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bmiBaby Winter Sale: Up To 1/3 Off All Flights

It’s winter-time – which makes it ski season and time to head for the slopes…

And budgeting backpackers are in luck: UK airline bmibaby is offering cash-strapped travellers discounted flights for selected routes.

Heck, even if you think heading for the snow (when it’s already freezing outside) is a rather daft notion and prefer to head where the sun still shines, you can take advantage of the special.

From now until midnight Tuesday (11 Nov ’08) get up to 1/3 off all bmibaby flights to the airline’s Mediterranean winter sun and ski destinations.

That’s a fair whack, so get to it!

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Adventure Travel and Backpackers Expo comes to Sydney and Brisbane

The annual Adventure Travel and Backpackers Expo is coming to Sydney in just over a week’s time.

During the expo, backpackers and other independent travellers can listen to informed travel talks and seek advice from over 200 exhibitors, as well as take advantage of fantastic travel specials.

There are loads of awesome prizes to be won, including a return flight to the UK, an A$2000 Travel Voucher from STA Travel and many many more (just for being there!).

The Sydney Expo runs from 15-16 November 2008 at the Exhibition & Convention Centre (Darling Harbour) and then moves to Brisbane, where it will be on from 22-23 November 2008 at that city’s Exhibition and Convention Centre.

Tickets cost A$7 at the door, but you can get a 2-for-1 entry on the expo website.

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Cheap Australian airfares for backpackers with Virgin Blue

Get up and GO with discount fares from Australian airline Virgin Blue.

The budget carrier is offering backpackers and other independent travellers the opportunity to travel around the country at discounted rates between 19 November and 15 December 2008.

But, to take advantage of this special offer, you’ll need to book before midnight tonight, so get on over to Virgin Blue, and look for the ‘Go! Fares’ before they’re all toast.

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
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Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Liverpool Music Week kicks off

Liverpool Music Week is the UK’s largest indoor winter music festival – staging events across 20+ venues throughout Liverpool city centre, with a combination of ticketed shows and a massive agenda of free events featuring every musical genre imaginable.

Attracting the UK’s biggest musical artistes to the city and offering fresh and emerging new talent a platform to perform, this year LMW has partnered with MTV, to coincide with the MTV Europe Music Awards, which will be staged in Liverpool as part of the city’s European Capital of Culture celebrations

The event has attracted some of the UK’s biggest live acts, as well as becoming a platform for new emerging talent set to become the stars of tomorrow, breakthrough artistes such as The Wombats, Hot Club De Paris, and The Rascals alongside the likes of Kaiser Chiefs and The Chemical Brothers, to name but a few.

The event has just kicked off in Liverpool, and will run through to the 6th of November.

For more info, and to find out about the free shows, visit the event website.

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
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Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Yet more low airfares for backpackers in Ryan Air’s 1 million seat for £1 sale

European low cost airline Ryan Air is at the sale game again.

This time, the airline, which operates primarily around Europe, but also connects Europe with selected North African and Middle Eastern cities, is offering backpackers one million seats for only £1, one-way.

The offer applies to travel during November, December and January, except during applicable blackout periods (school holidays, major events, etc).

So, if you’re looking for a quick, cheap way to get from Birmingham to Barcelona, for example, Ryan Air might just be the place to find your ticket (just make sure you can get a cheap one coming back… or your budget might yet be stretched).

Book before midnight on Thursday (tomorrow).

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
RTW flights – book your round-the-world flights at backpacking prices!
Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Create a Caption and win a trip to South Africa

Calling all Australians looking for an excuse to visit sunny South Africa! South African Tourism is running a caption competition with a fabulous prize: a free trip for two to South Africa, with 8 nights’ free accommodation.

Stay in Johannesburg for 2 nights in a four star hotel and experience this vibrant city along with the historic township of Soweto.

Tour the panorama route stopping at historic towns and taking in spectacular vista’s such as God’s Window and the Blyde River Canyon.

The highlight will be your 4 night luxury safari at Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve. Stay in 5 star luxury accommodation, 2 nights at Bush Lodge and 2 nights at Selati Lodge.

Enjoy exceptional cuisine and world class game viewing in an open top vehicle in the Sabi Sands reserve.

Prize includes return economy airfares with Qantas, all accommodation tours and transfers.

All you have to do to enter is to register, and then create a caption for this week’s provided photo. The best caption wins.

But, there’s not too much time left. The competition closes in a few days (31 October 2008), so get yourself over here to register, and then login to enter your caption here.

Competition only open to Australian citizens.

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Get your earlybird tickets for the Glade Festival 2009!

Glade Festival 2009 isn’t exactly around the corner (being a July festival), but earlybirds can get tickets at a bit of a discount (and we know backpackers love their discounts).

With huge excitement the UK’s leading electronic music festival is back in 2009 with loads of new concepts, ideas, music and art which is all sure to set a new standard.

We’re delighted to be able to offer a limited amount of tickets on early release. We have 1000 tickets at a reduced price of £115 (+booking fee).

For more information on the festival, visit their website (when it comes out of ‘under construction’ hibernation).

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Discover Britain for only £3 a pop with National Express’s autumn fares

The UK’s National Express is offering backpackers and other similarly cash-strapped travellers the opportunity to book coach tickets for only £3 a shot!

The national coach service is offering 40,000 of these crazy-price tickets on selected routes (one-way) for travel from now until 30 November 2008, and they’re likely to go rather fast. Being one-way tickets, don’t forget to check what the return ticket’s going to cost, or just keep going…

So, if you fancy a bit of an exploratory mission around Britain for next to nothing, get yourself to the National Express website now and snap up some tickets before somebody else does!

PS. Terms and conditions apply (naturally).

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
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Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Celebrate New Year early with the EasyJet flights sale!

Orange-emblazoned Easy Jet is celebrating 2009 early by giving backpackers up to 25% off every seat, every route, every day on flights from 1 January up to 28 March 2009.

The budget airline’s extensive route network connects various European and North African destinations – they even fly to the Middle East!

This special offer ends at midnight on Tuesday 21 October 2008.

Travel resources backpackers might find useful:
Book hostels – book a hostel at thousands of locations around the world.
RTW flights – book your round-the-world flights at backpacking prices!
Travel Insurance – instant, cheap travel insurance for backpackers

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Snowbombing 2009: 7 days of musical misbehaviour and snow-capped adventures

Snowbombing: it is, as the name might have hinted at, a winter event and it’ll be taking place next year for the 10th time in an idyllic Austrian village in the valley of Mayrhofen.

Those who get their ski kit in gear can look forward to seven days of “musical misbehaviour and snow-capped adventures” from Sunday 29th March right the way through to Sunday 4th April 2009.

If you’re wondering why you should think about going, you probably haven’t been yet but here’s a taster of what you can expect at Snowbombing 2009:

The frosty fiesta is like no other on the planet and you can look forward to 3 iconic igloo parties at the top of the mountains in the middle of night with 300 like minded ravers, a fancy dress street party hosted by The Cuban Brothers, the hidden forest clearing which last year played host to an event defining set from Madness, or the back country party in the forgotten valley that can be found through a wild forest, past the waterfall and across the snowfields where a 200 year old wooden farmstead plays host to a traditional and unforgettable night of Austrian food, drink and games.

So, if fun-filled frostiness sounds like your cup of hot-buttered rum, then etch it into your diary – March really truly ain’t that far away.

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