Airport parking in the UK can be expensive if you just turn up at the car park without having made a reservation. Cost savings of up to 60% are not unusual when you are able to pre-book your airport parking space.

The trouble is that there is so much confusion online with airport parking on who can offer the best price and solution that meets the users needs. There appears to be a large number of websites offering various parking solutions. In truth there are only a small number of direct operators, but there are many operator partners that you can use to pre-book your airport parking.

This situation is common within the travel industry. There are relatively few major booking systems in comparison to the number of on and offline businesses connecting to and using them as their backend operation. Successful operations are able to add value to the booking process for the consumers. Some of the operator partners for airport parking include airlines, hotel chains and dedicated parking websites.

The Airport Parking Guide ( http://www.airport-parking-guide.co.uk ) aims to offer the “best choice of available car parks at airports across the UK” and have developed their own price and information comparison system. The search results are colour coded for easy identification of on site, off site or meet and greet parking.

Using data from five of the main direct discount operators, for a given set of times and dates, the guide will return a choice of available car parks along with links to more in depth information.

The Airport Parking Guide in collaboration with BCP has recently made available for download, PDF guides for Gatwick and Heathrow airports. These are the first in a planned series of airport guides to be released by the Airport Parking Guide.

Over 200 car park options are contained within their database from around 100 or more car parks. The four parking brokers used to compare information and prices are BCP, APH, FHR and Holiday Extras. These operators account for the majority of all online and offline pre-booking of UK airport parking.

Each operator has their own strengths, but comparing the solutions of all four ensures that the Airport Parking Guide is able to add value to the website visitor. It is often in the detail that one makes a choice and the guide presents impartial information on all the car parks offered.

Stephen Thomas is a developer and writer for a number of online travel websites, including the Airport Parking Guide where you can compare prices and information on airport parking throughout the UK.

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Factory tours can be an insightful and educational addition to any trip as they offer a behind the scenes look into how products are produced from start to finish. Take a sneak peak into some of the most interesting and fun tours to take.

Illinois

Chicago is home to one of the best cheesecake producers in the country, Elis Cheesecake. The factory offers their normal factory tour with a wide variety of additional options. Factory tour packages range from $3-$38 per person depending on the option selected. They also offer factory tours with lunch options at Elis Cheesecake World Dessert Café or dinner options at Elis the Place for Steak. The Be A Star tour includes a tour of the factory and a sampling of Elis products to help Elis Quality Star Team evaluate their products.

The Sail and Dine tour option includes a sightseeing tour down one of Chicago waterways followed by a lunch at Elis the Place for Steak. After lunch, the tour heads to Elis Cheesecake World for dessert and a tour of Elis bakery. Sail and Dine on Mercury Cruise Line is available May 11, September 30. Chicago Architectural Foundation Tour on First Lady cruise line is available May 12, October 28. For a complete listing of available tours, visit www.elicheesecake.com, or call 773-205-3800.

Long Grove Confectionary Factory is a wonderful stop for any chocolate lover. The company, previously based in Long Grove, outgrew their facilities and moved their company to Buffalo Grove. The tour starts with a history of the cacao bean, which is used to make chocolate, and a brief history of the company.

The production hallway showcases the history of candy making machines and has five windows to view the production of candies. After the production room, the tour continues with a sampling of chocolate from the factory. The tour concludes in the gigantic outlet store, which offers discounts up to 75% off retail prices.

Reservations are required and the cost is $2 per person. Group packages for day trips are offered and include the chocolate factory tour, lunch and shopping in nearby historic Long Grove and a how-to or hands-on workshop. Call 847-459-3100 or 888-459-3100

California

On a tour of the Taylor Guitar factory on El Cajon, visitors will see numerous examples of the sophisticated, innovative technology, combined with traditional hand-craftsmanship, that has made Taylor Guitars a leader in guitar firsts. The tour will look at the process from creation to finishing.

Taylor offers factory tours of their facilities Monday through Friday at 1 p.m. There is a lot of walking involved and comfortable shoes are suggested. The tour lasts about an hour and 15 minutes. 619-258-1207

Jelly Belly, the creator of the original gourmet jelly bean, offers a tour of the Fairfield facilities where visitors can witness the creation of the gourmet Jelly Belly jellybeans first hand from an elevated walkway. Video monitors enhance the experience by giving a close-up view of the process. Each tour lasts about 40 minutes and visitors receive a free sample of Jelly Belly jelly beans at the end of the tour.

