Travel NEWS

UNIWORLD’S ‘Castles Along the Rhine’ luxury cruise has had its price reduced by more than €1,200. It departs from Amsterdam, for eight days on the water, on March 23. Visiting Cologne, Koblenz and Rüdesheim to name a few of the stops along the way, you’ll get a state room, seven breakfasts and dinners and six lunches, plus unlimited drinks, numerous guided excursions and all transfers. The cost is €1,419 per person but flights are extra. See uniworld.ie or call 01 775 3838 for details.

IT’S coming up to the Six Nations and Abbey Travel is offering a package to see Ireland play France in Paris on March 15 in what is likely to be Brian O’Driscoll’s last game in the green jersey. For €445 per person (plus €65 tax), you’ll get flights (departing on March 14), transfers and two nights in a three-star hotel. Match tickets are also available on request. See abbeytravel.ie or call 01 804 7102.

THE Holiday World Show is on this weekend in Simmonscourt in Dublin’s Ballsbridge. With a plethora of destinations covered, plus specialist holidays, there are also free ‘clinics’ courtesy of travel guru Eoghan Corry. Open from 11am today until 5.30pm (same times apply tomorrow), admission is €7 for adults, €4 for senior citizens and €14 for a family ticket covering two adults and up to four children. For more information, check out holidayworldshow.com.

RECENTLY voted Best Online Travel Agent, lowcostholidays is reporting a 30 per cent rise in summer bookings. The Algarve and Lanzarote are proving popular for summer sun and when you look at some of the prices you can see why – €159 per person to the Algarve in May for a couple (€779 for a couple and two children) and €1,460 for two adults and two children to Lanzarote in peak-season July. For all their latest sun offers, visit lowcostholidays.ie or call 01 485 3835.