract higher numbers of visitors. Keep an eye on these pages for updates and offers. Alternatively, sign up to our Newsletter. We will then let you know as and when the offers become available. Click here to sign up. Happy 2009!

Review writers and photographers wanted.

Give us some (truthful) feedback on an activity or information on a Town or village. Send us any photographs that you have taken that you think sums the place up. All of these will be gratefully received and will enter you into our free draw for a variety of prizes. Just click on the links at the bottom of the appropriate pages.

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Genealogy and the Internet

One of the big successes of the Internet is the ability to research your Ancestors. Originally this meant using Search engines to dig up snippets of information.

However, more recently, there has been a boom in what is effectively an enormous online jigsaw. Anyone can go to sites such as Genes Reunited (part of the Friends Reunited brand) or Ancestry.co.uk, feed in the information that they have discovered so far and the websites will then search for similar patterns in its vast database and let you know about them. This allows you to build up your family tree at a far faster rate than you could by visiting cemeteries, Records Offices and Newspaper archives.

*NEWS* Complete British Phone Books collection

We are pleased to announce that the complete British Phone Book collection from 1880-1984 is now available on Ancestry.co.uk. Dating back to 1880, the year after the public telephone service was introduced into Great Britain; phone books are really helpful tools for family historians.

Because they are updated so regularly (every 12-18 months from the mid 1900s onwards) phone books are a great companion to Census records for tracing your ancestors' whereabouts. You'll find information on where your ancestors were living. Indeed telephone ownership in itself is highly revealing in establishing class and social prominence of your ancestors too. So, even if you don't find your ancestors listed in the early directories, this in itself is very telling in terms of establishing the social status of your ancestors too.

From the structure of the directories themselves, you'll also be able to get a very rich picture of the areas in which your ancestors were living and for the types of concerns which would of occupied their every day lives. For example, from the very first issue, the changing nature of local and national advertisements (from local milk supplies to major utility suppliers) provide for a fascinating picture of economic and industrial development of Britain. Note: The British Phone Books data 1880 - 1984 is provided by Ancestry.co.uk in association with BT and the database contains images of original records.

Click here to read on...

British Visitor .com - what to see and what to do in Great Britain and Ireland

Are you looking for Accommodation in Britain or things to do in London or flights from Bristol? Do you want discounted Theme Park Tickets for Alton Towers? Perhaps you plan to visit London in 2012 for the Olympics? Are you looking for an Experience Day Gift Voucher?

If so, then look no further. BritishVisitor.com is a Guide to Britain for the holidaymaker. Unlike other Directories, we don't list the Butcher, the Baker and the Candlestick maker, we just have the fun elements that you need for booking a Holiday in Britain all in one website.

Once you have decided where to holiday, you can look up the location and find out about the area - how to get there, where to stay, where to eat and, most importantly, what to see or do! We welcome any suggestions for additional features and if you want your business listed, click on the link at the bottom and follow the instructions.

Discounted tickets and discounted accommodation

If you turn up to an Attraction or the Theatre or a Hotel on the day, you've lost your bargaining power. Book online, in advance and venues will fall over themselves to get you to commit to them. The easiest way is with a discount on the ticket price.

Book online direct or through a reputable supplier such as lastminute.com or 365 Tickets for Attractions, or London Theatre Direct for Cheap Theatre Tickets, print out your ticket at home (in some cases) and you will get discounted theme park tickets and discounted theatre tickets - discounts that you simply will not get when you turn up to the venue.

Even top attractions such as The London Dungeons and the Tower of London will give you a discount if you know how! For example, you can currently get into Madame Tussauds after 4.30pm for £15 instead of the normal £25 if booked online. This still leaves 2 hours for the visit which is plenty of time, not to mention skippiing the ticket queue.

Discounted tickets for Theatres, Comedy Clubs, Theme Parks, Historic Buildings, Safari parks and Aquaria are all available for the asking. Look at our A-Z of Attractions to see just how many places in Great Britain and the Irish Republic offer discounts!

Find out where to stay in the United Kingdon - depending upon your interests and budget - we have hostels, camping and caravanning sites, self-catering apartments right up to five star hotels.

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