There is no cost for the tour and reservations are not required. 800-953- 5592, www.jellybelly.com

This article is sponsored by: www.grouptravelblog.com

For decades, Japanese glass floats were a big find on Oregon’s coastline, having drifted thousands of miles after fishing boats lost these smooth, crystalline balls, used to keep their nets afloat. It was a tradition among coastal visitors to scour the beaches for them, and many locals still adorn their cabins or porches with them. They practically disappeared in the 80’s, and are extremely rare finds these days.

Now, a new glass float tradition is rising on the coast, with a few artisan glass ball blowing shops showing up in the last couple of decades and creating beautiful, ingenious works of art. They come in a myriad of colors and unique designs, and are now considered one of the more treasured finds on the coast - even if you can just buy them.

However, Newport - on Oregon’s Central Coast - is giving visitors a chance to win these valuable catches throughout the winter. No beachcombing in stormy weather is required to find one of these 200 luminous beauties, which are considered collectables. Each is engraved with “2006,” created by the highly acclaimed Schmitz family of Pyromania Glass Studios in Newport, Lincoln City and Depoe Bay.

Until January 31, 2006, several will be given away each week by various businesses around Newport. Visit one of the shops listed on www.newportchamber.org, or on a map provided by the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce. Fill out an entry form, return it to the float display at one of the businesses on the list, and wait for the weekly drawing there (which will arrive by mail).

Call 800-262-7844 for more information.

The promotion is part of Newport’s “value season,” which features numerous lodging specials throughout this adorable town with two lighthouses.

Here, you’ll find the ancient Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, only used for three years back in the 1880’s and open for tours. Then there’s the Yaquina Head Lighthouse, sitting atop a majestic basalt headland, towering into the sky and blinking its signature flash still to this day.

Other family attractions include the awe-inspiring Oregon Coast Aquarium (including its 360-degree view of the ocean from inside a glass-like tunnel), and the famed Hatfield Marine Science Center with its cutting-edge scientific research and displays for all ages.

There’s a legendary wine bar in the charming Nye Beach District called Blu Cork, regular wine tasting at Nye Beach Gallery, a heavily supported art scene, and the streets of that neighborhood are made up to look somewhere between America at the turn of the century and Old Europe. The district is becoming famous for its many fine cuisine choices, such as the stellar, Mediterranean-themed fine dining at April’s at Nye Beach, the unique pizzas at Panini Bakery, and the family-style gourmet of Caf© Stephanie. Or shop until you drop at a dozen distinctive sellers of various interesting ideas for yourself or for gifts, such as the kid’s clothing at Bambini at Nye Beach, surprises at Illingworth’s Gifts or the global fare at Jovi.

There are dozens of places around Newport that are part of the Glass Treasures Promotion, but in Nye Beach you can find them at April’s and at the Viking Cottages & Condos.

In the meantime, you’ll want to explore the pristine beaches of Newport - most of which are up against Nye Beach. You may still run across a real Japanese glass float that has been wandering the oceans for decades.

For more on Nye Beach, see www.nyebeach.org. For a detailed virtual tour of Newport and Nye Beach, see www.beachconnection.net/vtour_newport.htm

For many Americans, as well as a lot of other travelers around the world, a trip to New Zealand is the trip of a lifetime. New Zealand is one of the most beautiful places on earth. It’s geographic isolation has made it a perfect setting to film Hollywood blockbusters that require exotic locations, and the variety of geography and climate, as well as the flora and fauna, make it fascinating for visitors of all types.

One of the best ways to see New Zealand is to rent a car. However, since you’ve never been there, how do you know how to find the best deal and situation? This article will give you some tips on finding a rental car in New Zealand.

Most of the big, international rental car conglomerates operate in New Zealand. That means companies like Avis, Budget, and Hertz all have multiple offices in-country. This is a benefit in two ways: one, you can make reservations on those companies’ websites, or by calling them from your home country before you leave. Two, thanks to the free-market economy, competition helps keep prices low.

You will find rental car offices for those companies in most cities in New Zealand. Hertz, for example, has offices in 28 of the biggest cities. And if you know New Zealand, you’ll know there aren’t even 28 “big” cities to begin with.

