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With the summer heat up and coming, vacationers are now looking for places where they can spend a few relaxing months with family and friends. People can’t wait to reserve a few months of rest and relaxation from their oh–so–tight schedules. But with the increasing cost of expenses and commodities today, people look for agencies where they can get discounted travel prices and a vacation package that’s way more than what they bargained for. Expedia, the leading travel agency, provides you with the most affordable prices that are already pre–packaged along with the flight fare, hotel accommodations, tours or cruises. These can also be taken individually, still at a discounted price. Not only that, your travels and reservations can be booked and reserved easily through their website. You can also scan any available destination that can easily fit your busy schedule.

Just recently, Expedia provided additional services like their tours. Now, you can choose amongst a variety of places where vacationers will have the opportunity to experience different food, cultures, sights, and many more. From the beautiful winding roads of Scotland to the beautiful beaches of the Bahamas, you can now go to these places with just a click of your mouse. Another feature that Expedia can provide you are the travel deals that they offer to some of the most visited places. You can book travels to Las Vegas and get 30% discounts in hotel accommodation. Or if you’re tired of the gambling and drinking in Sin City, a relaxing 2 nights at the beaches of Costa Rica, plus one more night for free, is more than just perfect for you. As these are limited to specific dates, travelers need to book their flight in accordance with the given dates of availability.

Expedia also includes other services for their customers like their travel insurance, in case any medical emergencies may occur. These may include prescribed medications, transportation, hospital appointments and other hospital fees while on travel. Aside from their pre–packaged deals, clients can also choose their own package deal. Included in some of their special offers, cars are provided for driving around the city and country.    Read more...

Welcome to The Co-operative Travel website.

The Co-operative Travel is part of the Europe’s largest consumer co-operative.  We operate over 400 high street travel agencies, a business travel operation, call centres, a specialist cruise operation and in excess of 600 travel homeworkers.  Our business has grown considerably over recent years to become a diverse multi-channel operation and we now take care of the travel arrangements for over two million passengers every year.

The Co-operative Travel offers more choice than any other travel agency and we offer the very best deals around at the lowest prices.  We are totally committed to providing open, honest and responsible advice to help holidaymakers make an informed choice on holidays that they book directly through us.

As a holidaymaker you can choose to book your whole holiday with us or just the bits that suit you best from a wide range of holidays including package holidays in the sun, tailor-made holidays, UK breaks, European city breaks, cruises, ski and coach holidays. What’s more you can choose to book holiday extras with us too and make big savings on car hire, airport parking, airport lounges, resort excursions, travel money, insurance and attraction passes.

The Co-operative Travel really can help you discover a world full of holidays.

Financial protection

We are full members of ABTA (the Association of British Travel Agents) and are also ATOL protected (Air Travel Organisers Licence) so you can rest assured that your travel arrangements will be secure with us.

Award winning team

At The Co-operative Travel, our knowledge and expertise is second to none.  Our award winning travel advisors are highly trained and always on hand to offer practical support and advice about the holidays and destinations we offer.  In 2008, 21 of our team of advisers won a number of prestigious industry awards.

What’s more our extensive retail branch network means that you’re never far from one of our travel advisers.

Ethical travel provider

In July 2008, The Co-operative Travel launched its new Ethical Strategy to underpin its core social and ethical goals.  We were the first major UK high street travel agent to offer customers the opportunity to offset their carbon emissions in our retail branches and virtually all our outlets are powered by renewable electricity.   As part of this strategy we also announced our intention not to support the development of a third runway at Heathrow and in principle, all other new runways in the UK.  Read more...

The travel agency business has changed considerably over the past few years with a shift in buyer behaviour from the High St travel agent shops to the web. 

With less interaction with potential customers, the need to ‘sell’ is now more important than ever when dealing with customers on the phone or via email.  With online booking facilities on a travel website, the sales person is now completely out of the loop in the potential transaction making online booking perhaps more conducive to simplistic products such as hotel only, flight only, low cost package holidays or any product with a low level of involvement.  

Creating a good first impression with your website is important as with most businesses and a design that is pleasing to the eye is paramount.  Secondly and equally as important is ease of use and ability to navigate without issue.  Users will very quickly move on to a competitor site when they cannot find what they are looking for and with the cost of customer acquisition extremely high, this is something that you really ought to spend some time getting right rather than having to re-look at several months down the line when poor conversions are achieved.

A common mistake when running an online business is to try to do it on a shoestring.  After all, a website is the new shop window.  So what is normally spent on the plethora of fixed and variable costs attributed to retail premises, should generally be redirected to web development and marketing.

Marketingbag ltd is an online marketing and web design services company with a specialism in travel marketing.  View our services at www.marketingbag.co.uk and contact us for an informal discussion on how we can help your new or existing travel agency business.

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You’ve been a camper for years. You know all about setting up a tent and sleeping outdoors. Now you want to expand your outdoor activities to include backpacking. All you need is a backpack; you can use the tent you already have, right? Well, maybe. And maybe not. What you want in a backpacking tent may be different from what you want in a camping tent.

If you’ve never backpacked before, chances are you drove right up to your campsites in the past. Your biggest concern in choosing a tent was probably size; you wanted plenty of room to move around and store your gear. You set it up and left it up for several days while you pursued your camping activities. On a backpacking trip, the tent is set up and packed away nearly every day. For a backpacking tent, you’ll still want to consider size, but also weight, style, and design.

Size. Backpacking tents come in smaller sizes. Are you backpacking alone, or are you sharing the tent with someone? A solo backpacker only needs a one-person tent, although many choose a two-person tent for the extra gear storage space. Two people can sleep in a two-person tent, but it’s a close fit. A tent for backpacking is designed with poles that break down into shorter lengths to take up less space in the backpack.

Weight. A car camper isn’t much concerned with the weight of the tent, but a backpacker will be carrying a tent for many miles. Ten pounds over a mile isn’t so bad; at the end of the tenth mile, however, that tent feels much heavier. Backpacker tents are designed to be as light as possible. A two-person tent should be no more than five or six pounds.

Style. Camping tents are almost always free-standing and used on a level surface created especially for camping, while backpacking tents can also be found in a non-free-standing design. These are usually smaller and lighter tents. The drawback is that when you are backpacking, you don’t always have a convenient, level spot for the tent. If the ground is too rocky for tent stakes, it is hard to erect a tent that does not stand by itself. A free-standing backpack tent is easier to use on a hard surface and can be moved around to the best spot even after it is set up.  Read more...

Our pets play an important role in our family. Many people consider their pets much like their children and as such include them on daily errand runs or vacations. With more and more people traveling by car with their pets, the need for pet travel tips has grown. At Honda of Greenville we want to make sure all of our customers (and their pets) arrive safely at each destination. The following tips will ensure the safety of your pet and others when you are out and about traveling.

Proper identification

South Carolina Honda dealerships remind drivers to keep make sure all pets have the proper identification and vaccination tags when traveling. Just as you carry driver and vehicle information in case you are in an accident, the same theory applies when your pet is away from home. Tags with owner information as well as current vaccinations can be a lifesaver (literally) if your family pet gets separated or is involved in an incident with strangers while on the road.

Pet carriers

Whether you opt for a pet crate or an appropriate restraint/harness system, always make sure your animal is confined while in the car. An animal free to roam about your vehicle creates a safety hazard for themselves as well as other occupants in the car.

Proper gear

To keep your animal safe at all times, make sure they are fitted with a collar and leash whenever getting in or out of the vehicle. Honda dealers recommend packing a small duffel bag or crate with other traveling gear such as water and food dishes, blankets and any other items your animal may need while en route or upon arriving at your destination.