October 2022 Newsletter
Assistive tech, Moon World Resorts and much more 😊 our newsletter best bits - with travel tips, inspiration and giveaways. 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.
Highlights:- October dates for your diary
- Edinburgh Castle's Light Show
- Best European Cities - Winter
- Top UK Pumpkin Patches 2022
- Autumn in Europe - Condé Nast Traveller
- Travel Tip: Our community shares...
- Travel News
- Our Recommendations: shows, blogs and more
- Destination of the Month: Brittany - France
- Where will you go? Our September Holidays
- Altogether Travel News - bag tracking tags
- October Giveaway
- Accessibility Feature: Attitude - award-winning documentaries, video content and good reads collection
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October dates for your diary
Dyslexia Awareness Week 3-9th
International Stuttering Awareness
Day – Sat 22
You can click here to check out more and for Stamma click here the British Stammering Association, with tips for how to make things comfortable when speaking with a person who stammers.
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Brighten up your winter nights with a kaleidoscope of colour – want to see Edinburgh Castle in a different light? Click here to get your Edinburgh trip sorted. With an all-new look and spectacular show – Castle of Light: A Kingdom of Colours click here for more info, with dates in November and December – quieter access night Thursday 8 December 😊 You could check out the city too!
Best European Cities to visit in Winter
With cosy nooks and festive cheer, check out the Top 16 destinations from The Times click here to read on.
Pumpkins bring the autumn feel – whether you go for the spiced lattes, pumpkin picking for a creative Halloween display or to use with soup season arriving. BBC Good Food shares their favourite pumpkin patches click here to check out, along with tips and recipes (packed with vitamin A)
Condé Nast Traveller has announced the very best places to go in autumn in Europe click here to check out.
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Travel Tip – How to choose where to go in 3 steps
Step 2 – how are you feeling? If you were to go tomorrow,
would you want to relax and recharge or be busy exploring fun and new things?
You then might know if you’d prefer a city location with lots to do, or be away
from the hustle and bustle. You could also choose to visit a city outside of
peak season with less visitors, or have some chill time between attractions.
Step 3 – time and money. You may decide on a shorter holiday
closer to home, to avoid a longer journey and make the most of a weekend or
Monday to Friday trip. Or perhaps a week or so away with flights if you have
more to spend – you may also want to check out possible travel insurance costs
and work out a daily spending budget. However you decide to balance time and
money, you should now have arrived at your destination decision or have a
‘where to go next’ list.
Click here to get in touch with us, whatever step you’re at 😊 and for a travel insurance quote click here.
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Travel News
That’s the vision behind Moon, a multi-billion dollar project to build moon-shaped holiday resorts right here on planet earth click here to find out more, with the first to be built in Dubai.
Which? announces Europe's best-rated scenic railway journeys click here for more details, with the UK's best scenic railway journey in Wales rated 91% journey score.
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Our Recommendations
Assistive Technology Blog
Posting all things tech and things to check out such as Dementia Management Tool ‘Vera’ launches on Apple’s App Store with the world’s largest music catalogue. Click here to explore many topics and categories are highlighted.
Kate Humble’s Coastal Britain
Hidden fossils, secret landmarks, friendly townsfolk. To explore England’s
shoreline check out the 6 episodes on Netflix.
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Destination of the month: Brittany - France
Many of Brittany's sites and beaches are accessible to
wheelchair users, with ramped access, disabled toilets, and beach wheelchairs
available for hire.
Sail by ferry from the UK – 5 hours 30 min from Plymouth to
Roscoff (1 sailing daytime / 9 hours overnight), or 11 hours overnight from Portsmouth
to St Malo (1 sailing per day).
Visit historical Brest (just an hour’s drive from Roscoff) as
the second-largest military port in France, with the Musée National de la
Marine (National Marine Museum) inside Brest Castle.
For a detailed review of St Malo with lots of photos click here to check out from Little Miss Turtle, how St Malo is worth visiting even with the cobblestones.
For examples of Handiplage accessible beaches in France click here to check out more.
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Where will you go?
In September our supported holidays continue to explore all over 😊 including Fife, Aberdeen with Fleeting Rumours show (Tribute band to Fleetwood Mac) at the Arts Centre and a fish tea by the coast. Plus Blackpool, Milan with La Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II nearby Milan Cathedral and trips to check out Lake Garda and Camogli – a seaside town. We’ve also had two breaks in Dublin with sightseeing bus tour.
Where will you go? Click here we look forward to hearing from you 😊
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Altogether Travel News
As requested, you can now use one of our tracking tags for your suitcase on holiday – this is now available for a small fee, instead of buying your own.
Please let us know and we can sort this, with your Holiday
Companion bringing the tag and returning it to us at the end of your holiday.
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October Giveaway
We hope to brighten up your
October with Letterbox flowers – carefully hand-packed and sent in bud (so they
last longer) in boxes that fit through the letterbox. They'll also come with
styling tips to make flower arranging part of the fun!
Click here to show your interest or nominate someone 😊
Why not follow us?
- Facebook - @holidaycompanions
- Twitter - @altogethertrav
- Instagram - altogether_travel
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Accessibility Feature - Attitude
Make sure you check out their good reads collection plus a huge variety of videos 😊
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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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