To help plan your next getaway here are some links and ideas from sites useful or inspiring:
Weather
Whether your going to the beach, a city break or hitting the slopes the weather is guaranteed to impact on your holiday.
Get a free 7-Day weather report for any city in the world. Simply type the city in the box below and click 'Get Weather':
iPhone Applications
The great thing about the iPhone is the thousands of applications available, lots of them are free too. The best place to look for applications is on the Apple website, www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-everything/traveling.html. some of our favourites are (search for the terms in bold in the App store to find them):
Google Earth – great for seeing where you are and what's around.
Lonely Planet have a range of in depth guidebooks and phrase books helping you to really get to know your destination.
Dorling Kindersley also have a selection of guide books from their 'Top 10' range these focus on the main attractions for some of the major city destinations.
Spots - The WiFi Hotspot Directory, those roaming charges can be steep so find free WiFi spots with this App where you can even download maps to you iPhone before you go.
Rocket Taxi very simply uses your location to give you the number of a local taxi firm.
All Subway has maps of 54 of the worlds biggest cities subways.
Tom Tom turn your iPhone into a Sat Nav, currently only released for UK or Western Europe.
Games - help pass the time whilst on a long journey, a couple of good games to look out for are Rolando, Rolando 2 and Flight Control.
Getaway Ideas
Sporting Ideas:
The FIFA Football World Cup 2010 (soccer) Africa plays host to the world cup for the first time in its history. The competition will be held in South Africa. As well as football, there will be lots of people visiting from all over the world creating a carnival atmosphere. Be there when it all kicks off! Check out the World Cup offical site at www.fifa.com/worldcup
The Rugby Union World Cup Then in 2011 New Zealand host the rugby union world cup, they're often favourites so having a home advantage almost seems a tad unfair.www.rugbyworldcup.com
2012 Olymics London hosts the Olympics in 2012 which might seem a long way off but accommodation will no doubt get booked up well in advance.www.london2012.com
Music and Art Festivals
Glastonbury Festival One of the worlds most famous amusic and performing arts festivals. The festival is held annually and everyone should go at least once in their life but camping isn't the only way, how about staying nearby and heading in each day: www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
Edinburgh Festival Scotland's capital city boasts several summer festivals, including the worlds largest arts festival www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk
Copenhagen Jazz Festival Copenhagen is a modern vibrant city which hosts some of the biggest names in jazz every July: www.jazz.dk/en/copenhagen-jazz-festival
more coming soon... if you know of any near your property let us know through the contact us page and we'll consider adding them to this page.
