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Tips on Playing it safe booking your cheap holidays this summer

By Casper da silva

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Published: 24Apr2009
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I am pretty sure we have all been asked at one time or another, what we do for a living, whether it's down the pub after a few bevies or basically anytime you meet someone new, it has to be in the all time top three questions on the all time top ten list of questions to ask someone new. Of course if I had a penny for every time the gleeful 'got any cheap holidays' response to my 'I am a Travel Agent' answer to the top three question of all time, from the last 22 years, I would probably have my own island next to Richard's Necker Island with a cocktail in one hand and a nice Cuban in the other! Of course all this is in hindsight and here I am 22 years on still answering gratis the eternal cheap holiday question, with the usual of course I can - despite the fact I am still waiting for someone to ask me for a price for the most expensive holiday in the world.

Seriously though, cheap holidays under the current financial crisis have become a buzz word for those seeking to chase a bit of sunshine away from British Shores, because lets face it, it doesn't matter if its 100 degrees in the shade this summer here on British soil, who wants to stay here and frolic in Brighton's sluggish waters, when you can frolic in the azure blue crystal clear waters of the Aegean and the Med for 7 days for probably the same cost or less as a weekend down any of the British Coasts would cost? I mean seriously, cheap holidays are easy to find if you know where to go and what to do. Do a bit of homework on the subject, it's all very well saying I am happy going to Lloret Del Mar for ninety nine quid 'coz it's a cheap holiday, but have you thought how much it would cost you on the ground once there, I mean is it comparable to you paying one hundred and ninety nine quid to go to a Euro-less zone like Turkey where once you are on the ground your spending money is a third less? What I am trying to say is there is more to the cheap holidays question than meets the eye, surely cheap holidays should be about the total holiday cost including ground costs as well as the actual cost of the holiday. It's so easy to build your own package with cheap flights and cheap accommodation but you need to make sure you are properly covered in the event that any part of your booked elements are changed, this is easily done with the launch of the Supplier Failure Insurance. And despite the Euro not been the best it's been against the pound, there are still some great destinations within the Euro Zone that can still be cost effective even once on the ground, the Greek islands are still a firm favourite with British travellers, with lovely little apartments and B&B's, eating is still relatively cheap and nutritious with a gyro (this is a delicious wrap with slices of meat and tzatziki and salad) costing about €1.80 that will definitely fill up any hunger pangs you may have during the day and in the evening a pork or lamb shish kebab with a nice Greek salad will be no more than €4.00 per person, and as for wine and beer as long as you stay local it will always be cheap, and going out in the night within reason doesn't need to cost an arm and a leg either. Same goes for Turkey and Egypt, these two countries are still some of the best cheap holiday destinations this summer.

Casper da silva is a travel writer for HolidayClick with over 20 years experience in researching holiday destinations. Holidayclick are specialists in Cheap Holidays

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