October 2021 Newsletter
Welcome to our new style newsletter 😊 every month this will be packed with travel tips, inspiration, giveaways and so much more. All you need to plan your next supported holiday or travel with the UK's number 1 company for all things care and accessible tourism.
Read on to find out:
- October date for your diary
- Events and shows
- Christmas markets
- Travel Tip: Our community shares...
- Travel News
- Interesting Reads: blogs and more
- Destination of the Month: Liverpool
- Where We've Been: September
- Altogether Travel News
- October Giveaway
- Accessibility
Feature: The Power 100
October date for your diary
World Smile Day – Fri 1 Oct
“Smile a while and while you smile
– another smiles, and soon there are miles and miles of smiles and life’s worth
while because you smile” by Kathleen J Edgar.
We hope this and our newsletter may bring a smile to your face and you can pass one on to someone else for World Smile Day (or any other day)
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Shows this Autumn/Winter
Fancy taking in a show? Click to see what’s on in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Liverpool and Dublin. We are happy to check out other locations and would love to hear your favourites.
Christmas Markets
Soon Christmas Markets will be popping up across
the country – where would you recommend?
A recent article by The Times highlighting destinations includes Edinburgh (12
Nov to 5 Jan, with Christmas Tree Maze and mulled Irn Bru) in their top 23 for
Europe click here for
full article.
These are flexible and offer spaces for people using wheelchairs,
can be more convenient than trying to navigate local public transport systems
and cheaper than getting taxis between attractions. Plus learn a bit with the
audio guide!
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Travel News
For stories, click here to check out Top 5 Travel Podcasts.
New train service - Lumo launches soon and will travel down the east coast line between London and Edinburgh with stops at Stevenage, Newcastle and Morpeth. These are 100% electric trains and amazing low cost fares. Perhaps this is the new era of rail travel.
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Interesting Reads
Rough
Guides: The Rough Guide to Accessible Britain (8th Edition published 2020) click here to
view online or download your free PDF version.We also put together some Top Inclusive Videos and Blogs click here to read more.
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Destination of the Month:
Liverpool
Music and football fan Eddie enjoyed a fun-filled trip to
Liverpool in September, with Holiday Companion Shirley. Arriving by train, they
settled into the iconic Hard Days Night Hotel before exploring some of the many
things Liverpool has to offer. You can see some of his holiday snaps below -
including a visit to the Liverpool Football Club Museum and stadium tour, a
river cruise across Mersey, taking in the Beatles Story Experience, checking
out the famous Cavern Club and the Albert Docks area. Eddie gave Liverpool a 10
out of 10.
Get in touch for our Liverpool Guide and more click here to check out our downloads section.
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Where We've Been
As usual September is one of our
busiest months for holidays. As well as Eddie's Liverpool trip, other customers
have loved breaks in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Berwick, Inverness, Dunoon,
Lake District, Aviemore, Scarborough, Glasgow, Fife, Edinburgh and a few
holidays in London.
Since we started back again in June we have also been to
Orkney, Devon, Swansea, Cornwall, Morecambe, Tarbert, Cork and Kilarney.
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Altogether Travel News
It’s exciting to think that each year from 2021 onwards our
customers will be responsible for 100’s of new trees around the world!
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October Giveaway
Every month we will have a
giveaway for you. This month we have a hardback copy of the wonderful Lonely Planet's Ultimate UK Travelist -
ranking the top 500 unmissable experiences and hidden gems across Great Britain,
Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands.
Every new follower to any of our
social media platfoms below will go into the draw and we will select one lucky
winner on the 29th Oct.
You'll find us at
- Facebook - @holidaycompanions
- Twitter - @altogethertrav
- Instagram - altogether_travel
*If you're already subscribed, ask a friend and they might
share the book with you!
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Accessibility Feature - The Power
100 – Wed 27 Oct, 2pm
The Shaw Trust Power 100 is an annual publication containing the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK (2021 list will be published in October)
Click here to read more and book your place for their virtual event
and celebrations with a panel of leading voices in the disability community.
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Thank you for staying connected with us and we would love to hear from you! Any ideas, questions or travel tips then click here to get in touch.
Take care,
Altogether Travel
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