{"id":6012,"date":"2008-03-10T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/a-cricket-lovers-tour\/"},"modified":"2008-03-10T03:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-10T03:53:00","slug":"a-cricket-lovers-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/03\/a-cricket-lovers-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"A cricket lover\u2019s tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your FREE weekly travel tips column w\/c March 10th<\/p>\n<p>TRAVEL TIPS<br \/>With John Crook<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelman.net\/\">www.thetravelman.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A cricket lover&#8217;s tour<\/span><br \/>Tickets to two Test matches in the West Indies are part of a 15-day<br \/>vacation hosted by former West Indies captain Richie Richardson.<br \/>Inclusive in the tour are return airfares from Melbourne to Miami,<br \/>airfare from Miami to the Caribbean, internal flights, accommodation,<br \/>quite a few meals and drinks, plus the services of a tour guide.  The<br \/>price starts from $8650 per person, twin share.  Tour dates are from<br \/>May 21st to June 4th 2008.   For bookings and further information<br \/>contact Wilson &#038; Turner Travel Associates, 1800 039 998.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Trip around Spain to brush up your Spanish<\/span><br \/>Here&#8217;s a chance to learn Spanish whilst on holidays in Spain.  These<br \/>are daily classes for those on the move.  Classes can commence any<br \/>week of the year with prices starting at $486 for one week, through to<br \/>a four week package at $1434.   The prices include classes, enrolment<br \/>fee, relevant study materials, unlimited internet access at the school<br \/>along with a certificate of attendance.    Accommodation can be<br \/>combined.  Check it out by calling 1300 558 987.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Hunter&#8217;s long lunch<\/span><br \/>The weekend of May 17th and 18th 2008 marks the 15th annual Lovedale<br \/>Long Lunch.   To participate you will need to purchase a commemorative<br \/>tasting glass ($5) at any of the participating Lovedale wineries.<br \/>Then it&#8217;s just a matter of selecting the gourmet meal ($20) from one<br \/>of the region&#8217;s most talented chefs.   To coincide with this major<br \/>event Peppers guest house is offering an accommodation and dining<br \/>package.  You pay $466 per person for the classic Hunter escape<br \/>package and that includes two nights accommodation, full country<br \/>breakfast each morning and a three-course a la carte dinner for two<br \/>people in Chez Pok on one evening.<br \/>To book the package email guesthouse@peppers.com.au<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Yukon&#8217;s calling<\/span><br \/>Make a bee-line for Canada&#8217;s Yukon, arguably the world&#8217;s last true<br \/>remaining wilderness.  Local architect cum tour operator, Charlie<br \/>McLaren, is the man to contact in the town of Whitehorse.  He offers<br \/>4&#215;4 wild country touring, rafting the Yukon River, to spotting bear<br \/>and other wildlife.   Shadow Lake Expeditions has a range of<br \/>wilderness soft adventure touring options.  His are not to be missed<br \/>experiences, with tours  priced from around $600 Cdn.   Contact<br \/>Charlie direct  on aquadog@shadowlake.ca<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/R9yacuEnAYI\/AAAAAAAACrA\/oOW4ikknoCk\/s1600-h\/SunPrincessLOW.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/R9yacuEnAYI\/AAAAAAAACrA\/oOW4ikknoCk\/s320\/SunPrincessLOW.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178183489763606914\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Rock &#8216;n roll on the Sun Princess<\/span><br \/>Mike Brady and his band, Wilbur Wilde and Frank Holden have signed to<br \/>perform aboard the Sun Princess.   There are four exclusive concerts<br \/>planned for February of next year.  Departure date is February 18th<br \/>with the cruise heading for New Zealand.   Ticketing through<br \/>Cruiseland guarantees access to the blues and rock &#8216;n roll concerts<br \/>and  also offers per person, $100  in on-board spending credits as<br \/>well as gifts and other inclusions valued at $150.   Prices start at<br \/>$3296 per person twin share.   Get the details by ringing 1800 800<br \/>640.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mum&#8217;s the word<\/span><br \/>&#8216;Some mothers do have them&#8217; but conversely few companies can boast<br \/>they&#8217;re run entirely by mums.   The Flight Centre store in Brisbane&#8217;s<br \/>Moggill Road is exclusively staffed by mothers who divide working from<br \/>home raising a combined 22 children and doing one or two days in the<br \/>shop.   And, is it working ?  Absolutely, with team leader Alison<br \/>Burgess claiming profitability since it began business in September<br \/>last year.<\/p>\n<p>Need a holiday ?  We&#8217;re archived on<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travellersgoodbuys.info\/\">http:\/\/travellersgoodbuys.info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your FREE weekly travel tips column w\/c March 10th TRAVEL TIPSWith John Crookwww.thetravelman.net A cricket lover&#8217;s tourTickets to two Test matches in the West Indies are part of a 15-dayvacation hosted by former West Indies captain Richie Richardson.Inclusive in the tour are return airfares from Melbourne to Miami,airfare from Miami to the Caribbean, internal flights, [&hellip;]<\/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-6012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012","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=6012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}