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National Express, the biggest coach company in Britain, is offering 40,000 fares at £3, one way. Getting around Britain can be expensive at the best of times so this is great value if you are planning UK travel in November. There are a range of available city pairs, including travel as far as from London to Aberdeen.

Book by: 29 November 2008
Travel Period: to 30 November 2008

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Halloween is not the most appropriate holiday of European origin to celebrate in Australia, seeing we are half way though spring by then. If you are a European or North American though and find yourself Down Under on Halloween then why not celebrate with a cheap train ride.

Travel anywhere on the CountryLink network on the 31st October 2008 for only $31.00 economy or $41 first class each way. Bookings are available from Friday 10th October through to Friday 31st October.

Some ticket options include:

- Sydney to/from Melbourne $31
- Brisbane to/from Sydney $31

Fare applies to economy or first class seats only. Not available for sleeping berths. Journey must commence on 31 October 2008 and can be completed the next day on the same service.

countrylink.info

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Ryanair sales just keep getting better, and you can't get better than free seats!



Booking Period: Tue 07th Oct 08 - Thu 09th Oct 08
Travel Period: Thu 23rd Oct 08 - Tue 16th Dec 08

This free seat sale means the only way Ryanair can outdo themselves in their next sale is to pay you to fly.

ryanair.com

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Lastminute.com is celebrating its 10th Birthday with a £10 hotel room sale for hotels across the UK.



The sale starts from 10am GMT on Friday 3rd of October and there are 1010 rooms on offer. You can't find a hostel bed for 10 quid these days so these rooms will sell out quick.

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Ryanair have gone one better than last weeks 1 Pound Sale by offering a sale that comprises of 2 million free seats - no other taxes or charges to pay.



Ryanair are cashed up and they are sticking the knife into the airlines that are struggling with high oil prices.

Booking Period: Tue 23rd Sep 08 - Thu 25th Sep 08
Travel Period: Tue 07th Oct 08 - Sat 15th Nov 08
Applicable Days: Mon - Thurs & Sat (subject to availability)
Notes on this fare: All Holidays, School Breaks and Major Sporting Events are excluded from this offer

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Pacific Blue Airlines have announced they will be flying to Bali, their first destination in Asia. Services begin from 1 December 2008 and will fly direct from three Australian ports - Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth - to Denpasar, the gateway to Bali.

Perth - Denpasar from $199*
Brisbane - Denpasar from $299*
Adelaide - Denpasar from $299*
Sydney - Denpasar from $379*^
Melbourne - Denpasar from $379*^
Canberra - Denpasar from $379*^

Sale Period: 19 September 2008 to Midnight 26 September 2008
Travel Period 1: 01 December 2008 to 14 December 2008
Travel Period 2: 01 February 2009 to 31 March 2009

*Subject to regulatory approval. All fares are subject to availability, are for one way travel and include taxes, fees and surcharges. Seats are limited and may not be available at peak times or on all flights. Fare prices are based on sale fares. Fares are one way on the net or $15 more by phone. A credit card surcharge of $5 per person per one way flight is applicable for flights internationally. Fares are correct as at Sept 18, 2008 and are subject to change. International return fare may vary with the addition of local taxes and charges.

^Offered as a connecting flight. Domestic connecting flights offered by Virgin Blue Airlines Pty. Ltd.

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SkyEurope Airlines Lucky 7 sale is on now for the next 7 days with flights from €7 all incl.*

Booking period: Sep 16, 2008 - Sep 22, 2008
Travel period: Nov 1, 2008 - Mar 31, 2009 (Blackout periods apply)

* One-way. Subject to availability. Taxes and charges included. Subject to payment of credit/debit card fees. Subject to payment of baggage fee.

SkyEurope

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Ryanair 1 Pound Sale - no other taxes, fees or charges to pay.



Airlines might be dropping off like flies due to high oil prices and the global credit crunch, just don't tell Ryanair that. The Irish low cost airline is having a 1 pound seat sale. That one British Pound will get you a one way fare with no other taxes, fees or charges to pay.

