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The Offers page Avalon Waterways website is full of great savings including: save up to £1,700 per couple on select 2021 Europe river cruises; £150 pp air credit towards the price of your flights on select cruises and No Single Supplements on select cruises.
Where will 2021 take you? Discover the European continent on its legendary rivers from the North Sea to the Black Sea. Discover timeless tradition and beauty on the Rhine, Danube, Seine, and Rhône—to name a few with prices from just £826 pp. There are also great savings on Mekong Cruises with prices from £2,325pp. Terms & conditions apply.

Three Simpson favourites return to their Greece portfolio:
Cavo Mare Villas – Villa Meltemi & Villa Thalassa, Zakynthos. Sleek design meets cutting edge technology at these 3-bedroom villas, each with generous pool, waterfall-fed Jacuzzi and private terrace for indulgent evenings absorbing the stunning views across the Ionian. Book both together for two families or larger groups.
Villa Oliveto, Corfu. This grand property combines sweeping views, elegant interiors and a spectacular hillside location to create an exhilarating sense of space and openness. 4-bedrooms, a terrace bar, private pool and choice of games (table football, pool and table tennis) ensure it is an ideal spot for entertaining and relaxing with family and friends.

More than 5 million people take a coach holiday every year and this looks set to increase over the coming year. The Coach Tourism Association has set up the We Love Coaches website to help you find your local coach holiday provider.

On her Boom Radio podcast our Jennie talks with Robert Shaw, Chairman of the Coach Tourism Association, about the joys of coach travel including popular destinations, exciting new tours and events, and state of the art vehicles with on board toilets plus the special measures coach operators are taking to create a Covid-safe environment. Scroll down the page on this link to listen to Jennie.

To help you to plan ahead for when travel restarts, Cox & Kings have extended their Book with Confidence policy. It allows you to plan your holiday now, with the risk-free opportunity to change things later should the situation demand. You’ll enjoy enhanced flexibility and financial security on every booking made by 31 July 2021, for travel through to December 2022.

This applies to all their tours including Art & Cultural expert-led tours and Solo Travellers group tours.

Enjoy a special discount of 10% when you book a canal boating holiday with ABC Boat Hire by 30 April 2021. Cruise gently through Britain’s picturesque waterways at the helm of your very own canal boat. Stop off at waterside pubs along the way and enjoy watching the wildlife as you tuck into hearty meals. Or self cater and stay in your own bubble. With boats that sleep between two and 12 people and 15 starting locations across the waterway network there is bound to be a holiday that appeals. Quote ‘Silver Traveller’ to enjoy a special 10% discount when you book by 30 April 2021.

Saga Holidays has launched its winter sun holidays with new destinations and offers that include single rooms at no extra cost and four weeks for the price of three. In addition to firm favourites such as Spain, South Africa and Madeira, Saga Holidays has also introduced:
Malta and Gozo: Island of the Knights – a 10-night tour includes stays in both Malta, with its beautiful architecture and warm weather and the smaller island of Gozo. All-inclusive from just £999pp.
Hotel Stabia, Sorrento – seven nights from just £619 per person, with single occupancy rooms at no extra cost.
Seven nights at The Atlantica Miramare Beach in Limassol, Cyprus starts from £699 per person, all-inclusive and single occupancy rooms are available at no extra cost. Book four weeks and pay for just three to enjoy a month’s all-inclusive holiday for just over £2,000pp.
All holidays are underpinned by ‘Saga Reassurance Promise’ that allows changes without penalty, a ‘Price Promise’ that will refund any differences in the event prices drop and, in the unlikely event a customer doesn’t love their holiday by day two, a complementary return flight and full refund.

When you’re ready to travel again, a Eurocamp Official holiday is the perfect way to enjoy an overseas break. Hop across the channel and you have access to wide beaches, vast countryside, lakes and mountains at over 150 naturally spacious parcs across Europe from France to Croatia.

