Festival of flowers? That sounds rosy...

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I AM a huge floristry fan and wonder if you could suggest a trip to a floristry event – or do flower-themed holidays exist? Rachel, by email

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ECT Travel (ecttravel. com, 0800 298 0588) offers floristry tours throughout the year, including one to the famous Fleuramour event at Alden Biesen castle in Bilzen, Belgium, from September 22 to 24 this year. It costs from £425pp for two sharing a twin room, including flights from Heathrow, airport transfers, two nights’ B&B in a four-star hotel and a day’s entry to Fleuramour.

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WE’D love to take our children to South Africa at half-term. What’s the best deal we could get for a good-quality holiday? Tom and Margaret, by email

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THE Best of South Africa (bestofsouth africatravel.com, 01233 802727) has a six-night Safari & Cape Town holiday departing from Heathrow on May 26. The itinerary includes two nights at the four-star Notten’s Bush Camp in Kruger National Park in a suite on an all-inclusive basis, and four nights’ B&B in a junior suite at the five-star Sea Five Boutique Hotel in Cape Town. It costs from £1,808 per adult sharing and £1,374 per child sharing, including domestic flights and car hire.

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WE HAVE a really early flight later this year and need a cheap airport hotel. Barry, by email

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TRAVELODGE offers 30,000 rooms from £29 or less at its 26 UK airport-based hotels for stays between now and the end of the year. It includes all the major airports – Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, London City, Birmingham, Leeds Bradford, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Book at travelodge.co.uk.