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You can enjoy savings of up to 15% on a voyage to the Far East with Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection​.
Book a select cruise in Egypt, India, Vietnam & Cambodia or China by September 30, 2017 and save 15%.
You can also save 10% when making a deposit at time of booking. This offer expires on 30th September 2017.

Sardatur currently has some great last-minute holiday packages to the beautiful island of Sardinia with regional flights. 7 nights self-catering at the Residence Baia delle Palme, departing Bristol on 5th August costs just £789 pp with 2 sharing. 7 nights All-Inclusive at the Hotel Baja, departing Heathrow on 5th August is just £995 pp with 2 sharing. 7 nights half-board at Is Benas Country Lodge departing Manchester is £911 pp. These offers are only around for a few more days so click through to their website and check “Last minute seven night holiday packages to Italy for less…”

Visit Venice, Rome and Florence on Tailor Made Rail’s classic 9-day independent rail holiday and travel through the spectacular Brenner Pass on your way to Italy. TMR book your rail travel & hotel accommodation from their hand-picked collection, and provide city maps, guides and full directions to each of your hotels. Choose your dates, adapt the route to suit your plans, add extra nights and upgrade hotels and/or rail journeys. From £1,099 pp.

Croisieurope have a series of 4-day Christmas Market cruises in Alsace, Strasbourg and the Black Forest.
There’s also a 5-day Taking in Three Countries cruise round trip from Vienna visiting Budapest and Bratislava and a 5-day Christmas Traditions and Santons of Provence.

Save 10% on Collette’s 2017 tours when you book by 31 July. This friendly tour company has over 100 years’ experience in creating exciting trips to destinations around the world and we were captivated by this enchanting 9-day “Shades of Ireland” tour. Explore Dublin, tour the Waterford Crystal factory and watch glass blowing, kiss the famed Blarney Stone, watch sheepdogs in action and stand on the stunning 700-foot cliffs of Moher. From £1,299 pp. Click the red link to find out more about Collette and then click through to their website.

Enjoy 10% discount off 3* wine-tasting packages in Bordeaux with SmoothRed. This family-run company runs a range of tailor-made and packaged tours, including a 4-day Bordeaux Wine Experience from £548 pp. This holiday includes 3 nights B&B in a hotel in Bordeaux, two days of chauffeured wine tours and a wine tasting in the heart of the city. Click the red link to find out more about SmoothRed and its exclusive offers for Silver Travel Club members.

No you can start your holiday as you mean to go on, flying from Stansted’s private jet terminal on a private charter for an indulgent week of Mediterranean travel with Celebrity Cruises.
At Stansted, enjoy valet parking and hassle-free check-in an hour prior to departure. Take it easy in the luxurious departure lounge where you will enjoy complimentary refreshments before being served a two-course inflight meal. Touch down in Italy and transfer to Celebrity Constellation for seven nights on board, visiting some of Europe’s great cities including Florence, Nice and Barcelona.

Scenic has launched its first ever pre-release for Southeast Asia River Cruising. The company has just opened new dates for departures in late 2018 and early 2019 for both the Mekong in Vietnam and Cambodia and the Irrawaddy in Myanmar.
As well as having the first pick of departure dates, suite categories and favoured itineraries, guests can enjoy a FREE Business Class Flight Upgrade across any 2018/2019 itinerary in Southeast Asia, when booked before 30 August 2017.
Scenic has introduced a brand-new Cruise and Tour, the 14-day Luxury Mekong and Temples Discovery.

Avalon Waterways have rounded up their latest collection of best-sellers and special offers on their site on a single page, so you can benefit from the greatest discounts available right now.
These include 55% off some 2017 cruises, Early Booking offers and you can win a luxury Tulip Time Cruise.

