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Oasis tour hotels, free Glasto tickets and the best Ryanair bag yet?! 🎒
If you also hate seeing hotel prices rocket when there’s a big event on, you’ll love our top tips to swerve them 🫡
Chelsea Dickenson
August 30, 2024
Your must read travel round up ☀️
Hello from a very rainy Paris - you’ll find out why I’m here in a moment!!
I hope you’ve had a fantastic summer wherever you are, and that you’ve managed to squeeze a cheeky little holiday in there. James and I are just back from a trip to Estonia, one of the destinations you voted for in our last poll 👀
And the whole reason we chose it was because I found a BARGAINOUS deal on our SUITE which you may have already seen on my Instagram; it’s the first time I’ve booked a room with its very own private sauna. We also stayed at the really cool Iglupark, took a ferry over to Helsinki to see friends and ended up in the Estonian beach city of Pärnu. It was great!
What’s coming up in this edition?
This week we’ve got some advice for music buffs – if you’re looking to attend an Oasis reunion gig or bag a ticket for Glasto, have a read of our money-saving tips. We’ve also been looking at hand luggage again – yes we can’t help it! – and took Primark’s new viral trolley bag for a spin.
Another day, another cabin bag contender…
Music fans, we got you!🎸
If you’re a die-hard fan who travels to watch your favourite band, you’ll know a good chunk of your budget goes on accommodation.
With Oasis’ reunion tour just announced, there’s already a rush on people booking hotel rooms and that means some OUTRAGEOUS price hikes on booking platforms. We’re here to help you find something within your budget, plus for anyone looking ahead to Glastonbury 2025, we’ve got some ideas for how you could save on the cost of entry… by 100% 😂
 Top tips for finding a hotel for the Oasis reunion tour Read our tips for bagging a cheap hotel room when your destination is booked and busy. These tips aren’t just helpful for Oasis! |  10 ways to get a free Glastonbury ticket If the price of a Glasto ticket is a bit steep for you, there are a bunch of ways you can get in for free! But you’ll need to start planning soon. |
Viral vacay 📲
Where we track down the accommodation that’s gone viral, find out how much it actually costs and if needs be, suggest a cheaper alternative 🕵️♀️
 | What is it? How viral? How much? Cheaper alternative? James and I recently stayed on this super-cool Boeing 727 just outside Bristol. Prices range from £250 - £450 a night and you can check out our stay of it here! Cheaper still? |
Seen a viral video you want me to do this for? Reply with it to this email! 📧
The hand luggage chronicles – continued 🎒
Now you know how much I love squishing a bag into a baggage sizer… and hand luggage is always a hot topic, thanks to the different allowances on different airlines and what seems like an endless stream of Mary Poppins’-style bags hitting the market. I recently took Primark’s newest wheelie offering for a spin on our trip to Estonia.
 New Primark wheelie bag Did I successfully board my Wizz Air flight with this teeny wheelie in tow? And did it fit in Ryanair and easyJet too? |  Our top hand luggage picks Browse the best bags for your upcoming flight - be that Ryanair, easyJet or Wizz Air! These are some of our faves. |
My deal of the week
If you’ve watched the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris and got serious FOMO, then I am here to tell you that you can still get tickets!
And how do I know? Well, I’m here right now testing it out!!
The official Paris 2024 website has a whole range of paralympic tickets still on sale. You can get tickets to individual events from just €15, from canoeing and powerlifting to swimming and athletics, or there are even Discovery Passes still available on 2 and 3 September that let you watch a whole day of a range of sports for €24!
That’s what I’m doing!
Where are the team off to next?!
Merowe: I’m preparing to travel Ghana soon! I can’t wait to hit the beaches, taste all the amazing food and maybe even learn how to surf, eek!
Chelsea: Well I’m currently on my next trip - in Paris watching the Paralympics!! But yes, I can confirm that there’s a budget twist and I may already be slightly regretting it 😂
Anna: Next month I'm off on a Greek island-hopping adventure, packing bikinis, sun cream, and travel sickness tablets 👀
Say hello to Joe our new Video Proudcer!
Joe: I can't wait to say Goodbye summer, hello ski season! as I'm saving up for a trip to the Alps next year. In the meantime, I'm excited for an Airbnb stay in Morpeth before I drag my sweaty legs around this year's Great North Run.
Katie: In a few weeks I am off to the Stockholm archipelago for a factory reset! I can’t wait to switch off, spot some moose and take a dip in the sea.
James: We’ve just booked South Korea for later this year! But I need to start mentally preparing to sit in economy for 14 hours straight (Chelsea edit: you let a man fly business class once, and this is what he’s like 😆)
One last thing!
Before we wrap things up this week, I’d love to ask a favour from you!
I’ve been nominated as bCreator’s ‘Travel Creator of the Year’ and the vote closes on Sat 31st Aug at 11:59PM so if you have a spare moment, it would mean loads if you could vote for me!
How to vote:
1️⃣ Visit this link: https://www.bcreator.co.uk/awards/
2️⃣ Scroll down and enter your email and click next
3️⃣ Vote in Creator Marketing Shortlist - or if you don’t know who to vote for, scroll down and click next
4️⃣ Vote in Industry Shortlist - or if you don’t know who to vote for, scroll down and click next
5️⃣ Vote in Creator Shortlist - I’m under ‘Travel bCreator of the Year’ as ‘Chelsea @cheapholidayexp’
THANK YOU!
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Speak to you soon!
Chelsea x
Before the rain came out to play!
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