If you’ve recently searched for a holiday to Portugal, chances are you’ve probably come across a few breaks promising to take you to a certain southern enclave known as the Algarve. Am I right? It’s a popular destination, and its popularity is justified – it’s great value, chock full of fabulous beaches, and packed to [...]
Through a lot of trial and error (read: spending far too much money in very stupid ways whilst travelling), here at dealchecker we now like to think we’ve got wise holiday spending down to a fine art. There are some obvious mistakes we all make that can save you some serious pennies if avoided – [...]
It might be because a few of the dealcheckers are visiting Spain this summer, but we’re suddenly really in the mood for a taste of the historic Spanish city of Valencia! Luckily for us (and you!), Packageholidays4less are offering a three night break with breakfast from only £178 per person – that’s 38% off the [...]
A holiday is commonly a time in which both body and mind are given licence to crack open a bottle of rosé wine and kick back on a sunlounger – both literally and metaphorically. For most of us, learning is reserved for the rest of the year – or is it? There are some holidays [...]
It’s a common complaint, and it’s one we hear often. You’re trying to book a holiday, but you don’t want to travel with someone else. In short, you want to travel alone, but the tour operator you’re booking with is asking for way more money than would be asked of a person in a couple. [...]
Fancy handing it all over to the machines? Here’s our rundown of the top mobile apps to take the stress out of any holiday. Warning: human brain may seem surplus to requirements after use. We’ll take our chances. Triposo Though there are already quite a few travel-guide apps, none are so cleverly aligned with the [...]
On first glance, £899 seems like a lot of money. Not, you know, millions a lot, but still…not exactly loose change. For £899, you can get two nights at The Sanderson hotel in London. You can get three quarters of a Mulberry handbag. You can get three bottles of Cristal champagne, or a probably quite [...]
It is my belief that no one is safe from the sultry charms of a truly great city-centre view. You know the kind – that perilously gorgeous, vertiginous cityscape peppered with tiny toy-town landmarks and resplendent with a horizon line so epic that it makes grown men weep into their binoculars. The one that makes [...]
A decade or so ago, telling a friend that you were taking your child to a music festival probably elicited a similar reaction to informing them that you were planning on throwing your little angel out of a window onto a bed of nails. But times, as they do, have changed. Whilst there are elements [...]
When I heard the words Hawaii and San Francisco, I can’t deny that my nosy little travellers ears pricked up. San Francisco is one of my favourite cities – there’s just something about that liberal-for-life vibe and fresh sea air – and Hawaii is, well, Hawaii – say no more! Major Cruise are offering a [...]
Mother Nature, we salute you. As mere mortals, even with our best efforts we haven’t even come close to reproducing what you’re capable of just by chilling out for a few billion years. Here’s our rundown of her top 10 geological wonders… Pamukkale In Turkish, this name literally means Cotton Castle, and looking at this [...]
Have you entered our competition yet? If not, hop to it, as there’s treasures untold to be won (well, a pretty fab holiday kit worth £150) and it’s easy peasy to enter! The question is this: what is at the top of YOUR bucket list? For a little inspiration, here’s some of our most dream-worthy [...]
Istanbul is top of my (very long) list of places to visit this summer – and this deal promises to take me few steps closer to my dreams of a Turkish adventure! There’s just something about that heady combination of rich history, gorgeous weather (always important) and modern glamour that really appeals – and Globehunters [...]
What’s not to love about the classic road trip? Freedom to roam where you please, endlessly changing scenery and the fact that you can shout “ROAD TRIP!” like a bikini-clad spring breaker at any moment during your trip and no one can tell you off about it – these are not things to be sniffed [...]
Are you friends with us over on Facebook? If not – why not? We’re really nice, promise, and sometimes we put pretty pictures up. Go on. All that aside, if you ARE friends with us, you might have seen a brand-spanking new competition that’s just started today. What can you win? Well, only THIS fabulous [...]
Don’t panic, but we’re about to get all highbrow on you. Well, sort of. Today we put to you the question: What is art? The glorious colourful splashes of Monet hanging in the Louvre? Tracey Emin’s unmade bed? Michelangelo’s David? That doodle you just did on the phone to your boss? Yep, these are all [...]
The jig is up, kids. Like toddlers who have been given free run of the sandpit for too long, we’ve run amok, creating more environmental problems than you can shake a (pesticide covered) stick at. The world definitely needs saving, and this time, we’re going to need more than a man in tights and a [...]
To make you feel better at the amount you’ve spent on egg-shaped chocolate this year – and to say Happy Easter, of course – we’ve compiled a list of the top five most expensive desserts IN THE WORLD! As we spend most of our time hunting down the cheapest version of everything (we are dealchecker, [...]
Stressed and wearied wanderer, exhausted nine-to-fiver, I ask you this: what could be better than soaking your creaking, central-line battered bones in a cascade of frothing bubbles before blissing out for an hour underneath the fingertips of an expert masseuse? Well…when you put it like that! Champneys Health Resort are offering a scrumptious sounding overnight [...]
I think the title speaks for itself, so here it is, our rundown of the top five cities in the world to be gay…which ones would you add to the list?! San Francisco Historically, it’s always been a thriving hub of gay culture – and it still is. From the rainbow flags hanging from many [...]
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