Trafalgar Travel have secured premium tickets to the once-in-a-decade performance of the Passion Play in the picturesque Bavarian Town of Oberammergau. This is one of many highlights of their 12 day “Imperial Europe with Oberammergau” tour in May 2020 that visits 9 cities, including the regal cities of Budapest and Vienna, Prague, and the eclectic Slovakian capital of Bratislava. From £2325 pp including breakfasts, 6 dinners and VIP entry to many sights.

The Viking River Cruises website is looking great. They have some lovely ocean cruises too with some very good offers. With the launch of their new ocean cruises on the stunning, all-veranda Viking Star, Viking Sea and Viking Sky, they intend to revolutionise ocean cruising.

You can order brochures on line and there really are some amazing destinations.

Take an exciting “Expedition to the Outback” with Australian Sky. This 10-night self-drive tour takes you from Adelaide to Palm Springs and includes exploring Flinders’ Outback and Uluru, walks along Kings Canyon Ring, a visit to an Opal mine in Coober Pedy, and 4WD around the Wilpena Pound desert. From £1,219 pp including accommodation and car hire with GPS (flights not included.)

Titan is offering a choice of festive river cruise experiences for 2017 on board its new, exclusively chartered river cruise ship, MS Serenade 1.
From the very best European Christmas markets – with their traditional wooden market stalls, roasted chestnuts and glühwein making the perfect Christmas shopping trip – to the chance to spend the festive period sailing the beautiful Rhine river, with Christmas Eve gala dinner and Christmas Day gala lunch included, these festive itineraries offer you the chance do something different this Christmas.

You can step aboard TAUCK UK’s hand-picked small luxury cruise ships, including some of the world’s finest yachts and expeditionary vessels. There’s a great little video on their site to tell you more.
Their guests enjoy personalised service and experiences ashore that inspire with unique access to history, nature, culture and daily life.
In short they’re very, very good!

For the best of both rail travel and cruising the NEW Rockies & Premium Alaska Cruise by Great Rail Journeys is a great choice.
17 days soaking up the magnificent views of Canada and Alaska starts from £4,895 per person, including journeys on one of the world’s iconic trains, The Rocky Mountaineer. Tours on this spectacular train occur strictly in the daytime, so customers get unobstructed views of the Canadian landscape.
Also in the itinerary is a 7-day cruise through Alaska’s sparkling water on board Holland America Line’s MS Nieuw Amsterdam. This latest addition to their fleet has superb facilities, including outside-view glass lifts.

Have you seen the AmaWaterways website this morning?
Current promotions include:
Save up to £500 on selected 2017 itineraries
No Solo Supplement on 2017/18 itineraries
Free Flights & Transfers on ALL 2018 itineraries booked before August 31st 2017.

Save £15 when you book a 2018 holiday with Alfa Travel Ltd by 11 August. Their superb Autumn/Spring brochure includes a fabulous 5-day Newquay & Eden Project in Cornwall from just £164 pp including coach travel, 1/2 board hotel accommodation, a full day visit to the Eden Project and a full day excursion to Padstow and Bodmin. Alfa offers convenient local pick-up points across the UK for its coach tours and hotel breaks. Click the red link for terms & conditions of this exclusive offer to Silver Travel Club members, and to view their new brochure online.

Photo courtesy of David G Steaman on Flickr Creative Commons

Shearings Holidays have recently launched their 2018 River Cruise Programme, as well as their 2017/18 Autumn Winter Brochure, and there are plenty of great holidays to talk about.

As part of their highly successful portfolio of holidays, our partners Ramblers Walking Holidays, the original walking experts, have launched their exciting new Cruise & Walk brochure for 2018. This exciting new brochure showcases new Arctic holidays, and four new long-haul ‘Fly-Cruise’ holidays covering India, the Indian Ocean, South Africa and the Amazon. Their prices include walks and excursions, offering excellent value for money.

Have you been on the Star Clippers website lately?
Lots of lovely cruises under sail with 5 star luxury and amazing destinations such as The Caribbean, Far East, The Baltic and The Med
Their three ships are simply beautiful and there are some great offers to be had.