Coach Holiday News

The soaring rate of the Euro has prompted a boost in domestic bookings for many holiday firms as travellers seek the best-value breaks.

Over-55s specialist Grand UK Holidays is well placed to take advantage of an increase in demand for British tours, because it has a wide domestic portfolio.

Grand UK Holidays sales director Harold Burke said: “Our escorted tours and self-drive holidays across the UK have always represented good value for money. But if people are concerned about the costs of dining and driving abroad, then there are plenty of scenic and historic destinations here on their doorstep which offer affordable holiday options.

“Our customers, being retired, are not tied into peak season or school holidays so they can take breaks when the prices are lower – saving them more money.”
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Under the Sea Change initiative the government has promised £45 million to help regenerate England’s once thriving seaside towns. The first resorts to be allocated funds were announced recently by the Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham. Blackpool, Dover and Torbay will be the first towns to receive up to £4 million of goverment funding through the scheme together with up to 12 other seaside towns who will also receive smaller grants this year.

The Sea Change programme will place culture at the heart of this regeneration by investing in public space, arts, cultural assets and heritage projects to bring a sense of pride, enjoyment and celebration.

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From 21st to 29th June 2008 Blackpool is the meeting place for veterans from all over the UK. Events held throughout the week are designed to entertain young and old and bring together Veterans of all ages.

Events include:

Military Exhibition and Flying Displays 21-22 June - Promenade
Spitfire, hurricane and hawk will display aerobatic skill, the RAF Falcons drop in, in graceful parachute formation and the Royal Marines recreate a spectacular amphibious attack on Blackpool’s beach.

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Coachholidays.com are pleased to announce that Excelsior Coaches will be working with us as we continue to offer our customers a wider choice of holidays.

Not all coach operators are the same. With 85 years of experience Excelsior Coaches provides the most modern air-conditioned fleet in the Southern region and is one of only 35 elite Coach Operators in the United Kingdom to be awarded by the Confederation of Passenger Transport prestigious Coach Marque.
 
The Confederation of Passenger Transport in accrediting Excelsior Coaches with this award recognised the organisation as “one of the highest quality coach service providers”.

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The Crusader Open day takes place on Saturday 8th March 2008 at their headquarters in Essex. Crusader will run a FREE coach from Croydon, Bromley and Orpington for any of our local customers who wish to visit this event. This not only offers you the opportunity to experience the luxury of travelling on a Crusader coach, but also gives you the chance to meet the Crusader team at their offices and workshops in Clacton-on-Sea.

Check out below what’s on offer!

Highlights of this annual event include:

• Tours of Crusader Holidays offices, workshop and garage facilities.
• Crusader’s new coaches will be on show plus vintage coaches and buses. You can go on board, chat to the drivers and ask our mechanics those technical questions you have always wanted to ask.
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Passengers’ Pulse Rates Monitored To Test Four Modes of Transport

In what is believed to be the first experiment of its type in the UK, Leger Holidays, in conjunction with leading travel trade publication TTG, has used digital monitors to test passengers travelling on four modes of transport to find out which offers the most and least stress-free travel.

Participants in the experiment, four female travel agents and their families, used digital blood pressure monitors to record their pulse rates in a diary every 30 minutes while travelling to Disneyland Resort Paris from the UK.

Findings show that, comparing the initial pre-journey reading, and then looking at each subsequent 30-minute reading, the mode of transport which showed the pulse rate decreasing most consistently hour-by-hour was coach. The indication being that the coach passenger was becoming more relaxed and less stressed than the other three passengers.

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