Holiday Inn Hotels, Go on Sale

Thousands of Holiday Inn rooms across Australia and New Zealand are about to go on sale this winter, with a three day sale. With Rumours that rooms will be available from $99 at a variety of hotels across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia and in New Zealand’s Wellington and Christchurch.

With some of the best destinations on offer – including the heritage Old Sydney Holiday Inn in The Rocks, the newly-refurbished Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise, the boutique Holiday Inn on Flinders, Melbourne and the new Holiday Inn Wellington – this winter sale has got something for everyone.

IHG ran a similar promotion for its Crowne Plaza Hotels, with rooms being snapped very quickly. This Sale will give families another opportunity to book accommodation at some great prices. We will post more details when we find out more.

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Qantas , London to Sydney $794 Return

Qantas have done it again, for all family travellers wanting to travel to Australia from the UK you better be quick this is the sharpest offer ever. Offer ends in 12 hours time be very quick.

Qantas has released a special airfare for its new Airbus A380 service from London, which will come into service early next year. Tickets for the Heathrow-to-Sydney return will be available in the UK until midnight (9am AEST) for £380 ($794).

The news comes a day after the airline offered Australians the first chance to snap up tickets for the inaugural A380 superjumbo flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles, on October 20.

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Get $240 back in your Pocket

Did you know that booking a package or a total trip which includes flights and accommodation can save you around $240. Below are some links to some great package deals provided by Travelocity.

City Weekend Deals

Vacation deals to Los Angeles, Getaway with the family and enjoy a Fun Weekend Los Angeles. Find Out More

Vacation deals to Chicago, Getaway and experience with the family Fun Weekend in Chicago which is great city to explore. Find out More

Vacation deals to New York, Getaway and experience the Big Apple with the family and make it a Fun Weekend in New York which is great city to explore. New York, Find out More

Warmer Destinations

Vacation deals to Hawaii, surfs up, beaches are fantastic, the weather is warm. Getaway and experience the Hawaii Islands with a great vacation package. Visit Travelocity for Hawaii Vacation Deals

Vacation deals to Barbados, it’s warmer in Barbados experience it by booking a super package deal before the 1st of August 2008. The Best of Barbados. Find out More

Balmy evenings in the Bahamas with the family, receive $200 off a total package the Bahamas. You need to be quick this offer end expires on the 30th June. Find out More Balmy Offer Find out More. (PROMO CODE: GBSUMMER200)

Who wants to go to Florida for bargain package offer? Orlando Deals, Find out More

Mastercard Only Offer
Do you have a MasterCard save a quick $75 by using your MasterCard when booking a flight and 4 night hotel package, to either Cancun or to the city of lights Vegas. Save $75 When Using your MasterCard, Find Out More

Americans to benefit from War, to Australia

American families should take note even though the economy is slowing down; prices to Australia are falling thanks to Qantas and Virgin starting a price war to sure up their market share on one of the most profitable flying routes for Qantas.

Qantas launched return fares from $380US, this was a super bargain for families who want to visit Australia.

Unfortunately the price was part of 48 hour promotion, but I would not be surprised if V Australia strikes back with a counter promotion.
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Redemption Only Flights for Australians

July 1 2008, Qantas will launch its new frequent flyer program putting an end to the speculation of what changes are to occur.  Read more

Thats not fare for family travel

Airlines are around the world are finding themselves scrambling to find solutions to manage costs, and the fact is that these costs are often being past back to you and your family. One of the ways that airlines are looking to pass the cost over is by looking at options to charge you for carrying Read more

Save 30 cents per litre

Now you can afford to drive the family to the airport! Jetstar is running a great offer with a 30 cent per litre discount fuel voucher for the first 30,000 eligible bookings.

You Just need to follow the steps below;

1. Register for JetMail (if you are already registered for JetMail see below).
2. Book a return flight at our special website by 5:00pm, 08 June 2008 - the link to the website will be on the JetMail registration confirmation page.
3. Ensure the return date for your trip is on or before 30 June 2008,
4. We’ll mail you your petrol voucher by 11 July 2008. To get your voucher, you’ll need to enter the street address that you want the voucher mailed to in the booking process.

If you had an average car tank of say 60 litres that would be approx $18 of saving at the bowser, better than a 4c Woolworths or Coles docket. I guess we just need to watch this type of promotion run out across over travel products.

Family Action Package, Gold Coast

The great thing about the Gold Coast is that it can offer a family the opportunity to explore and relax in a warm destination. We have always found this area perfect for those quick trips i.e. long weekends and 3 to 4 day breaks, below we have two recommended hotels that have packages suited for families.

The Marriott Courtyard Surfers resort on the Gold Coast has a great family package available for families starting from $235 per night. This package includes overnight accommodation for two adults and two children, full buffet breakfast for all and to keep the kids entertained the package includes a $100 Super Passes to time zone.

Find out more Courtyard Surfers Paradise Resort

Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast has a ready for action package which is suited for a family that is looking to make use of the Gold Coast theme parks. Price includes overnight accommodation, full buffet breakfast and entry of your choice for two adults and two kids to Dreamworld, Movieworld, Seaworld, Wet-n-Wild and White Water World.

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Pre-purchase may give you $200 back in savings

There are still plenty of ways to ensure that the family holiday is not placed under budget contraints simply by researching available benefit and discount cards before you pack and travel to any major capital city you are to visit. Read more

What does a $20 million refurbishment buy

I took interest to story on news.com.au this week that Broome is seeing a little luxury being swept back in with a $20 Million refurbishment to the Cable Beach Resort. I read this story with interest as I was only having lunch with a friend who was privileged to have stayed at this resort with his family the week before. His comments were “It was an impressive place – just overpriced for what we got!! For the price I’d expect some service, not beds shoved together without a valance and obviously old sheets” so I was a little confused when I was reading about the makeover this resort has received. I’ve checked the Cable Beach Resort website out and it looks impressive to me.

“New owners, Hawaiian Guests, have refurbished the resort with a $20 million makeover, sculpting luxurious rooms, decorated with Australian art and Asian accessories.”

So maybe one of our little nomads can share with us what is going on with this resort, as it was once one of the great jewels of Western Australia and Broome.

Feel free to comment below if you can fill us in, or even better share some photos. I’d be happy to post them to share with our network of parents who are researching holidays in Western Australia.

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