One of the best travel tips I use for myself is to always look up where I am going so I have a visual. Well I guess it helps me since I am a very visual person as well. However it can safe you time and frustration when you arrive at your destination. I just came back from training in London. While I was booking my hotel and train I wasn't sure how far my training place was and I thought that …
Travel Tips
5 Steps to take before booking a hotel
The hotel industry is very competitive and there are so many offers, discounts and free nights that you need days to just keep up with all these offers. All chains want your custom and they will try to give you as many incentives as possible so you stay with them. It can be very daunting and time consuming. So here are my 5 top tips of how you can take advantage of these offers and what to look …
Free Hilton Gold Status
I decided to do a series on my favourite and most used hotels out there. When it comes to hotels we have so many options that sometimes it can be overwhelming. When I book a hotel I always look at the current value but also at the future value.What I mean by future value is all the, points, cash back and Avios or discounts i can receive. Because the hotel and tourism industry are so …
Budget Traveller: Flights to Dubai for £150
I promised a few days ago to show you how you can visit Dubai only for £50 and £150. I have already posted on how to do this with Airberlin and Avios.Back in November, I went to Dubai for a conference. I was looking for flights from the UK and the cheapest I could find was £500 or more as it was their peak season. I managed to book flights to Dubai for £230 for two people and I took my mum with …
My tips on how to book cheap deals!
I spend hours and days (really!) researching flights and deals. Just for fun, it actually relaxes me. As my husband says I am a "virtual" travel agency, I know quite a lot of routes, connections, airlines, websites etc.. most of them on top of my head. Sometimes I know more about the trips than the customer service people I speak to. :) So over the years I have so many people asking me how I do …