We get asked this abit and it can be a bit annoying when you have to pay a full adult price for a package holiday for your child. However there tends to be a reason! If you are looking at a packaged holidays flying with a scheduled airline like British Airways or Thai Airways for say 2 adults and a child and the child is aged 11 and under then you tend to find that the airline will offer a child discount. Most hotels and resorts charge per room and not per person and will let a child share the same room as the adults, for free. So when the package is put together you will get 2 adult prices and 1 child price. However if say only 1 adult and 1 child is travelling then the airlines should still offer a child reduction, but the cost of the room would still be divided by 2 so in this instance the child price will be higher than 2 adult and 1 child sharing. If you holiday is based on a charter flight, say something like Thomas Cook or Thomson airlines th...

AIR PASSENGER DUTY (APD) has risen by 8%, as announced by the government in the Autumn Statement last year. For short-haul flights, the tax has increased from £12 to £13. For long-haul flights of more than 4,000 miles, it has gone up from £85 to £92. In light of the increase, airlines called on the Treasury to review the impact on "hard working families". A Treasury minister said the majority of passengers will only pay an extra £1 as a result of the rise. The changes in APD will also see it extended to private business jets for the first time. 'Tax review' In a joint statement the bosses of Easyjet, British Airways owner IAG, Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic said the increase would "hit millions of hard-working families and damage the wider economy". "We urge [Chancellor] George Osborne to make APD the first tax to be examined under the Treasury's new review of the wider impacts of taxation on the economy," they said. They added t...

Hi all, Blimey another week has gone already and yep....another newsletter, check it out: http://www.escapeworldwide.co.uk/newsletter/offers/Sep10c2.html You can see some of the great holidays we have! Been a busy week here at Escape Worldwide  as we prepare for the Wanstead Festival. Wanstead is a charming part of East London where we are based and every year they have a great Festival, this year it's on Sunday 19th September. This year we have a stall and will be promoting some of the great holidays we have to offer including some great Kenya & Tanzania Safaris , Cuba Holidays , Thailand and Malaysia Holidays  and some great Egypt Holidays . If you are in the area, why not pop by and say hi, myself (Darren), Karen, Mark and Natalie will be on hand all day to chat through holiday ideas, most of which we all have been to. The festival starts at 11am on Christchurch Green in Wanstead.........see you there! Happy travelling! Darren

Hi fellow travellers, This week Escape Worldwide  has some great holiday ideas to Taba in Egypt, Zanzibar in Tanzania and Bali. http://www.escapeworldwide.co.uk/newsletter/offers/Aug10a2.html Firstly one of my favorite places, Zanzibar has to have some of the most amazing beaches in the world and also some great hotels. We're looking at twin centre options this week, firstly a week at the relaxing Pongwe Beach Resort  where you can kick back, do absolutely nothing and just enjoy the great level of service this lovely little hotel offers! Then head to the lively Neptune Pwani Beach Resort  which offers a great all inclusive package and also, large stylish rooms and a great range of watersports. Or how awbout Bali , we have a great offer to the 4* Mercure Sanur , 10 nights for only £819 per person, a bargain to this tropical paradise. We have tons of holiday ideas, so give us a call 020 8989 0970! Happy travelling! Darren http://www.escapeworldwide.c...

Hi All, Escape Worldwide has moved offices: Escape Worldwide 21 Cambridge Park Wanstead London E11 2PU T: 020 8989 0970 F: 020 8989 2345 W: http://www.escapeworldwide.co.uk http://www.escapeworldwide.co.uk/newsletter/special/moving2.html

Hi all, We have some great holiday offers to Pattaya in Thailand, Cairo in Egypt and a great tour of Vietnam this week. Check them out: http://www.escapeworldwide.co.uk/newsletter/offers/Sep09b2.html I was fortunate enough to go to Vietnam last year and it is a truly amazing place. The people are so open and friendly, which is surprising considering their checkered history. The food is great and there is so much to see and do. I loved Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), it's a mad place with motorcycles all over the place and it is a true challenge just to cross the road! Cairo is another great place and when I came up to the Pyramids at Giza was pleasantly surprise to see that they didn't disappoint ! Happy travelling! Darren

Karen recently went to San Francisco with British Airways on a work educational (someone has to!) and flew out in Business Class and back in First Class, to fully test their in-flight service. “I’ve seen quite a bit of the world since I started working at Escape Worldwide, but never flown in any class other than economy, so this was a completely new experience and one I thoroughly enjoyed, as you can imagine! The difference between Economy and Business Class is very impressive, and I can now appreciate why people are willing to pay quite a lot of money for it - the main difference being the fact you can get a decent night’s sleep! There are about 20 seats in Club World (British Airway’s Business Class service) in pairs which are next to each other, but the two people are facing each other. There’s a screen in between the two seats if you wish to put this up for extra privacy – personally, my neighbour was such a pleasure to chat to that I didn’t feel the need for the extra privacy! The...

Darren recently spent five nights in the Maldives, hopping between islands to check out the facilities on offer, and generally doing very little in the Indian Ocean sun – he’d call it hard work but we know better! “I’d be the first to admit that the Maldives isn’t the kind of destination I’d normally go for, as I tend to like getting out and about, exploring local places and eating in different restaurants when I’m on holiday. However, after a few days here, I’m smitten! I’m amazed just how easy I found it to do absolutely nothing, and I’m already planning a return trip. Take somewhere like Kuramathi Island, for example – three resorts on one island stretching over 2 kilometres, with some shared facilities and enough going on to keep me entertained, but plenty of space to chill out. After a leisurely breakfast we set off to the tip of the island, not really realising that we’d be covering the entire 2 km to get there! At the tip of the island is a sand bar that stretches off in to the ...