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Covering Your Mobile Phone When Abroad

We all know just how expensive it is to call home when we are abroad on holiday – been there, done that, got the huge phone bill to prove it! Although the mobile networks say that prices are coming down, it really doesn’t seem like they are but then if you lose your mobile whilst [...]

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Credit Crunch Tips For A Self Drive Break

I don’t know about you but I am absolutely dreading watching the news from day to day at the moment. It all seems like doom and gloom with financial markets going under and banks closing or merging. As such, we are all intent on simply surviving and not thinking at all about how we are [...]

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

6 Reasons For Choosing Self Drive In 2009

Although we have only just reached the end of the 2008 holiday season, many people would normally be thinking about their holidays next year. Where they will go, how much it will cost and whether it will suit the whole family or not will be playing on their minds. After all, we all look forward [...]

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Travelling Light On A Self Drive Holiday

I’m absolutely certain that I am not the only person out there that routinely packs way too much when they go on holiday. In fact, I’m certain of it. If I fly, my suitcase is bang on the weight it should be as I am checking in to go on holiday let alone coming back. [...]

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Top Ten Environmental Camping No-Nos

Going camping is a pastime that many individuals in the UK enjoy, myself included. Whether it’s weekends in the Peak District or a week long excursion to France or Italy, camping is great for the mind, body and soul… but not so much for the environment. It’s ironic that we think that we’re getting back [...]

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Your Camping Carbon Footprint

Camping is one of the Great British holidays that have proved to be enduringly popular over the years. Although many families used to camp exclusively within the British Isles at one point but now many have began to camp in various locations in Europe instead. It is one of the true pleasures of self drive [...]

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Buyer Beware On Hire Cars

Planning a self drive holiday is a pleasure. You can relax when everything is booked up knowing that you’ll be able to enjoy driving through France, Italy, Germany or any other European country for that matter from the second you get off the ferry. However, if you have ever had a self drive holiday go [...]

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Finding The Cheapest Fuel In Europe

If you go on a self drive holiday in the near future then you may find it a whole lot more expensive than you originally planned, especially if you started planning it in the first half of the year. Fuel prices have risen that much in recent months that it is difficult to run a [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Ferry Tips For Travelling This Summer

With summer well and truly here now, at least in terms of the time of year if not the fantastic British weather (as always!), you’re probably planning a trip away. If you are heading to the Continent and want to go via ferry then it can be a really busy time of year. That can [...]

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Fuel Budgeting Tips For A Self Drive Holiday

With the credit crunch in full swing but the pace of life as hectic and as stressful as ever, everyone deserves a holiday but can’t always afford one. Household budgets are extremely constricting and can put paid to any notion you have of going away for a week or so. This is especially true of [...]

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008