Renting your apartment or house out to travellers can be a great way to earn money! The newest holiday home rental website on the scene is “Wimdu”, an innovative service which links holidaymakers with hosts. From the point of view of the traveller, there are three types of holiday letting – a shared room, meaning sharing a bedroom (but not a bed!) with the host or other travellers, a private room and finally a whole space which is where you get the whole property for the duration of the rental.

Wimdu – Your perfect holiday accommodation is just a few clicks away, Wimdu lists thousands of holiday rental rooms and homes for every budget and destination with reviews and photos. List with Wimdu and earn from your empty spaces!

From the hosts perspective, Wimdu offers a very low cost way to earn money on their property. There is no listing charge and only a small percentage charge is made for each confirmed booking.

Wimdu is a worldwide holiday letting service – so long as the property can be found on a Google map, it can be listed on the website.

Airport Car Parking can turn out to be quite an expensive “hidden-cost” when taking a flight for a holiday or business trip. Airports have come under criticism for high parking charges but claim they have to find extra revenue to meet the ever increasing costs of running an airport. The most expensive airport car parks are the on airport car parks nearest to the passenger terminals.

According to recent analysis by EuroParking.co.uk, if you “turn up and pay” and choose one of the on-airport car parks, particuarly at a busy and business focused airport such as Heathrow you can pay as much as £100 over the odds for a one week stay. Even if you are intending to book online before the day of departure, don’t delay because, it has been known for airport car parks to get full even a couple of months before peak dates such as Easter and the school summer holidays.

Tip : Use this Holiday Extras Voucher Code page (bookmark it) to take advantage of extra savings, after all why pay more for the same parking space ?

Cheaper Airport Parking

Your best bet when looking to save money on airport parking is to book in advance, online. For the best deals use an off airport parking facility. The only drawback with those is that you have to wait for a shuttle bus to take you to and from the airport terminal.

737 Flight Simulator Experience

If you want to book a flight simulator experience in England, here is a great idea – With this package you get a full half hour hands on flying experience in the Boeing 737 simulator and a further half hour as a passenger.
Here’s a couple of reviews of the flight simulator experience : (Click for more)

“The day started with a thorough briefing about the aircraft and its systems followed by a most enjoyable session in the simulator. The instructor was enthusiastic, supportive and clearly very knowledgeable. I found the experience challenging but exhilarating. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone wishing to find out what it’s like to be in control of a large aircraft.”

“Great insight into how planes work. The fact that it is set in an actual front of a plane made it feel so real. We did several landings in different circumstances, for example at night, in the rain and with strong winds. You don’t realise the effect these factors have on planes until you do this experience.”

You can even take passengers on your flying experience – you can bring along 2 passengers for the flight who will be sitting in the (separate) cabin area. Minimum age is 10 years old making this a great gift idea for a budding pilot or aviation enthusiast.

More info here

holidaylettings.co.uk – Money Back Guarantee – 20 rental enquiries in a year or your money back !

Why Holiday Lettings are a great choice if you want to let out your holiday home:

• Most visited website: Around 2 million holidaymakers visit the site each month.

• Best value for money: Up to 20 photos, availability calendar, free SMS text alerts and Google Maps all included (they don’t take any commission on your bookings).

• Personal touch: Dedicated customer support and expert advice on getting your advert right is just a phone call away.

• Market leader: Award-winning company established in 1999 and now part of Rightmove PLC, a FTSE250 company

• Unrivalled marketing: Huge investments in online and offline marketing and PR initiatives including adverts with airlines, magazines and on London cabs, a travel / news blog updated daily, a popular presence on Twitter and they are also a top ten spender in Google.

Holiday Lettings offers effective and affordable online advertising for owners of holiday homes and apartments wishing to rent out their property. They provide detailed photographs, descriptions and availability for thousands of holiday properties all over the world. One of the best things about Holiday Lettings from a property owners point of view is their easy to use website and availability calendar. Add on the fact that they are now ever present in offline and online media and you should have the perfect cocktail for holiday rental success.

– You can register for free to try out the service and check it’s right for you – you don’t have to pay a thing until you’re ready to publish your advert.

To celebrate their 15th birthday DFDS are offering you the chance to enjoy a mini cruise at 1995 prices.

Newcastle – Amsterdam Mini Cruise

Guests taking advantage of this offer (deal ends 31st May) will be able to enjoy two nights onboard either the m.s. KING OF SCANDINAVIA or sister ship, m.s. PRINCESS OF NORWAY.
Also included in the trip is coach transfers to and from Amsterdam City Centre as well as an optional coach sightseeing tour.

