Britain on the Cheap

The BritRail Winter Offer is on. Save 20% on your train pass when you travel from Nov. 1-Feb. 28. The BritRail London Plus Pass, for instance, is now $125; it zsooms around London and offers an all-access pass to the whole of Southeast England. The BritRail England Flexi Pass is now $185, for flexible train [...]

Would you love to train in a British Airways flight simulator with a real BA pilot? Put on your thinking cap—you might just win this fabulous prize, including a trip to London. For those of us outside the capital, the prize offers flights to London and four nights at The Park Plaza, Victoria, London.   [...]

Sta Travel is offering students and travelers under 26 cheap flights to England and Scotland on a number of airlines, including British Airways, American Airlines, United and Continental.    

Britain On Track is back with its annual BritRail Pass Free Rail Day for Americans and Canadians traveling in Britain. Buy a BritRail pass before April 29 and you’ll receive an extra day of travel for free. The promotion is good on Britain On Track’s most popular BritRail passes, including the BritRail FlexiPass, BritRail Consecutive [...]

BritRail has caught Royal Wedding fever, and is offering a free travel day on select BritRail passes in honor of the nuptials. The Royal Gift extra travel day is good on the BritRail FlexiPass, BritRail Consecutive Pass, BritRail England FlexiPass and BritRail England Consecutive Pass, in either first or standard class. Buy your pass today [...]

Latitude Festiva tickets are on sale now, and Wicked Campers is planning for the show. Latitude will run July 14-17 in Suffolk, with The National, Paolo Nutini and Suede on stage, plus elements of theater, art, comedy, cabaret, poetry, politics, dance and literature. An automatic Wicked Camper, with a sink, tap, cool box, crockery, cutlery, [...]

Walkers will have a rare opportunity to walk across the famous Knucklas railway viaduct near the Welsh border town of Knighton on the morning of Sunday, April 10. For £10/$16, including a numbered souvenir ticket, 150 walkers will walk 75 feet in the air along the 190-yard length of the span. Knucklas stone viaduct was [...]

Save 70% with Wicked Campers now until March 14, with any size Toyota campervan for a weekend rental from London for £60/$95. A two-seater or multi-seater van seats up to five: pickup is from London Friday and drop off is Sunday. The price includes insurance for two drivers aged 21 or older for travel in [...]

Don’t let London’s Heathrow airport, now with five terminals, overwhelm you. Heathrow Parking has a quick comparison engine that helps you find the best deal at 38 Heathrow car parks, plus airport lounges and nearby hotels. Or are you using Stansted, the UK’s fourth busiest airport? Just click Stansted Parking and compare. The best airport [...]

Enjoy a free night at the posh Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh when you book a two-night itinerary aboard The Royal Scotsman train in 2011. The Orient-Express train is like is an Edwardian country house hotel on rails, with luxury en-suite cabins. Or get three nights for the price of two or four nights for three [...]