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and all accommodation – myamericaholiday.co. uk. If you prefer the idea of an independent motorhome experience into the wilds, then an RV in Canada’s Rocky Mountains or around America’s National Parks will cost approximately £1,000 a week for a vehicle that sleeps two not including flights. See frontier-motorhomes.co.uk. The cruise industry has grown enormously in recent years and there are real economies of scale.
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Long-haul Lon flights inevitably add to the cost of a holiday but that doesn’t seem to have deterred all those hundreds of thousands of people who have headed for Asia in recent decades.
You can understand why. The weather is great, landscapes are lush, food is delicious, people smiley, and cultures exotic and fascinating.
Popular destinations are Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia. You can get a week’s package on Thailand’s idyllic but well-developed peninsula escape Phuket for a mere £750.
More serene Sri Lanka will cost you substantially more at £1,100. See thomascook.com. Islands, followed by the US and Greece. Deals on the holiday comparison site include seven nights room-only at 2H Miami Hotel in Lanzarote from £251pp, including flights from Leeds Bradford, departing on March 25. There are some top-end destinations where the price increases exponentially, particularly luxury island holidays in the Indian Ocean, and the whole of the safari scene. Both often feature on honeymoon wish-lists.
The most price-accessible, but still high profile, of the Indian Ocean island idylls are the Maldives. You can have a week there all-inclusive with flights for around £1,900. See destinology.co.uk.
Head further south to the Seychelles and that jumps to £2,900 for a week’s hotel stay, including flights. See kuoni.co.uk.
That increases again to £3,000-£5,000 if you want to head off on safari to see all, or some, of Africa’s Big Five – lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and buffalo. See rainbowtours.co.uk.
As well as lion kings you might get princes… while you’re there you could bump into Harry and Meghan, who both love Botswana. I’D like a voyage on the TransSiberian Railway but I am a solo traveller with a smaller budget. What are the options? YES, there are certainly ways to do this epic journey on the cheap. You have to be happy to travel second class in a four-berth cabin for the six-day route from Moscow to Beijing. A trip in August, avoiding the World Cup in June and July, with Real Russia starts at £550. This is a company that will also arrange visas. Flights to Moscow one way start at £240 in August with Aeroflot. Flying home from Beijing starts at £560 with Air China for a non-stop flight. You will also need to factor in costs for any extra days spent in Russia and China at either end of the train journey. TAKE calls, navigate or play music from your device hands free. With easy-setup Bluetooth connection for calls and music, just clip and click the phone holder into your air vent slats and enjoy easy listening, satnav instructions and map watch. And its “twist and lock“makes portrait and landscape modes easy. KEEP track of how far you walk on your r next city break without the need for an expensive fitness band.
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