There are also local companies that will rent you a car. Some of these include Ace Tourist Rentals (Auckland freephone: 0800 502 277), Pegasus Rentals (Auckland 09 358 5757), and Trusty Car Rentals (Christchurch 03 366 6329). Another one, Maui Tours (Auckland freephone: 0800 651 080), specializes in renting recreational vehicles (known as “caravans” in New Zealand).

Often, the smaller companies will be more willing to work with a traveler on price breaks. Rental cars that are sitting idle in the parking lot are not making anyone any money, but the bigger companies can absorb that idleness better than the smaller companies can, giving them less incentive to make a deal.

Some of the local companies will also offer additional deals. Maui Tours, for example, which has offices in Auckland on the North Island and Christchurch and Queenstown on the South Island, will give you free passage on the Interislander ferry (from Wellington to Picton) with rentals of 10 days or more. You can also find deals on one-way rentals that may include one ferry crossing, as well as transportation to and from the airport.

Renting a car in New Zealand over a longer term, such as a full month, will give you better price breaks than weekly, and especially daily, rentals. That goes for recreational vehicles as well.

And what the heck, as long as you’re taking the “trip of a lifetime” to New Zealand, you may as well stay a month and enjoy it!

Learn more about finding deals on a rental car in New Zealand at globalcars4hire.com

As the cold rainy weather hits our cities our choices for fun really trim down to just a few choices. Either staying at home and clean our homes our maybe joining a gym to stay in shape when you really cannot get much outdoor activities. One of these very few choices are the movies. Going to the movies can really be as fun as you are willing to make it, or as not. You can come up with this whole outing that would turn into the event of the month or simply just going to the movies. Start to plan a few days before and call all your close friends make sure that everyone gets to come. The day of, make sure you take your Acceletrim to keep your snack intake to a minimum. Do go to a restaurant and have a nice healthy meal right before, the restaurant is a good meeting place for everyone.

For the movie, do some research and don’t go the day it opens, give it a week, and make sure you read all the reviews since you are planning this outing you are responsible for the quality of the movie. A good no hassle way of doing all of this is to pre-buy all the tickets and tell your group of friends to bring cash and they can just pay you the day of, avoiding the weekend movie line for everyone. Have fun and stay dry.

Lots of people try to get outside during Labor Day and having your party outside is a great way to celebrate the day. You can go to the park and BBQ or picnic or you can hold the party in your backyard. If you have a pool this is an extra bonus and guests will flock to your party to eat some BBQ and cool off in the water.

Add a patriotic theme to your Labor Day menu with some red, white and blue fruit salad. Guests, especially the kids will enjoy eating unusually decorative foods on the holiday. You can mix up special colored drinks for the adults and properly themed Kool-Aid for the kids. Decorations can be patriotic pinwheels scattered around the yard and alternating solid red, white and blue tablecloths on the picnic tables. If you hold the party in the evening you can put up electric lights with miniature stars and other patriotic or workplace themes. For an office party theme on Labor Day put up the red tape, literally. Decorate everything, even yourself if you like in red streamers or red duct tape. For party favors it might be fun to give out paper weights for office employees to put on their desks or pencils and pencil sharpeners.

Since this holiday is in honor of the working man, why not invite your co-workers to this backyard feast. It could make a great office party for bosses looking to reward their employees. Or it can simply be a way of getting to know your co-workers and coming up with an instantaneous guest list. Plus they are all in the same place and you don’t need to spend money on stamps for the invitations. You can simply hand them out at work. Making use of these ideas should help Labor Day go from being just another holiday to a memorable and important time that your guests will look forward too.

Mrs. Party… Gail Leino is the internet’s leading authority on selecting the best possible party supplies, using proper etiquette and manners while also teaching organizational skills and fun facts. Labor Day Weekend has Free Party Games, Ideas, Activities, menus, recipes, history, word find, coloring pages etc. to help complete your event.

How Does Santa Make Out His List?

I’ll let you in on a secret: I know Santa Claus. And I received a letter from him with his Christmas list.

“Dear Kristin,

“Thank you for the homemade cookies last year. For some reason, people seem to forget that I’m not planning to lose weight, thank you very much. I don’t have a peanut allergy and I’m not lactose intolerant. Up here at the North Pole, we don’t get nonsense like that. But you wouldn’t believe some of the notes I get in lieu of cookies.