Booking Period: Wed 10th Sep 08 - Sun 14th Sep 08
Travel Period: Tue 23rd Sep 08 - Fri 31st Oct 08
Applicable Days: Mon - Thurs & Sat (subject to availability)
Blackout Period: 17th Oct '08 - 03rd Nov '08 to/from Edinburgh / Glasgow (Prestwick) 24th Oct '08 - 03rd Nov '08 to/from UK / Ireland
Notes on this fare: All Holidays, School Breaks and Major Sporting Events are excluded from this offer

From London (Stansted)
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Alghero (Sardinia) 1.00
Angouleme (Cognac) 1.00
Belfast (City) 1.00
Bologna 1.00
Bologna (Forli) 1.00
Bratislava (Vienna) 1.00
Bremen 1.00
Bydgoszcz 1.00
Cork 1.00
Derry 1.00
Dinard 1.00
Dublin 1.00
Dusseldorf (Weeze) 1.00
Eindhoven 1.00
Frankfurt (Hahn) 1.00
Gdansk 1.00
Glasgow (Prestwick) 1.00
Grenoble Lyon 1.00
Hamburg (Luebeck) 1.00
Karlsruhe-Baden 1.00
Katowice 1.00
Kerry 1.00
Knock-IrelandWest 1.00
La Rochelle 1.00
Linz 1.00
Madrid 1.00
Marseille Provence MP2 1.00
Milan (Orio al Serio) 1.00
Montpellier 1.00
Nantes (Brittany) 1.00
Newquay 1.00
Oslo (Torp) 1.00
Palma Mallorca 1.00
Perpignan 1.00
Poitiers 1.00
Poznan 1.00
Pula (Istria)(Croatia) 1.00
Rimini 1.00
Rodez 1.00
Santander 1.00
Shannon 1.00
Stockholm (Vasteras) 1.00
Szczecin 1.00
Toulon St. Tropez 1.00
Tours Loire Valley 1.00
Valladolid 1.00
Zaragoza (Pyrenees) 1.00
Zweibrucken 1.00

From London (Luton)
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Barcelona (Girona) 1.00
Beziers Cap d'Agde 1.00
Brest Brittany 1.00
Dublin 1.00
Kerry 1.00
Milan (Bergamo) 1.00
Nimes 1.00
Rzeszow 1.00
Shannon 1.00
Szczecin 1.00

From Birmingham
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Biarritz 1.00
Billund 1.00
Bologna 1.00
Bologna (Forli) 1.00
Bratislava (Vienna) 1.00
Derry 1.00
Dinard 1.00
Dublin 1.00
Dusseldorf (Weeze) 1.00
Frankfurt (Hahn) 1.00
Gdansk 1.00
Katowice 1.00
Krakow 1.00
Marseille Provence MP2 1.00
Oslo (Torp) 1.00
Perpignan 1.00
Pisa (Florence) 1.00
Poitiers 1.00
Prague 1.00
Shannon 1.00
Stockholm 1.00
Szczecin 1.00
Trieste 1.00

From Liverpool
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Belfast (City) 1.00
Bydgoszcz 1.00
Cork 1.00
Derry 1.00
Dublin 1.00
Gdansk 1.00
Knock-IrelandWest 1.00
Krakow 1.00
Milan (Bergamo) 1.00
Nantes (Brittany) 1.00
Nimes 1.00
Shannon 1.00
Stockholm 1.00
Szczecin 1.00
Wroclaw 1.00

From Glasgow (Prestwick)
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Belfast (City) 1.00
Bournemouth 1.00
Cork 1.00
Derry 1.00
Dublin 1.00
Dusseldorf (Weeze) 1.00
Frankfurt (Hahn) 1.00
London (Stansted) 1.00
Marseille Provence MP2 1.00
Oslo (Torp) 1.00
Paris (Beauvais) 1.00
Shannon 1.00
Stockholm 1.00
Wroclaw 1.00

From Newcastle
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Dublin 1.00

From Bournemouth
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Dublin 1.00
Edinburgh 1.00
Glasgow (Prestwick) 1.00
Marseille Provence MP2 1.00
Milan (Bergamo) 1.00
Nantes (Brittany) 1.00
Paris (Beauvais) 1.00
Wroclaw 1.00

From Blackpool
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Dublin 1.00

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US low cost airline JetBlue have launched a promotion selling flights on eBay. Visit their eBay Store: stores.ebay.com/JetBlueAirways

JetBlue are offering no reserve auctions on flights and packages. So far there are already plenty of bidders on all the flights listed, so I don't think you will find any bargain basement fares here. Points for JetBlue though for trying something different.

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Tiger Airways Singapore is 4 years old, and to celebrate they are having a S$0.04 seat sale. 100,000 seats are available for S$0.04 one way, excluding taxes and charges.

Buy between 8 Sep 08 and 14 Sep 08, or until seats sell out. Conditions apply.

