Tips and deals of the week: 30/01/2011
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Your support makes all the difference.Cut-price Family & Friends Railcard
Get 25 per cent off a Family & Friends Railcard until 4 March. The cost of the price-cutting pass, on which up to four adults and four children can travel at one time, is being reduced from £26 to £19.50.
Available only online, go to familyandfriends-railcard.co.uk/now
Save half on a break to York
Best Western Hotels is offering two-night stays for two in York for less than £200 at four hotels in the city. Plus the deal includes breakfast and dinner.
Go to bestwestern.co.uk
Half-term savings on car hire for skiers
Carrentals.co.uk is offering money off car hire at ski destinations for the forthcoming February half-term break. Prices start at £7 per day out of Sofia airport, with hire out of Salzburg at a competitive £20 per day.
The sleepover
Sleep under the night sky in one of the new Carré d'Etoiles, or star-gazing cabins, being offered by Canvas Holidays at selected sites.
Go to canvasholidays.co.uk
The camera
See the new Flip UltraHD – 25 per cent slimmer, films at 50 frames per second, with a removable battery pack. Price £159.99.
Go to theflip.com
The route
CityJet has launched a new route to Florence from London City Airport. It will also add flights to the French towns of Avignon and Toulon to its schedule from 27 May.
Go to cityjet.com
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