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What are you pre-pairing to do for the August Bank holiday? The usual lazing around, getting drunk and using the extra day for yet another abysmal hangover? Why not actually do something worthwhile with your time off and do something you’re just a little bit proud ay? Mountain biking in Wales has been a well liked past time for many years now due to the beautiful green rolling valleys that Wales is more than famous for. There is nothing better than cycling through the amazing welsh countryside and being surrounded by all that immense natural beauty and splendor. For the more active amongst you there are many tracks around Mount Snowdon that will see you putting your ultimate mountain biking skills to the test. However be warned this really is for the more professional mountain bikers due to the steep drops and winding little roads on the mountains face, so amateurs beware!

King Arthur and Merlin are legendary chaps around the amazing towns of Wales. We all loved and grew up with the wonderful tales of ole King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, so why not come to Wales this bank holiday and re live the legends yourself! As a prompt for all those of you who are a little rusty with your mythology, the famous Excalibur tales are associated with the Welsh towns of Pembrokeshire and Snowdon where some of King Arthur’s most legendary battles apparently took place. Mount Snowdon is where this mythical King actually met his end whilst battling a fearious dragon named Gaul. Excalibur is the mighty sword that King Arthur used to slay many a foe, and is of course the sword the young boy pulls from the old King Arthur rock which helps him to become king of the whole of England and Wales.

So come and take advantage of all the amazing Special offer breaks in Wales.

Media outlets are claiming that the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton has caused a holiday boost at UK Travel Agents. Of course, many are relishing the opportunity to link the exodus with a massive outpouring of dislike for the event. Having the days off, regardless of what they’re in aid of seems to suit everyone, at any rate.

Price Savvy UK tourists will be looking out for Maldives All Inclusive because of a parade of bank holidays on the 22nd, 25th, 29th (of April) and the following 2nd of May. Bank holidays are obviously beneficial to those in employment, because the three day working week of the 25th of April will be all that comes out of their annual leave if they decide to go on holiday. An estimated two million Britons are expected to go abroad this easter. Though Easter is usually a high volume period anyway, this number is definitely greater than usual.

However, it would seem that people’s readiness to travel abroad is in some way a sign of apathy towards the event. Meanwhile, the truly patriotic will line the streets and hole up in the bars, giving UK tourism a much needed boost. But is it really necessary to be in the UK to see the wedding? Even compared to Charles and Diana’s wedding, coverage will be on a quite frightening scale. You may be on the beach letting the days go by on your All Inclusive Sri Lanka Holidays or ascending Table Mountain. The wedding will be plastered over every TV station and clogging up every on demand internet video service.

In fact, heading abroad may not even be the best bet for those trying to ouright escape And when it comes to royal weddings, ‘abroad’ is the last place you want to be. All you’re going to see on Foreign news reports are streets full of clapping Royalists, misrepresenting your enthusiasm for the event. Everywhere, your British accent detected and pounced upon. Expect to be congratulated for having allowed the creation of a union you have no interest in. Worse still, the honeymoon may well bring the couple to you. Goodbye peace and quiet on your All Inclusive Mauritius if the itinerary is suddenly revealed to take in those sandy shores.

The recent budget in the United Kingdom failed to set markets alight with its conservative measures. But for nations like the Caribbean, some of the investigations launched by the budget will be promising signs of reform to come. Specifically, the UK Government has frozen Air passenger duty, promising to look more closely at duty measures currently in place. In November, the June budget came into effect, pushing up the cost of a holiday by the British to the Caribbean to an unprecedented level. The price increase was immediately contentious because the British nationals contribute a significant amount to a wider Caribbean economy that is ultimately based around tourism.

Not only is tax increasing, but the classification bands that govern them make a disputed level of sense, with plenty of quirks and anomalies. Picking All inclusive Caribbean holidays incurs more air tax than a trip out to California, despite the thousands of miles further you must go to get there. According to George Osbourne’s budget, such anomalies will be reconsidered and ironed out, but it is unclear in whose favour they will be repriced. Air passenger duty will also be levelled at passengers of private jets, possibly bringing in extra money to reverse previously costly changes.

A large number of UK tourists to the Caribbean have Caribbean heritage, but there is also simply well established tourist market there. Any help they can get will be needed in a year when many UK residents are expected to avoid expensive holidays. Better than risking all inclusive holidays to Barbados, British holidaymakers are expected to be looking closer to home this year. They may also rely on ‘staycationing’ holidaying within the UK and attending UK attractions. Increasing VAT and a generally rising cost of leaving has lead to this stay at home attitude: cuts have to come from somewhere.

Or perhaps that’s how it should be: in the real world, such Luxury holidays markets have suffered little. But new markets like Dubai and the far east have been making the real money with competitive pricing, whilst places like the Caribbean have floundered. With last November’s hurricane season causing a not atypical amount of damage, the Caribbean economy has had to recover from global recession with competitors and foreign impositions besieging them. A mere freeze on policy won’t turn things around, even if it helps: the Caribbean hopes for a total U-Turn on November’s duty.