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08/07/2002 Entry: "Only in Britain. Only in 2002’ UK Travel Specials"

‘Only in Britain. Only in 2002’
This year the British tourism industry is making a visit to Britain best value for money, with its ‘Only in Britain. Only in 2002’ campaign especially for overseas visitors. You’ll find thousands of special offers on everything from hotels, car hire, visitor attractions, entertainment and air and ferry fares. Full details of these deals and over 3000 fantastic special offers can be found on www.onlyinbritain.com

Here are some of the latest offers, all of which are valid until at least the end of September and in most cases until the end of the year.

1. TRANSPORT
British Airways: Special offers from BA on fares to the UK throughout autumn
bmi british midland: Great offers on fares to Britain throughout autumn
P&O: Save up to 50% on cabin fares on return crossings from Calais to Dover, and Rotterdam/Zebbrugge to Hull until 31/10/02
SeaFrance: Sail to Britain and get an amazing 50% off a 5 day trip, standard return and single trip
Stenaline: Take your car to Britain from only €234 return (car and driver), valid until 25/8/02. From 26/8/02 to 22/9/02 the offers falls to only €175 return (car and driver)

Avis:
US & Canada: Rent an Avis car for 5 days and get 2 days free. This fantastic offer is available at any one of over 140 Avis locations across Britain.
Europe: Rent an Avis car for a 2 day weekend and get the third day free. This fantastic offer is available at any one of over 140 Avis locations across Britain.
National Express Group: €38 discount off 15 days unlimited travel on National Express Go By Coach

2. ACCOMMODATION
American Express/Savoy: Stay at London’s famous Savoy or its sister hotels, The Berkeley, Claridge’s or The Connaught, from only £159 ($230) per room (room only), and you save more than 50% on normal double and single room rates.

The De Vere Group is offering accommodation at £35 per person per night
Hilton welcomes you to Britain from £24.95 per person per night
Millennium and Copthorne Hotels are offering as little as €75 per person per night

Radisson Edwardian:
US: Stay at the London Radisson Edwardian Vanderbilt Hotel from only $143 per room per night including full English breakfast
Europe: Stay at the London Radisson Edwardian Vanderbilt Hotel from only €150 per room per night including full English breakfast, free bottle of champagne on arrival and a complimentary room upgrade

Ramada Jarvis: Book one night at other participating Ramada Jarvis Hotels in the UK during 2002 and get the 2nd night free

Six Continents plc
Inter-Continental: London and Edinburgh for ½ price! (Per night double occupancy including breakfast and tax until 8/9/02)
US: Stay at a London Inter-Continental hotel from just $232 and in Edinburgh for just $171
Canada: Stay at a London Inter-Continental hotel from just $369 and in Edinburgh from $272
Holiday Inn offers over 100 hotels in the UK with bed and breakfast from only €50 per person per night

Thistle: Enjoy a short break at a choice of 56 Thistle Hotels from £30 per person per night including breakfast

Whitbread Hotel Company
Marriott:
US: Stay at a Marriott Hotel from only $63 per room per night
Canada: Stay at a Marriott Hotel from only $100 per room per night
Travel Inn, the UK’s largest hotel network:
Canada: Travel Inn are everywhere you want to visit. Stay at over 240 Travel Inns throughout the UK for just $99 per room per night
Europe: Travel Inn are everywhere you want to visit. Stay at over 240 Travel Inns throughout the UK are just €65 per room per night

3. CITIES
Stay in the City Inn Bristol for £50 per room per night, half the usual price.
Enjoy a two for one offer on City Cruises' River Red Rover ticket, which allows unlimited all day travel on this London sightseeing service.
Discount London offers a 15% discount on hotels, restaurants, attractions, sightseeing, river cruises and other entertainment in London.

4. HERITAGE
Get the best seats for the International Classics concerts at half price at Usher Hall, Scotland’s premier concert venue.
Save £4.50 on this two for the price of one offer at Bygones Lifesize Victorian Street.
Children's tickets for the English National Ballet in Manchester for £5 each.
Two adults admitted to Lulworth Castle in the South of England for just £5.50.
Adult admission to Beaulieu, the National Motor Museum, Palace House and Gardens and Beaulieu Abbey now reduced from £11.95 to £8.50
Two adults admitted to Birdoswald Roman Fort in Cumbria for £3.
Save £5.70 on this two for the price of one offer at Steam, the museum of the Great Western Railway, in Swindon.
Two adults admitted to the Snibston Discovery Park, Leicestershire's all weather science and industrial heritage museum, for £5.25.

5. COUNTRYSIDE
Two admissions for the price of one to the Museum of Lincolnshire Life.
Take one of the daily Mountain Goat Tours in Winderemere in the Lake District and two adults travel for the price of one, saving £26.
Save £20 at the Wiltshire Microlight Centre. Fly over the beautiful 'White Horses' and 'Corn Circles' of Wiltshire in a 2-seater microlight aircraft for virtually half price.
See sheep racing, sheepdog trials and sheep shearing at The Big Sheep. Two adults admitted to this award-winning attraction for £5.95.
Five day fully guided walking tour around central Scotland, the Highlands and the Borders reduced from £220 to £150.
Half price accommodation in Vale Hotel, Golf and Country Club, set in 400 acres of beautiful Welsh parkland. Now £70 per room per night.
Double rooms are just £38 per night at Dalziel Park Hotel, Golf and Country Club in Motherwell in Scotland. Also children go free and free golf.

6. SPORT
Save £25 on this two for the price of one offer at Discover Scuba at Dive Dorset Adventure Sports in Somerset.
Take a trip to football heaven. Get 2 tickets for the price of one at the National Football Museum in Preston and save £6.95.
Save £15 on this two for the price of one offer on sessions at Kartsport in Cambridge.
Discounted golfing break in Scotland. Up to 10 rounds of golf on any of the 21 courses in the area, plus 5 night’s bed and breakfast for just £240 per person.
Two people can experience a Taster Sessions at Wentworth Windsurfing School for just £33.
The UK Bungee Club offers two people the chance to bungee jump at a location close to them for the price of one jump.
Megabowl are offering one completely free game of tenpin bowling (worth £3.95) per person at 90 Megabowl centres throughout the country.
Save £11 on this two for the price of one offer for one lesson at South Wales Equestrian Centre.

 
  

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