One minute you’re sipping a glass of something chilled without a care in the world. Then you realise all those problems you promised you’d deal with ‘after the holiday’ are there waiting for you.
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Half of sun-seeking Britons get sunburnt each year despite skin cancer risks
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Nearly half of Britons got sunburnt this summer and many would be willing to risk it again in their search for a tan, a survey suggested today.
Middle-classes taking children on holiday in term time fuels rise in truancy rate
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Children miss nearly 1.4million school days in a single term due to family holidays as parents ignore threat of penalty fines to escape peak-time price hikes.
Revealed: How ∏A = gUG + min(k – g, (1 – g)(1 – r)) will bag you the cheapest holiday flights
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Now a study led by a Japanese economist has calculated that the optimum time to book an airline ticket is eight weeks before the travel date. Also, do it in the afternoon rather than the morning to get the best deal.
Grandparents are ‘unpaid nannies’ on family holidays
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Grown-ups are increasingly calling on their own parents to look after their children, including during trips abroad, leading to a rise in ‘three-generational’ summer holidays.
NatWest blocked cancer sufferer’s cash
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010They call themselves the helpful bank. But NatWest bosses made a mockery of their advertising slogan by their treatment of a woman with terminal cancer.
Speeding British tourists face on-the-spot fines on the Costas as Spanish police get tough
Friday, August 20th, 2010The Spanish Costas are introducing fixed cameras with high-tech devices to alert the nearest police car when foreign drivers are speeding so they can chase them down and issue an on-the-spot fine.
A million passengers to endure summer of misery as six UK airports face being paralysed by strikes
Friday, August 13th, 2010The walkout by firefighters, security staff and engineers is expected to shut most of the country’s major airports, possibly during the bank holiday weekend later this month.
