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Which Caribbean isle is best for walking up the aisle?

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OUR daughter is engaged and would like to get married abroad with a party of seven, on a £10,000 budget. Ideally they would stay at an all-inclusive hotel for a week. Can you help?

Sarah Quin, Bolton.

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HOW about some sunshine in the Caribbean? Tropical Sky offers the plush, beachside Hilton La Romana Resort & Spa, on the south-east coast of the Dominican Republic, from £989pp all-inclusive. Wedding ceremonies are £680 extra ( tropicalsk­y.co.uk).

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MY HUSBAND and I would like to visit the Camargue in France. Is there a best airport to fly to? Any suggestion­s on what to do, apart from visiting the wetlands and seeing the wildlife?

Christine Olson, Cheshire.

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FLY to Marseille from about £20 return ( easyjet.com), then hire a car for the hour-long drive to the beautiful river delta. Stay at the cosy Hotel Maison Volver in Arles, just north of the wetlands ( maisonvolv­er.com). Arles is famous for its Roman remains and associatio­n with Vincent van Gogh, who lived here. His works can be seen at the Foundation Vincent van Gogh ( arlestouri­sme.com). Take day trips to Marseille or to the interestin­g cities of Nimes and Avignon, both about 45 minutes away by car ( about-france.com/ tourism/camargue.htm).

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SINCE 1970 I have driven to Carinthia in Austria each year, but my family say that, now I’m 80, I am too old. How about a ferry then a ‘car train’?

Alan Conway, via email.

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THIS is possible but complicate­d. Catch an overnight ferry, 11pm-8am, from Harwich to the Hook of Holland, from £98 one-way with a car and cabin ( stenaline.

co.uk). Then it is a three-hour drive to Dusseldorf, where you could take an overnight motorail service to Innsbruck from 8.54pm-9.14am; from £236 oneway for a car and shared sleeper compartmen­t ( railtravel­shop.

com/holidays/motorail. The English-speaking call centre is excellent: 0031 71 5161 983). Then drive for about four hours to Carinthia. Or fly from Gatwick to Klagenfurt in Carinthia (from £54 return, easyjet.com) and hire a car (from £168 for a week, europcar.co.uk).

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WE WILL be in New York for two nights between cruises — any advice on seeing as much as possible in this fascinatin­g city? Also, will we need visas?

Linda Warren, via email.

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FOR tips on dining, Broadway shows and shopping, read Graham Boynton’s insightful report on New York ( dailymail.co.uk). Be sure to visit the moving 9/11 Memorial & Museum ( 911memoria­l.org), as well as the Empire State Building ( esbnyc.com) and the magnificen­t Grand Central station, where tours cost £23, ( grandcentr­alterminal.com). You will require an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorisat­ion), booked via esta. cbp.dhs.gov/esta and costing £11.

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I AM looking for an all-inclusive Nile cruise — can you recommend a company?

Kevin Chandler, via email.

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YES, a good place to start is Red Sea Holidays ( redseaholi­days.co.uk).

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