"Is there such a thing as a 'free holiday'?"

One afternoon I was wandering around the local shopping centre and one of those people with the clip boards came directly towards me. My first reaction was "no thank you I do no want double glazing or a fashion catalogue" the reply was "what about a free holiday?". Well that shut me up and I stood and listened to what she had to say. She asked me a few questions about the type of holidays I go on and how many times a year. Took down my name, address and age and informed me that I would be put into a draw. So that was that and off I went to carry on window shopping. Or so I thought. About three weeks later a woman phoned me up ...  Read the complete review

In answer to the question - Is there any such thing as a free holiday? In my case, the answer is most definately YES!! I've nearly lose count of the holidays that I've won, but (please don't hate me!) I'll try to give you a rundown on how and where. New York: 1st one I won. Won this on a quiz on 2FM (Dublin Radio Station). Included was business class flights, excellent hotel, vouchers for meals in top rests. and spending money. Top holiday. This one gave me the bug! Orlando (Twice) Both won again on quizzes on 2FM. First one was to the Marriot on International Drive. Accomadation & Flights was all ...  Read the complete review

“Oh wow! You’ve won a free holiday!” said the woman jumping up and down excitedly. Me and my boyfriend PJ were utterly flabbergasted. One minute we are walking down the street in Albufeira in the Algarve and the next minute some woman is telling us we’ve won a holiday. I couldn’t believe it as I’m not normally a lucky person at all. Yes, we had just been walking down the street when this woman asks us if we can answer a few questions for her survey, we did thinking it would only take a minute, little did we know that it was a ploy for something else. “What do you think of your hotel accommodation?” she asked. ...  Read the complete review

Bring bring ... bring bring ... Hello, sir, you have been successful in a competition to win an absolutely free holiday. Really. Yes, sir, it's absolutely free and all you have to do is to come along and claim your free holiday. Is this a timeshare scam. No, no, no, no, no, no, definitely not .... ermmm, well sort of, I suppose, if you want to think of it that way. Have you ever had a telephone conversation like that? Well, watch out if you do, because this is a particularly nasty scam and I can only say that you'll be sorry if you fall for it. True, you will get a holiday in the end, but you have to sit ...  Read the complete review

The answer, as you would expect, is NO there is no such thing as a free holiday and I avoid any company who tries to tell me otherwise like the plague! But, having said that there are ways and means of making sure you get the very best value for your money so read on…. I recently posted an opinion on how I planned our holiday in Scotland last year, so now I’ll tell you about the financial planning that went into it too. I saved us a lot of money in different ways and thought that sharing my ideas might help if you’re a bit strapped for cash. Any of you who read my opinions regularly (you mad reckless fools you!) will know that ...  Read the complete review