Now’s a great time to make savings of up to 25% on 2022 bookings. As an example, 7 nights at Lake Garda’s Serenalla Campsite – a Parc recommended for couples – costs from just £238 per party in a 2-bedroom classic in April 2022.

Eurocamp’s Peace of Mind Promise still applies for 2022 bookings, so if your plans change they won’t charge an amendment fee, and if your holiday can’t go ahead you’re guaranteed a refund.

Single travellers are snapping up 2021 staycations so quickly that One Traveller Holidays are putting on new tours and adding extra dates to meet demand.
Brand new is their 10- day Glasgow, Royal Troon and Edinburgh tour with an itinerary packed full of fascinating tours and visits.

They have also added extra dates to they 7-day Devon & Torquay holiday where you’ll walk the Agatha Christie mile, tour the iconic Eden Project, take a beautiful steam ride along the stunning coastline onboard the Dartmouth Steam Railway, and enjoy all the sights and wonders that the area has to offer. A classic Devonshire cream tea or local cider tasting should keep you going!

The team at Warner knows that great dining is so important for that ‘I’m on holiday’ feeling so they’ve invested £3 million to enhance existing restaurants and create new brasseries, lounges and a gastro pub. With revitalised menus and the spotlight on beloved British classics, 2021 is serving up huge choice and setting a new benchmark in deliciousness.
We love the addition of al fresco dining pods to selected historic sites so, if you choose, you can dine outside whatever the weather. Which hotel will you choose? Quote ‘PHCSILVER’ when booking to receive your special discount.

Are you fascinated by British history? Promenades Travel has launched a new programme of expert-led, small-group short breaks exploring Britain’s churches, castles, battlefields and shipyards.

The 2021 season starts with a tour of the Cotswolds’ Medieval Churches, and followed by a journey through the North of England to visit the Wars of the Roses battle sites and medieval York.

In June, the focus moves to the Rochester, where Andrew Lambert leads Hearts of Oak , a tour examining the birth of Britain’s.

Tours are ideal for solo travellers and couples, and all have been awarded Visit Britain’s Good To Go accreditation and include a full refund COVID guarantee if you can’t travel.

Our partner MindforYou is passionate about providing unique, life-enhancing, year-round specialist holidays in the UK to people living with dementia, their family and their friends.
They’ve just released more holiday dates for later in the year so why not get something booked and in the diary to look forward to?
Whisk yourselves away to Norfolk and enjoy a week of beautiful seaside and royal history, or enjoy a holiday in the magnificent region of Perthshire and be absorbed by the breathtaking scenery.

Receive a pair of complimentary Sparkling Sussex wines* when you book any UK tour with Cycling for Softies.
Their brand new tour The Grand Tour of the Cotswolds by e-bike starts at Moreton-in-Marsh and continues through picture perfect countryside with stops at beautiful towns and villages, including Stratford-upon-Avon, Bourton-on-the-Water, Upper & Lower Slaughter, Tetbury, Cirencester and Bibury amongst many others.
Roll into the Roman spa town of Bath on the final day to spend the last night in one of England’s finest cities. *(T&Cs apply).

Our partner Freedom Destinations are experiencing an increased interest in their New Zealand self-drive holidays for 2022/23, so now is a good time to plan ahead.
Most popular is their 22-day Ultimate New Zealand self-drive holiday covering the beautiful cities and natural wonders of both North and South Islands. Priced from £2789 pp with flights or £1895 pp excluding flights.
Each holiday includes:
• A well-planned, easy-to-follow route
• Modern air-conditioned car with unlimited mileage and no one-way fees
• Standard or deluxe pre-booked accommodation each night
• Maps, guides and local information.

