{"id":11976,"date":"2011-05-23T05:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T05:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/explora-chile-guadalcanal-avalon-europe-tuscany-calgary-cowboys-2\/"},"modified":"2011-05-23T05:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T05:19:00","slug":"explora-chile-guadalcanal-avalon-europe-tuscany-calgary-cowboys-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2011\/05\/explora-chile-guadalcanal-avalon-europe-tuscany-calgary-cowboys-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Explora Chile – Guadalcanal – Avalon Europe – Tuscany – Calgary Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Travel Briefs<\/p>\n

John Crook\u00a0<\/p>\n

Purchase a four night stay and save<\/b><\/p>\n

Chilean-based travel company explora has announced the arrival of their 100,000th visitor and to celebrate they are offering all travellers, who book a four-night program, with a complimentary stay at any of its three luxurious eco-lodges.\u00a0 Four night packages, include accommodation, meals, soft and alcoholic\u00a0 beverages, transfers from local airport plus equipment.\u00a0 Prices commence at AUD2640.\u00a0 Check for conditions by visiting www.explora.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Your local travel agent should also be able to provide more info.\u00a0 Guests will receive their fifth night free when they visit before August 31 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bloody battlefields of Guadalcanal
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This is the resting place of HMAS Canberra, which was sunk during the battle of Savo Island.\u00a0 It is also the base at which JFK was stationed with his PT109.\u00a0\u00a0 A Guadalcanal\u00a0 69th anniversary tour, featuring highlights of the battlefields, is scheduled for a seven-night tour from August 5.\u00a0 Full details of the tour can be checked by ringing 1300 880 340 or visiting www.battlefields.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Prices begin from $3197 per person and that includes first-class hotel accommodation, excursions, entry fees. Daily breakfasts and lunches, two dinners, tips and educational site pamphlets.\u00a0 The tour has been planned by\u00a0 leading Australian war historian Mat McLachlan.\u00a0 This is a living museum of the 1940’s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Suite ships<\/b><\/p>\n

Two new luxury ‘suite ships’ lead the most modern river cruise fleet in Europe. Not only that but\u00a0 they tell me that 2012 river cruises are on an average\u00a0 10 per cent cheaper than 2011. Avalon’s\u00a0 Panorama was launched last week.<\/p>\n

Such has been consumer reaction, Avalon has commissioned another two ‘suite ships’. The 83-cabin Avalon Vista and the 64-cabin Avalon Visionary enter service on the Danube and the Rhine in 2012.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So many options are available right now, so to get the full facts go visit www.avalonwaterways.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conditions apply.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tuscan food and wine
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Get the full story on Italy’s best food and wine based packaging and do the visit as an independent traveller. Add that little extra such as a three-day Great Wines and Tuscany package which is priced from $751 per person twin share.\u00a0\u00a0 Tempo Holidays has a bundle of food and wine experiences.\u00a0 To check on the range and conditions, call 1300 558 987 or visit your local travel agent, or check out the facts by visiting www.tempoholidays.com<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

Real cowboys.- yippee<\/b><\/p>\n

The Calgary Stampede is widely known as the Greatest Show on Earth.\u00a0 Well, – it’s on again in Calgary from July 8 to 17.\u00a0 Four day packages start from $758 per person twin share.\u00a0 That includes three nights accommodation, a two-day light rail transit pass to and from the Stampede grounds, reserve ticket to the afternoon rodeo including admission, reserve seating in the Gold Outdoor Balcony section to the evening chuckwagon races and grandstand show,\u00a0 There’s also a skyride pass, a carry bag, polo T-shirt and a Calgary Tower elevation pass.\u00a0 Got that?\u00a0 Next job is to make a booking.\u00a0 Telephone\u00a0 1300 303 343 or visit www.ventureholidays.com.au<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

* Please note conditions may apply to these packages\u00a0 and prices are subject to change and availability.\u00a0 The information is provided as a guide only.\u00a0 Check with your travel agent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Need a holiday ?\u00a0 We’re archived on\u00a0 http:\/\/travellersgoodbuys.info<\/a><\/p>\n

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