{"id":12129,"date":"2009-06-28T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/each-day-better-than-the-day-before-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-28T23:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T23:26:00","slug":"each-day-better-than-the-day-before-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/06\/each-day-better-than-the-day-before-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Each day better than the day before"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TRAVEL BRIEFS<\/p>\n

John Crook\u00a0<\/p>\n

Admin charges flown away<\/p>\n

The low-cost AirAsia has made flights to Kuala Lumpur even more competitive.\u00a0\u00a0 They have dropped admin fees and that coincides with the release of their incredible regional fare promotion which includes flights to KL from the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth, with fares as low as $99 one-way.\u00a0 Some of the connecting flights, such as from KL to Thailand and Indonesia from $17 one way KL to Penang and Langkawi are going from as low as $2, one-way.\u00a0 They claim that’s not a typo.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Get the conditions and all the details by visiting\u00a0www.airasia.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Buy a cruise, get one free<\/p>\n

There’s a good deal on offer from Cruiseabout which is offering a two-for-one cruise departing Venice on October 24, 2009 for its 17-night cruise from Venice to Port Lauderdale in the US.\u00a0 There are some great stopovers too including Tunisia, Spain, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rica. The deal includes all meals, entertainment and port charges.\u00a0\u00a0 Prices start from $2,789. Conditions apply.\u00a0 International air fares to cruise start and finish are not included.\u00a0 Telephone 1300 363 428 or visit\u00a0www.cruiseabout.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

A deal from Perth<\/p>\n

Grand Mercure Busselton, Accor Vacation Club Apartments which is just three hours drive from Perth is currently offering a good rate on their studio rooms with a continental breakfast basket delivered each morning\u00a0 The tariff is from $165 (Sunday to Thursday) and $185 Friday-Saturday. Rates are per night and based on single\/double occupancy. The deal is under offer until 30\/09\/09. Check out the conditions an availability by calling 1800 443 544 or email\u00a0busseltonres@accorvacationclub.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Each day better than the day before<\/p>\n

Take it from one who know, South Africa is one heck of a holiday destination.\u00a0 Add a cruise aboard Queen Mary 2 and a whole new world awaits. Depart March 8 2010 for a 17-nights cruise, to be followed by 7-nights sightseeing in South Africa and it’s totally unbeatable.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also included are two-nights at Cape Town’s Radisson Blu Hotel waterfront.\u00a0 Return flight to Australia is included. This has to be the tour of the decade,- class all the way.\u00a0 The price tag is from $9399 per person.\u00a0 Get all the facts by calling 1300 305 920 or check\u00a0www.cruisemart.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Skroo’ does it again<\/p>\n

Flight Centre founder Graham ‘Skroo’ Turner has launched the luxury accommodation brand Spicers Retreats, Hotels and Lodges.\u00a0 The first in the range is Spicer’s Clovelly Estate which opens its doors to the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, from July 25.\u00a0\u00a0 Others will follow in both SE Queensland and the Hunter Valley. It’s a case of ‘watch this space’.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spicers Clovelley Estate offers opening midweek rates from $199 per night for two people.\u00a0 The deal is valid through to 31 October 2009.Visit\u00a0www.spicersclovellyestate.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the train buffs<\/p>\n

Holders of an International student identity card will get two extra days train travel for free, by booking an eight-day Eurail Select Pass Youth before July 31 2009.\u00a0 This basically means that those under 26 can travel second class for ten-days during a two-month period in any of the bordering European countries and for as low as $532.\u00a0 This is all part of Eurail’s 50th\u00a0anniversary celebrations.\u00a0 Check\u00a0www.youthrail.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0
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TRAVEL BRIEFS John Crook\u00a0 Admin charges flown away The low-cost AirAsia has made flights to Kuala Lumpur even more competitive.\u00a0\u00a0 They have dropped admin fees and that coincides with the release of their incredible regional fare promotion which includes flights to KL from the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth, with fares as low as $99 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}