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Travel information for your visit to the UK
and Ireland
(see also our LINKS page
for Tourist Information and overseas accommodation agencies)
For
a list of visitor attractions in the area you wish to visit please click on
the appropriate area button: West
Country, Southern England,
South East, East of England, Central England, Wales, Northern
England, Scotland and Ireland
BANK
HOLIDAY DATES 2009
St Patrick's
Day, Ireland..................……...…
March 17
Easter
............................................……….… April 10-13
May Bank
Holiday ..............……………... May 4
Spring Bank Holiday .............…….....….…..
May 25
Bank
Holiday (Northern Ireland) .........……. July 13
August
Bank Holiday (Scotland/Ireland) ......
August 3
August Bank Holiday (others)
................…. August
31
Christmas ............................................….…. December 25-26
TELEPHONE
NUMBERS
Our contact numbers are for use in
the UK. If you are telephoning from abroad you need to prefix the
number with 00 44 and then omit the first 0 of the telephone number, eg.
01234 123456 would be 00 44 1234 123456
To telephone the Irish hosts from
outside Ireland prefix the number with 00 353 and omit the first 0 of the
telephone number, eg 012 34567 would be 00 353 12 34567
RATES
OF EXCHANGE
The prices on our website are pounds sterling in the UK and euro in Ireland.
For today's rates see RATE OF EXCHANGE
WEATHER FORECASTS
Get a 15 day weather forecast of the area you wish to visit at:
Accuweather
TRAVEL
MAPS
To help you plan your route from A to B use ROUTEFINDER
For detailed maps of a particular area see MULTIMAP
or STREETMAP
UK Pti UK public transport information, for
travel by rail, air, coach, bus, ferry, metro
INTERNATIONAL
TIME ZONES
To compare time differences please visit TIMEANDDATE.COM
CAR HIRE
There are a number of agencies. Contact them to find the best
deals. Some allow you to hire a car from one town and return it at
another. Some of the main agencies are:
EUROPCAR, NATIONAL CAR RENTAL, HERTZ, AVIS,
BUDGET, ALAMO CAR HIRE, CAR RENTALS, ARGUS CAR HIRE
NATIONAL CAR RENTAL,
(low cost discount car
rentals in IRELAND)
IRISH
CAR RENTALS (low cost car rentals in IRELAND)
CAR RENTALS IRELAND
(An independent car rental agent in IRELAND)
BUDGET CAR HIRE IRELAND for low
cost Irish car hire
5TH GEAR (Hire cars delivered to bed and breakfasts
around mainland UK, no need to go to a rental branch)
TIGER CAR RENTAL Low cost
car hire provided only by the leading car rental companies in their
particular country.
GLOBAL AUTO RENTALS
will search for the best offers from leading car rental partners
SIMPLE AUTO RENTALS
Budget car rental from over 4000 locations worldwide including one way car
rental and online booking reservations
AIR TRAVEL
These are the major airports in the UK and Ireland:
Airport Parking
Discount Travel Airport parking information, availability
and prices with secure online booking, tickets and directions. Parking at 21 UK airports including Gatwick, Heathrow Stansted and Manchester
UK Airport Parking Secure and friendly
service for airport parking at great prices.
Help
Me Park Gatwick Airport meet and greet parking to the North and
South Terminals. Secure, valet parking service with fully insured mature
drivers.
Purpleparking Park
& Ride or Meet & Greet secure airport parking across the UK
Help Me Travel
Compare the UK’s cheapest airport parking including on-site airport car parking, meet and greet airport car
parking, and shuttle transfer airport car parking.
Totallyairports You fly, we
drive. Securely pre-book a car to take
you to or from the airport
Manchester Airport
Parking Cheap Manchester airport
information and car parking for parking with hotels at Manchester airport UK.
For a list of bed and breakfast
homes near airports please click here.
There are a number of airlines flying to the UK and Ireland from all over the
world and some also have internal flights for travel within the country.
These include:
BRITISH AIRWAYS, AIR CANADA, QUANTAS, RYANAIR,
BRITISH MIDLAND, AMERICAN AIRLINES, KLM,
IBERIA, SOUTH AFRICAN AIRLINE
CHEAPOAIR!
Cheap flights to all tourism destinations of the world
ROUTEHUNTER.COM
More than 15,000 routes, 700 airports and 150 low cost airlines ready to
browse00
0 RAIL TRAVEL
There is a railway network all over the UK. Look at THE OFFICIAL UK
RAILWAYS WEB SITE for routes, fares and timetables.
THE TRAINLINE is the easy way to buy train tickets online
There are special rates for travel booked in advance and Britrail Passes, Rover Tickets are
available at discounted rates for International Travellers.
For details about rail travel between England and Paris/Brussels visit EUROTUNNEL
BRITAIN ON TRACK is the top provider of British Rail products to the North Amercian and
world market
Many of our homes are near railway stations but if you do not have your own
transport ask before booking.
COACH
TRAVEL
Travelling by coach has become a more economical way of seeing the
country with some very good deals about. Please check on the day of
travel and time to find current offers. NATIONAL EXPRESS covers many
areas in the UK.
FERRY
TRAVEL
For a list of bed and breakfast homes near ferryports please click here
There are ferry services to many ports in the UK and Ireland. The
major ones are covered by BRITTANY
FERRIES, P & O, SEAFRANCE
HOLIDAY
INSURANCE
Columbus
Direct Low cost
travel insurance from a leading specialist
Trip Medical Insurance offers affordable, low cost Medical Travel Insurance from companies
you can depend upon
Travelersmed.com offers a wide selection of travel insurance companies so that you can
compare and buy direct on-line
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