Travel Connect Newsletter - January 2007
Short BreaksBeachesFaraway DestinationsUK BreaksFive of the Best

Bargain Breaks
It’s January, but look on the bright side - a New Year and a new set of annual leave! So, why not splash out on: Paris hotels from £20/nt, flights to Hong Kong from £160, or a romantic break to Prague over Valentine’s from just £141?

In this issue we have winter sun guides to Goa, India's beach paradise and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's liveliest city. Plus, we check out five of the best spa resort hotels in the world. But perhaps the feature everyone should read is Holidays from Hell – terrible tales from Travel Connect users whose holidays did not go quite according to plan. Leave your review and you could win £20, too.

To brighten up your January even more, we also have a superb selection of competitions, galleries, forums, travel news and more. Happy Travelling,

The TravelConnect Team


Travel Features

Spa Holiday Hotspots: Nothing helps de-stress the mind and soul more than a relaxing spa break. Our five of the best global spas has exactly what you are looking for when it comes to rest and rejuvenation.

Going to Goa: A heady mix of East meets West, hippy-dom and Hinduism, Goa is the perfect winter sun destination. Find out what to do and where to stay with our informative guide!

Five of the Best - Amazing Treks: Superb sights and aching limbs; from gentle strolls to hardcore hikes, we've scoured the globe to bring you five of the best treks in Venezuela, Scotland, Turkey & more.

Rio de Janeiro: From the iconic statue of Christ perched atop Corcovado Mountain, to the bronzed and beautiful bodies on Copacabana Beach, no where says Latin America more than Rio de Janeiro.

The Best of Barcelona: One of Europe’s elite short-break destinations, Barcelona is a superb city-break destination. Barcelona expert Clinton Maxwell offers his tips on what to do when visiting the city.

Holidays from Hell: Lost luggage, poor accommodation, broken, unruly kids, bad weather; Travel Connect members share their travel troubles and describe their holidays from hell. Submit your holiday from hell to win £20.

Baltic City Breaks: Forget about Florence and never mind Nice; the best city breaks are in the Baltics these days. We offer our introduction on where to stay, where to go and what to do in Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn.

The Isle of Wight: Cowes Yachting Week and the Isle of Wight Music Festival may have put the island on the map, but there is still plenty to see and do on the Isle of Wight, whatever time of year you choose to visit.


Competitions

Send us your favourite photos from your travels and you could win £50. Click Here to view the latest entries!

Find out who won the latest TravelConnect competitions, Click Here

Travel Connect's ever popular Where Are We? Competition returns for 2007 tougher than ever! Name the place we are describing and win £50.

Read the clues and find the answers to previous Where Are We? Competitions, Click Here


Win your copy of Lonely Planet's new book 132: Seize the Days, the book designed to help stressed out Brits make the most of their free time. Answer a simple question to win. Click Here.


Deal Finder: Top 10 Deals


TravelConnect Message Forums: Visit the TravelConnect message forums and connect with other travellers. Share advice on where to stay and what to do in destinations the world over, ask a question, recommend a website, meet travel companions and more.

TravelConnect Galleries: Browse our collection of superb travel photographs from Paris, Sardinia, New York, Prague & more.

 


The Travel News Round-up

What travel stories caught our eye this month!

Blair Will Not Give Up Luxury Holidays: Tony Blair will not abandon his love of long-haul holiday flights as part of his commitment to green politics. Will you?

Internet Infiltrating Travel Industry: The internet is now playing a major role in the way that we organise our travels, with 55 per cent of net users booking their holidays online.

Cruise Ships More Popular Than Ever: Cruises are reportedly attracting more interest than ever as millions of holidaymakers shun the aviation industry for a couple of weeks aboard a ship.

Tourists Ponder Loch Ness Monster's Feeding Times: Britain's thriving tourism industry sees some rather puzzling queries from befuddled foreign travellers, according to tourism agency VisitBritain.

For all the Latest Travel News, Click Here

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