Greatest Easter Travel Deals
Monday, March 1st, 2010
With the retail economy in tatters following weak Christmas and New Year trading and the Australian dollar firm, Easter travel deals abound.
2009 was rated as being the worst ever year for airlines and the hotel industries. Airlines were forced to take a long hard look at the efficiency of how they manage their operations, including coming up with ways for more passengers to manage their own travel arrangements. Some airlines now offer the traveler the ability to ‘check in’ on line. Airlines have been forced to offer super deals, amidst fierce competition, in order to struggle to capture a dwindled market. Easter deals are all over the Internet as Australians get set once again explore the world, after a year of cubing overseas travel. Read how South Pacific islands have so much to offer right now, particularly for really good Easter deals…
When elderly Ni-Vanuatu grandmother, Irene Kasten, won seven night’s accommodation at a charity fund-raising event for the cervical cancer team operating in the tropical islands of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific, she could not believe her ears. Along with Weddings-Parties-Evrisamting Ltd, Dr Margaret McAdam of Brisbane, Australia, organized a Duck Race in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Participants were asked to purchase children’s plastic yellow ducks, which were then dropped from a helicopter. The first duck over the finish line, won the prize of two airfares from Air Vanuatu. Second prize was a seven night stay at Seachange Lodge, Port Vila, valued at AU$2000. Irene Kasten was stunned when her name was announced, as she had never won a major prize in her life. 
At an exclusive restaurant in London, on Valentine’s Day last year, a couple started arguing. Suddenly the wife stood up, slapped her husband across the face and stormed off in a huff. The husband composed himself, took a few more gulps of his red wine and proceeded to call his mistress on his mobile. He spoke loud enough for everyone around to hear. Within 15 minutes an immaculately dressed young mistress turned up at the restaurant and sat down, delighted that her lover had arranged the restaurant meal especially for her on Valentine’s Day. 
Insiders of the travel industry insiders have finally expressed their concern that Trip Advisor and similar sites that rely on anonymous reviews, are beginning to wield too much power. According to the Independent in the UK the concern has been around for quite some time, but Trip Advisor’s Dirtiest Hotels list made it an even hotter topic in the past week. 
The end of January was the closing date for a million-dollar home in New Zealand, for just $NZ25, with only 50,000 entrants. Last November Murray and Michelle Smith notified the world they would give up their North Island five-bedroomed family home, in the New Zealand town of Cambridge, in order to raise funds to build a new church and community centre. 
Do you need to get away from it all and unwind? Need time off to stop and rethink what you are all about? Need to just lie back and relax and let the world go by?
Unemployment is at its highest levels, banks are still in trouble, people have lost millions in the credit crunch, the average age of the population has increased dramatically. Governments are not going to be able to promise the security of superannuation, they once did.
Today is your last chance to win this month’s draw for $1000 cash, or you could choose a seven day holiday for two, staying at the fabulous tropical island getaway, Seachange Lodge, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Sitting in the hustle and bustle of New York, Nancy Martel was captivated by the thought of winning an exotic 7 day holiday for two in the South Pacific. It was a long shot and she never dreamed for one minute it would be hers, but she liked the idea that that money she put into the project would put some really needy kids into high school.