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A Minimoon in the Lake District

Confused? A ‘minimoon’, or mini-honeymoon to use its full name, is up there with the many new wedding-related words I’ve discovered while planning the big day (it’s second only to ‘honeymoney’ in my list of favourites). A couple of weeks ago I tied the knot, meaning for the last few months, in between all the [...]

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Where Are We Going In 2013?

As we all know, New Year is a time to make resolutions that you’ll keep for…oh, three weeks or so, if they haven’t gone out of the window already. However, when it comes to your steadfast resolve that this year you WILL go away for a fantastic holiday – well, that’s one promise that’s somehow [...]

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Ian in Santorini

We suspect that the tech team takes their fair share of exotic holidays, but since we all shout louder than them this fact has escaped us until now. But that’s all changing as Ian went to Greece with his wife and then spilt the beans to me. No tech team members were harmed in the [...]

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dealchecker Holidays: Sam in Morocco

Sam, who you know as the girl that helps us find all those lovely Real Deals you get each week, just got back from a holiday in Morocco that made us green at the gills. So I just had to sit her down and hear all about it! It all started with finding cheap flights [...]

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Staff Picks: Summers in Devon’s Salcombe

dealchecker has a new MD, Mark Attwell, and as a way of introduction we’ve asked him to write us a blog full of tips about his most beloved holiday destination – Salcombe in Devon: I’ve been heading down for summer breaks to Salcombe since I was a teenager. Despite working for many travel companies and [...]

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Anna’s Aussie Adventure Part II: East Coast

In Part I we heard all about Anna, our Online Marketing Manager’s trip to the west coast of Australia, and from there she headed east, which is where we’ll pick up the tale. First stop was Noosa, on the outskirts of Brisbane. Noosa National Park was the destination and Anna went to the headland section [...]

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Anna’s Aussie Adventure Part I: West Coast

Our very own online marketing manager, Anna has recently been on a two week trip to Australia and we thought you’d like to hear all about her adventures. She flew out to Perth and started with a short stay in the Subiaco district, a cool cosmopolitan area of the city not far from the Central [...]

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Chronicles of Colombia: Part 2

After the trek, we decided to kick back and relax for a couple of days. We spent two nights in Taganga, a small beach town set around a bay that reminded me of a Greek Island with a wide, sandy beach scattered with local sailing and fishing boats. We found a lovely hostel run by [...]

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Chronicles of Colombia: Part 1

When I told my friends and family I was going to Colombia for three weeks to visit a friend, the response I received was one of bewilderment…why would I want to go there? Is it not really dangerous? Drugs? Gangs? Crime? Surely I would return home in a body bag?! Having just returned I can [...]

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