A voyage aboard the Golden Horizon with our partner Tradewind Voyages is a wonderful way to explore the British coast. Examples of their exciting itineraries this summer include:
Eastern Coastal Contrasts, 1-6 July sailing from Harwich to Leith, visiting Whitby, Newcastle and Berwick-upon-Tweed. 5 nights from £1,549 pp.
West Coast Gems of Scotland 15-21 July visiting Tobermory, Stornoway, Ullapool, Portree, Port Ellen, Islay. 6 nights from £1,199 pp
Maritime Cities of the North West 21-25 July taking in picturesque Portrush and Belfast before sailing into Liverpool. 4 nights from £849 pp
Rounding the South West Peninsula 25 July – 4 August sailing from Liverpool to Harwich via the Isle of Man, the Scilly Isles and more. 10 nights from £2,249 pp

Delightful Post Lady Cottage is one of several new additions to Sally’s Cottages collection of Lakeland cottages. Sleeping up to 4 people this characterful home is close to the southern end of Lake Windermere. Also new are The Pelican Dairy, a one-bedroom cottage in the charming village of Greystoke near Ullswater and Holly Grove Cottage, a two-bedroom cottage just a stone’s throw from the centre of Grasmere. Recently added, they currently have some good availability in 2021.

Setting sail from Southampton from Saturday, July 3rd, the stunning new luxury Celebrity Silhouette will embark on a series of six- to eight-night UK itineraries around Britain’s beautiful coastline.Guests will have the chance to explore the Jurassic Coastline from Portland, discover the bustling Scottish cities and stunning highlands from Inverness, Kirkwall and Glasgow, uncover the rich history of Belfast, plus immerse themselves in the creative and cultural hub of Liverpool, home of the Beatles. Prices start from £1,049 per person based on 2 people sharing a balcony stateroom.
Celebrity Silhouette will sail with all guests aged 18 and above vaccinated against COVID-19, and those under the age of 18 with negative PCR test results.

Titan Travel have just released their new Worldwide Tour brochure for 2022.
Packed with more than 130 of its most popular holidays this exciting brochure includes Autumn/Winter 2021 departures and some brand new tours and river cruises including an 8-day Contrasts of Ischia and Sorrento that explores two distinctive tastes of Italy (pp152-153),
and a 10-day Undiscovered Portugal escorted tour from Lisbon to the Algarve (pp164-165). New river cruises include an 8-day cruise Dutch Waterways & the Beauty of Keukenhof (pp 214-215) and a 15-day Cruise Eastern Europe Explorer and Danube Delta
There are also departures for Autumn/Winter 2021. See all their brochures here.

Just a few days left to celebrate Swan Hellenic return to the seas with 20% off their 2021/22 fully-inclusive cruise fares, plus $250 pp to spend on board for bookings made by 31 March 2021.

We love the look of their unique 14-day Sea of Okhotsk Explorer cultural expedition cruise of Japan and Far East Russia aboard their brand new 5-star ship SH Minerva, departing 1 June 2022. Closer to home is their 10-night UK & Northern French Coast Highlight sailing from Portsmouth to Dublin on board Vega 1 departing 16 April 2022.

Fancy following On the Trail of Bonnie Prince Charlie? You can now save up to 10% on this and other selected cruises with Hebridean Island Cruises. This 7-night adventure on board the Hebridean Princess departing 28/9/21 explores the Inner and Outer Hebrides and remote west coast where Bonnie Prince Charlie once raised his standard and Highland clans in an attempt to reclaim the thrones of Scotland, England and Ireland in the name of his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. See all the offers here.

With his love of Italy and everything Italian, Gennaro Contaldo is the proud Ambassador of Citalia
Born in Minori on the Amalfi Coast, Gennaro’s quintessentially Italian spirit and positive nature has made him a TV favourite often appearing on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen as well as his own TV show Two Greedy Italians. He has also written and authored several top selling Italian cookbooks, he can’t wait until he can visit his beloved Italy again! Meanwhile, enjoy getting in the mood for your next Italian escape with his selection of tempting Italian recipes including Easter leg of lamb.