Hello all,

I'm finding it impossible to find a holiday with a good discount. (Summer
2006)

Prev years Travel Agents offered Brochure discounts but now they offer from
5% to 25% on certain hard to find holidays that probably don't exist.

Anyone spotted any good discounts?

Cheers

Arthur Snooks wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm finding it impossible to find a holiday with a good discount.
> (Summer 2006)
>
> Prev years Travel Agents offered Brochure discounts but now they
> offer from 5% to 25% on certain hard to find holidays that probably
> don't exist.
>
> Anyone spotted any good discounts?
>
> Cheers



Have you considered putting your own package together?

Jan

I'm afraid I'm too lazy and prefer to visit the local agents and book
everything face2face though I am thinking of looking into this.

Cheers

"Jan"  wrote in message
news:3mjqelF16mijuU1@individual.net...

> Arthur Snooks wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm finding it impossible to find a holiday with a good discount.
> > (Summer 2006)
> >
> > Prev years Travel Agents offered Brochure discounts but now they
> > offer from 5% to 25% on certain hard to find holidays that probably
> > don't exist.
> >
> > Anyone spotted any good discounts?
> >
> > Cheers
>
>
> Have you considered putting your own package together?
>
> Jan
>
>

Arthur Snooks wrote:

> I'm afraid I'm too lazy and prefer to visit the local agents and book
> everything face2face though I am thinking of looking into this.
>
> Cheers
>


Which country are you going to?  Once flights have been booked  hotels are 
fairly simple to organise and reserve. Most European hotels just need a CC 
to confirm reservations, you don't pay till arrival.

Jan



> "Jan"  wrote in message
> news:3mjqelF16mijuU1@individual.net...
>> Arthur Snooks wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm finding it impossible to find a holiday with a good discount.
>>> (Summer 2006)
>>>
>>> Prev years Travel Agents offered Brochure discounts but now they
>>> offer from 5% to 25% on certain hard to find holidays that probably
>>> don't exist.
>>>
>>> Anyone spotted any good discounts?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> Have you considered putting your own package together?
>>
>> Jan 

In message <Nl2Ne.1163$Il.1122@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Arthur Snooks 
 writes

>Hello all,
>
>I'm finding it impossible to find a holiday with a good discount. (Summer
>2006)
>
>Prev years Travel Agents offered Brochure discounts but now they offer from
>5% to 25% on certain hard to find holidays that probably don't exist.
>
>Anyone spotted any good discounts?
>
>Cheers
>
>


Decide where, when and how you want to travel. Go to the Teletext 
holiday pages and take down the phone numbers of the travel companies 
who are advertising your preferred destination (preferably the 0800 
numbers). Call them and negotiate. Play them off against each other and 
you should have an excellent deal with an hour.

I do this regularly and always save a fortune. My next holiday in 
September was 900GBP each in the travel agents but, I got it for 459GBP 
each including Taxi transfers by ringing around. Same flights, same 
hotel!

Don't take on-line offers at face value. I always use the telephone and 
speak to people. Holiday Finders and Teletext Holidays are just 2 of the 
companies that can be beaten down on the phone.

Ask them to drop the fee and pay by credit card for a bit of extra 
protection as well. Most companies will drop the credit card fee to get 
the booking.

-- 
Phil Morris