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Maximise Your Stopover

At dealchecker we know that sometimes, to get a bit of a better deal on your flight, you’ll put up with a longer stopover than perhaps you’d like on your way to some exotic destination. And we’re here to solve that “what shall I do?” problem, with top tips for outings you can make from [...]

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Travel Tips for London Airports

With a huge SIX airports, getting to your London hotel from arrivals can be a daunting challenge. There are plenty of choices, that’s for sure, but picking between them can be tricky. Generally, faster transfers are more expensive, so we’ll be keeping an eye on the clock and another on your wallet to help you [...]

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Southend: London’s 6th Airport

I mean, really! How many airports can one city need? Actually in London’s case, six still isn’t too many, as anyone who has been in the security queues at Gatwick’s rush hour will testify. London Southend has been functioning as a civilian airport since 1935 (in fact, until the 1970′s Southend was London’s third busiest [...]

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The Alternative Orlando Airports

Orlando has grown massively to become one of the most popular destinations for UK tourists. As a result, there are plenty of direct flights to Orlando on offer from a range of UK airports including London, Manchester and Glasgow. However, I find during peak periods such as Easter, and the school summer holidays these direct [...]

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Seven Tips to Beat Baggage Fees

We’re all used to the tricks that low-cost airlines use by now, the initial fare sounds cheap, but by the time you include the booking fees and baggage you’ve somehow added another £50 or more to the booking! Well, with a little bit of forward planning you can still take advantage of those low fares, [...]

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The Top 5 Travel Novels

Lets face it, given the choice we’d all love to be travelling the world; map in hand, footloose and carefree. But without fail, the realities of life always seem to get in the way, so we inevitably look to other means to get our travelling kicks! The travel genre is a popular one, but there [...]

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11 cheap tricks for cheap flights

Cheap flights are out there and you don’t have to get up at 4am to catch them (although sometimes that helps). Here are the best tricks I’ve found for snagging a great flight deal.

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Green light for Heathrow runway

The controversial third runway at Heathrow airport has just been given a green light by the government. Transport minister Geoff Hoon said that he is confident Heathrow airport can be expanded without compromising environmental issues.

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