Fares to/from Singapore
- Guangzhou from S$0.04
- Shenzhen from S$0.04
- Bangkok from S$0.04
- Bangalore from S$0.04
- Kuala Lumpur from S$0.04
- Chennai from S$0.04
- Padang from S$0.04
- Phuket from S$0.04
- Macau from S$0.04
- Haikou from S$0.04
- Ho Chi Minh City from S$0.04
- Hanoi from S$0.04

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Aer Lingus seat sale for flights from the UK. 150,000 seats on sale, just pay taxes and charges on routes to Dublin, Belfast and Cork.

For travel until 31 March '09.
Offer ends 15 September.

Fly to Dublin

From
Birmingham
Edinburgh
Glasgow
London Gatwick
Manchester
Newcastle

Fly to Cork

From
Birmingham
Manchester

Fly to Belfast

From
London Heathrow

Zero fares plus the taxes and charges at aerlingus.com

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Last week AirAsia had a great MEL - KUL seat sale. Now there is a sale on covering the entire AirAsia network. 1 million seats on sale for free, just pay the taxes and charges.


Booking Period: 26 Aug 2008 - 31 Aug 2008
Travel Period: 1 Apr 2009 - 31 Jul 2009

AirAsia.com

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Malaysian low cost airline AirAsia X have announced their third Australian destination - Melbourne. To celebrate, AirAsia X are offering flights from RM 99.00 / AUD 199.00 one way.



The flight operates from Melbourne Tullamarine to LCC Terminal, KLIA, Kuala Lumpur. The airfare includes relevant airport taxes, admin fee, insurance and fuel surcharges.

Booking Period : 21 Aug 2008 - 24 Aug 2008
Travel Period : 12 Nov 2008 - 30 Apr 2009

AirAsia X are expanding their long haul operations to include European destinations. Flights to the UK are expected to commence in early 2009, and AirAsia have said that they could offer $500 flights (AUD) from Australia to London.

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UK based low cost airline bmibaby.com are having a quick fare sale - over 100,000 seats available, just pay taxes & charges.


This offer ends midnight Tuesday 19th August and is available for travel from 10th September until 11th December 2008.

fly from Birmingham Intl, Cardiff Intl, East Midlands, Manchester and Glasgow.

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Aer Lingus are offering a great sale for flights from the UK. Zero fares plus the taxes and charges.

Fly to Dublin

From
Birmingham
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Jersey
London Gatwick
Manchester
Newcastle

Fly to Cork

From
Birmingham
Jersey
Manchester

Fly to Belfast

From
London Heathrow

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The Hoxton Urban Lodge is a boutique hotel in London, and they are offering a £1 Room Sale. That's a meagre 2 US dollars to stay in a boutique hotel in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

There are 500 rooms available for £1 and 500 at £29 between 1st August and 31st October 2008. The last time this sale was on over 500,000 people tried to book, so it resembles a lottery as much as a sale. Like the lottery you've got to be in it to win it, so if you are planning a trip to London it's worth having a go at getting a one pound room.

Other offers include:
- Rooms for £59 over the August Bank Holiday.
- All Sundays in September at £59.
- All Fridays and Saturdays in November at £79.
- Rooms from £30 in December.
- Rooms on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day for £30.

You can find out about the next £1 sale by joing The Hoxton mailing list.

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If you are planning to travel in Belgium and the Netherlands then you may want to consider a Benelux rail pass. (Benelux stands for BElgium NEtherlands and LUXembourg).

For European residents there is the Benelux pass from InterRail, and for non European residents the Benelux pass is available from Rail Europe. This pass can be bought at the international ticket department of major train stations, but it may be more convenient to order it before you travel to save time buying it when you arrive.

Plan Your Travel

As with any rail pass you should do some homework beforehand to make sure you will save money from buying a pass.

For example the Benelux pass Adult 2nd class is €139 and is valid for 5 days travels in 30 days. That works out at €27.80 per day of travel. Next you need to look at the map of Benelux to see where you would like to go. If you are only visiting a few places then it will not be worth getting a pass. If you plan to visit many towns and cities then the pass becomes worthwhile.

Next you need to plan how to make the most of the pass by planning your travel days. Making the most of your pass include doing your long distance travel in one day or visiting a few different small towns in one day that require lots of train travel.

Starting your Benelux Pass Travel

People arriving from outside Europe will most likely arrive at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport or Brussels International. If you are coming from another point in Europe then it might work out better to start at on the edges of the region. Some starting points could be:

- Luxembourg Airport
- Charleroi Airport(known as Brussels South)
- Groningen Airport in the north of the Netherlands has flights from Ryanair.
- Maastricht Aachen Airport

visitors from the UK can also get the Dutch Flyer, which is a combined ferry/train ticket from London to Amsterdam for from £25 one way.

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