The 1995 prices deal mean you can take this mini cruise break from just £59pp which also includes the onboard entertainment. Optional upgrades of cabins available. Pre book your meals online for good savings.

More Information – http://www.dfdsseaways.co.uk

Book By : 31st May 2010
Travel Dates : Selected sailings until end July 2010.

Air France will be operating an Airbus A380 between London and Paris this summer.
Yes, you read that right!, Air France is offering seats on one of it’s three Airbus A380 super jumbo jets between the two capitals on selected days this summer.

The flights will operate between 12th June and 30th August and only on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. See the Air France website for specifics.

The Air France A380 will be assigned to flight numbers AF1981 (Departing London Heathrow, 12:50) and AF1980 (Departing Paris Charles de Gaulle, 10:05) during all Summer weekends from Saturday to Monday, plus all Fridays in July.

This is great opportunity to sample the A380 for this limited period :

Seats start at just £80 return inc tax for economy seats and £280 for business class.
First class seats are not being offered.

It is thought Air France is operating the flights in order to increase their aircraft utilisation.

What do you think ?

Would you be tempted to sample a weekend break to Paris on the A380 or would you rather :

• Let the train take the strain ?
• Fly low cost? (but £80 inc taxes and charges for a weekend isn’t bad is it?!)
• Buy British and take your chances with BA ?

Offer from Air France UK: £20 off when you spend over £199 booking flights online

Air France Discount Code:UKAPR10715

Valid Until: 4th May 2010.
More Info

Promotional Offer from Air France Ireland

Offer: 35 euros off when you spend 200 euros or more

Air France Discount Code:VOUCHER716
Valid Until: 4th May 2010
More Info

The BA sale is now on. More info at their website. The campaign launches today and will run up until midnight on the 26th of January 2010.

Example prices for BA long haul destinations:

• London Heathrow to New York (JFK) from £299 return
• London Heathrow to Dubai from £325 return
• London Heathrow to Boston (Logan Intl) from £309 return
• London Heathrow to Bermuda from £409 return
• London Heathrow to Los Angeles (Intl) from £389 return

Example prices for BA short haul destinations:

• London Heathrow to Zurich from £50 one-way
• London Gatwick to Paphos from £89 one-way
• London Heathrow to Berlin (Tegel) from £69 one-way
• London Heathrow to Rome (Fiumicino) from £49 one-way
• London Gatwick to Geneva from £39 one-way

Many airlines and holiday companies have major sales around January – it is traditionally a period when people book up their flights for the summer holidays. More and more we are seeing airlines bringing forward the start of their sales promotions in order to steal a march on their competitors.

bmi Company Rewards Scheme

bmi Company Rewards is a loyalty scheme for businesses who book flights with bmi, and do not have a current commercial contract in place. Each time an employee of the company flies with bmi, they’ll earn points, which can be exchanged for rewards. Membership is free and the scheme is refreshingly simple – there is no contract to sign or minimum spend level to reach before earning reward points.

Why businesses choose Company Rewards?

With one point equal to £1 (when exchanging for bmi flight vouchers), Company Rewards is one of the most generous loyalty schemes around.

- Points are awarded on bmi operated flights across all fare types
- Points can be exchanged for:
* e-voucher (to spend on bmi flights)
* cash
* charity donation
- Immediate online account access
- Receive regular updates with all the latest news and exclusive offers from bmi

Plus, as a bonus reward, companies spending over £50,000 per year flying with bmi receive a 4% annual cash bonus.

And individual travellers can still receive benefits when they join the bmi frequent flyer scheme, Diamond Club, so they’ll earn rewards for themselves as well as you.

bmi company rewards recruitment code

• Join before 31st December and received double points for 3 months – Recruitment code: 6AB001
• Join and fly before 31st December and get £30 off your next bmi flight – Recruitment code: 6AB002

The BA.com sale is now on and is live until midnight 17th November 2009.

Example prices for long haul destinations:

* London Heathrow to Tel Aviv from £264 return
* London Heathrow to New York (JFK) from £299 return
* London Heathrow to Dubai (DXB) from £324 return
* London Heathrow to Chicago ( O’Hare) from £324 return
* London Heathrow to Rio De Janeiro from £389 return
* London Heathrow to Mexico City from £399 return
* London Heathrow to Las Vegas from £469 return

Example prices for short haul destinations:

* London Heathrow to Zurich from £49 one-way
* London Gatwick to Salzburg from £49 one-way
* London Heathrow to Vienna from £69 one-way
* London Heathrow to Budapest from £69 one-way
* London Gatwick to Paphos from £89 one-way