“‘Santa, you’re too fat, get real, love Dr. Phil…Dear Santa, you’re in violation of the no-fly zone, signed, the Coalition…Dear Santa, you’re using slave labor and oppressing our elf minorities, peace, the Rev. Jesse Jackson…Dear Santa, you’re cruel to reindeer, sincerely, PETA…Dear Infidel Santa, we shall eliminate you, signed al-Qa’eda.’

“I was never designed to be politically correct. Right jolly old elf and all that. I’m tired of all this nonsense from people who have forgotten what Christmas used to stand for.

“So, here’s my Christmas list. I won’t stop delivering toys, but I will start at least expecting a little something in return after all these years.

“1. Dear al-Qa’eda: I have nothing against Allah. Or Jesus Christ or Buddha or anybody’s God. I dislike murder in the name of religion. I deliver to all the children who you’re going to someday teach to blow themselves up. I deliver love. Your mullahs always say Islam is a religion of love and peace. And for the record, several of my elves are gay. Do I hate them? No.

“2. Dear television news media: Please stop saying ‘Christmas stress.’ You create Christmas stress. Thousands of miracles happen every day from babies being born to people being rescued to children deciding that someone else needs help. And yet you deliberately choose to talk about alcoholism, murder, sex, family quarrels, and above all, endless materialism. Not to mention celebrities. Who elevated these people to all-knowing status? Who cares what Christmas toy they buy or endorse? And please stop criticizing people for having religious beliefs. If the President of the United States can’t express faith in God, there is something wrong with this world. You are only helping those who use religion as an excuse for hatred and greed.

“3. Dear celebrities: Stop making movies where I am the bad guy. There is precious little wonder and innocence in children’s lives. And while you’re at it, stop taking your clothes off and blowing up people in your films. Give me more ‘Seabiscuit.’ Steven Spielberg is always on my nice list. I loved the ‘Shrek’ movies.

“4. Dear advertising executives: Stop using me to sell things that no one uses. We don’t need all this stuff. It’s getting in the way of our family time, our planet’s well-being, our faith and our happiness.

“5. Dear parents: Please stop telling children I don’t exist, that I’m evil, and that it’s not necessary to be good all year because you will buy them what they want. Whatever happened to kindness? To being good just because it makes someone happy? Because it’s the right thing? I can tell you right now that there are quite a few kids, and several of you, who are getting coal in their stockings. It’s tough love, which is what you do when someone’s headed down the wrong road. It’s called parenting and I’ve got millions of your children to help raise. Hey, at least I’m not the government. Or the television. By the way, turn off all those electronic devices and spend time with your families. I know that there are plenty of you out there who would give your right arm to be able to do just that. I love children. And I love all of you too.

“6. Dear Dr. Phil: I’m happy just the way I am. Thank you.

“7. Dear PETA: You’re getting too extreme. My reindeer have better working conditions than in industrialized nations.

“8. Dear Rev. Jesse Jackson: When my elves have the victim consciousness, high teen pregnancy rate, high arrest rate, high drug use rate, and lack of education that your followers have, then I’ll consider emancipating them.

“9. Dear Coalition: God and I were here first. I’m immune from no-fly zones and I don’t play politics. I do however support the military.

“10. Dear Jesus Christ, YHVH, Allah, Buddha, Great Spirit, et al.: Keep up the good work.

“Love, Santa.

“P.S. from Mrs. Claus: Will women please stop trying to be a size 2?”

You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout…

Movie reviewer/screenwriter Kristin Johnson composes personalized poems, speeches, toasts, vows, and family memories. Visit http://www.poemsforyou.com to order your personalized memories. She is also co-author of the Midwest Book Review “enthusiastically recommended” pick Christmas Cookies Are For Giving: Stories, Recipes and Tips for Making Heartwarming Gifts (ISBN: 0-9723473-9-9). A downloadablemedia kit is available at our Web site, http://www.christmascookiesareforgiving.com, or e-mail the publisher (info@tyrpublishing.com) to receive a printed media kit and sample copy of the book. More articles available at http://www.bakingchristmascookies.com

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The honeymoon is a holiday trip taken by a newly married couple. It’s usually taken to celebrate marriage, and presumably, consummate it. The honeymoon is in fact the most romantic, calm and harmonious period of the marital relationship.

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