Britain on the Cheap

Golfers may want to keep rooting for England in the World Cup—as long as the Three Lions stay in contention, Your Golf Travel.com will offer £175/$260 worth of vouchers to their clients. The online golf retailer will give customers a £25/$37 World Cup voucher to use on their next UK golf holiday, plus £50/$74 off [...]

Another great tribute for Britain on the Cheap! We’re very grateful to a US Airways magazine reader who recommended Britainonthecheap.com. Editor Lance Elko writes in the April issue, “It’s a good site, but we think the name doesn’t do it justice. ‘Cheap” isn’t quite right. The site touts promotions, such as special deals on cottage [...]

Super thanks to British Heritage magazine for spotlighting Britain on the Cheap.com in its May “Sites for the Savvy” column: “Britain on the cheap.com: Cheap and cheerful guide to British travel deals.” BOTC is in heady company, with links to such sites as Prince Charles’ initiative to save the village pub, Visit Britain and the [...]

VisitBritain has ramped up its online shop, with new products, including tours in London and around the countryside. There’s also the London Travelcard for unlimited travel on the London Underground. Save 15% off the London Eye after 5 p.m. and 15% off the London Eye River Cruise until June 30. Looking for more ways to [...]

Can you bear a bit of suspense when you book your hotel room? If you’re game, Superbreak has more than 250 offers on sale in 100 destinations with prices from $29/£17.50 pp per night. Just choose a destination and hotel star rating and you’ll learn the name of the hotel on your booking confirmation. Deals [...]

Feeling lucky? Octopus Travel, an online hotel retailer, is giving a full refund on every 10th eligible booking between now and Feb. 19. Book and take your chances of being the lucky No. 10. Customers must check out by Feb. 20.

Want to book a hotel on the go? Superbreak iPhone application is a free download from iTunes with Superbreak’s 7,000 UK and European hotels. You can book through the app as you would on the web: by date, location, or specific hotel name. You can also search hotels using geo-code technology, to find one with [...]

Save up to 47% over the holidays in a serviced apartment from SACO, with flats in 13 towns and cities across the UK. Prices start at $115/£69 per night from Dec. 18-30. In Bristol, a one-bed apartment, sleeping two, is reduced to $115/£69 per night, down from $211/£130, saving $102/£61.00. In London, a two-bed apartment, [...]

Holiday homeowners who list their properties on the new pureholidayhomes.com website before Nov. 30 will receive their first year’s subscription free. The new holiday home rental portal from PURE Holdings will feature property swapping among owners and auctions for last-minute deals for self-catering properties around the world.

Have you ever yearned to own Sissinghurst Castle Garden or even Snowdonia National Park? It’s all within your grasp with the new National Trust Monopoly, the first charity version of the famous game. The Royal Oak Foundation is selling them for $100, and half of that is a tax-deductible gift to the foundation.