VAT Reduction On Staycations?

Butlins have joined the Cut Tourism VAT campaign to have VAT reduced on tourism in the UK. Citing a move to cut VAT as a no brainer, Dermot King M.D. of Butlins is calling for a reduction of the current VAT rate on tourism from 20% to 5%. Supporters claim »

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BBC Show Explores Heyday Of British Holidays

A new BBC show is exploring the heyday of the British holiday and is brightening up the television on these wet winter nights with stories of rock pools, ice creams and sandy bays. Holidays of My Lifetime has seen several celebrities taken back to the places of their childhood and »

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Holiday From Hell

There’s nothing worse than opening the door to a weekend escape and finding that it doesn’t exactly meet your expectations. Never mind, you can often upgrade especially if you got a deal that was too good to be true in the first place. But what if your upgrade isn’t up »

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Lodge Breaks At Hoseasons

Most of us associate British holidays with caravans, caravans are associated with the seaside and the seaside is associated with summer, but actually British holidays have so much more to offer than that, especially if you look at some of the more alternative forms of accommodation. Hoseasons are one such »

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Haven Last Minute Breaks

Only two days to go to Halloween, and if you fancy spending it doing something different there are still some last minute deals available. Haven Holidays have got some last minute reductions of up to 40% at their holiday parks. It is also the last chance to stay at a »

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Will Government Relax School Holiday Ban?

After much furore all year about the ban on school time holidays, and much coverage in the media, it looks as though the government may be about to climb down on the ban. Over two hundred thousands parents have signed a petition to the government asking them to back down »

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British Pathe Release Caravan Archives

For those who aren’t aware, British Pathe has released all its media archives online and much of the footage, capturing our lives over the last 100 years is now available on YouTube. The footage covers pretty much every event, and many you won’t have heard of from the last century, »

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Halloween Breaks At Park Resorts

Yes the holiday season is officially over, the rain and wind is coming across the Atlantic, and the temperature is dropping. It is still however strangely clement across the UK so a break is not out of the question. And with Halloween around the corner it may be a great »

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Tributes Roll In For Tourism Tycoon, John Fowler

If you’re a regular on the UK holiday scene, and holidays to the West Country are your thing, but it’s possible that you in the past may have stayed in a John Fowler Holiday Park. The gentleman is the founder of the John Fowler holiday company, who own 15 holiday »

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