Property in Spain's Balearic Islands is a timely destination, according to the Spanish Tourism Office.Market analyst Carmen Hernandez Gomez suggests different pursuits for each of the different islands.On Menorca, history and culture can be learned as holidaymakers find out about the invasions the island has seen in its past.Mallorca provides for a golfing holiday, a [...]
Property in France could allow more Britons to "Seize the Days" in response to a new campaign from travel guides publisher Lonely Planet.The organisation has found that many people do not go out at all in the weekends of a typical month.More people make use of just two of their eight weekend days each month, [...]
Britons planning to turn their holiday property in Florida into a haunted house to join in the US celebrations of Halloween could find they are not alone in doing so.The Kissimmee Convention & Visitors Bureau notes that a number of theme parks and other venues across the centre of the state are doing the same, [...]
Reaching the airport by public transport could allow people heading to property in Portugal to reduce their carbon footprint.Sean Tipton, spokesman for ABTA - The Travel Association, explains that headline figures given for the carbon cost of flying to a destination tend not to take into account the journey between the airport and the beginning [...]
Year-on-year growth of four per cent in transatlantic arrivals and departures indicates that more people flew to property in Florida and other destinations across the pond in September 2010, compared with the same month in 2009.Almost 11,000 flights were handled by UK air traffic controllers going to or from transatlantic destinations in the month.This is [...]
The changing exchange rates over the past year may have made property in Italy a more affordable destination than property in Switzerland for skiers.David Swann, currency strategist at foreign exchange specialist Travelex, explains that the pound has strengthened against the euro, but lost ground compared with the Swiss franc."For those keen to hit the slopes, [...]
Property in Italy could be among the eurozone destinations where skiers can find value for money in a stronger exchange rate environment for the pound.Betony Garner, spokeswoman for the Ski Club of Great Britain, says Italy is "high up there" both in terms of affordability and literally in terms of its altitude.In the case of [...]
Holidaymakers looking further afield than the UK's European neighbourhood could find property in Florida to be a good option.David Swann, currency strategist at foreign exchange specialist Travelex, explains that the pound is currently at an eight-month high compared with the US dollar, making the country cheaper in real terms."The US is sure to be a [...]
Customers of TAP Portugal and Continental Airlines may have access to more routes to property in Portugal with the news that the two operators have entered into a code-sharing agreement.Effective from today (Monday, October 11th), the deal means either airline may sell tickets for some CO and TP coded flights from New York to Portugal [...]
When it comes to choosing property in Florida, there can be few nicer sounding places to live than Niceville.But the area has proved there is more to it than its name recently, after being awarded a Clean Marina designation for nearby North Light Marina.This serves the residents of property in Florida's communities of Niceville, Destin [...]