Travel TREATS

SAVE ON BARBADOS:

Rihanna looked to be having too much fun at Barbados’s Crop Over carnival. You don’t have to be a millionaire to holiday there, though. Tropicalsky.ie has savings of up to €440pp on seven nights at the three-star plus Discovery Bay by Rex Resorts, between November 1 and December 10, if booked before August 31. It costs from €1,599pp and includes return flights from Dublin and transfers.

RHINE CASTLES CRUISE:

Uniworld has extended its two-for-one offer on its fivestar luxury river cruises until September 30. For example, an eight-day Castles Along The Rhine cruise from Amsterdam to Basel for November 8 was €2,519pps and is now €1,259.

HALLOWEEN IN THE US:

The mother-in-law has swept in for a visit…. we never get her over at Halloween because she’s busy working. Nobody does Halloween better than the States. This year Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights has five scare zones filled with scare-actors stalking you. See halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando

REVIVE APRÈS PICNIC:

We’ll get our house back when Daddy’s Little Girl and her friends head for Electric Picnic... they treat our place like a hotel! The Heritage Killenard (theheritage.com, call 057 864 5500) has a post picnic pick-up with spa treatments from €150pps (Bank Of Mum And Dad?) for Monday, September 4.