August 2022 Newsletter
Guide to Accessible Britain, heat hacks, BBC Access All podcast 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:
- August dates for your diary
- New Rough Guide to Accessible Britain
- Top new books for a great escape
- Christmas markets 2022
- Travel Tip: Our community shares...
- Travel News
- Our Recommendations: shows, blogs and more
- Destination of the Month: with Mount Zugspitze
- Where will you go? Our July Holidays
- Altogether Travel News
- August Giveaway
- Accessibility Feature: BBC Access All podcast
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August dates for your diary
Birmingham Commonwealth Games –
until Mon 8 Aug
The Commonwealth Games 2022 continues until Mon 8 Aug click here to check out what’s on with TV coverage shown on BBC.
Afternoon Tea Week 8-14 Aug
Celebrating the great British tradition of Afternoon Tea and is the perfect excuse to catch up with loved ones. Click here to find out where to get your next Afternoon Tea across the UK and Ireland.
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The Rough Guide to Accessible
Britain
This refreshed, 9th edition of the Guide highlights venues that have gone the extra mile to make themselves accessible click here to read online or download for free.
Discover the best parts of the UK, and the detailed reviews are designed to empower anyone with a physical, mental health or cognitive condition to enjoy an accessible day out.
Top New Books
This summer you may be spending time relaxing at home, in the garden or outside with lovely surroundings. This can go perfectly with a good book click here for ideas with The Guardian’s top 50 new books for a great escape.
Christmas markets 2022
Now is a great time to think ahead for experiencing all the fun (and food) Christmas markets have to offer. For ideas on where to go, The Times has put together the Best Christmas markets in Europe 2022 click here to read on. Edinburgh made the list as one of the top to visit, even offering mulled Irn Bru! For the 15 Best UK Christmas markets click here and we look forward to hearing from you soon.
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Travel Tip - Heat Hacks
We hope you all managed to keep your cool during the recent hot weather in the UK.
For tips to help the next time you’re going away or feeling the heat click here for 28 super-cool things to try and for Ladbaby’s fun video on top 5 heatwave hacks click here to check out.
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Travel News
New eco-sleeper train due to start in September - the EuroNight service between Hamburg in Germany to Sweden’s capital.
This can link you to Stockholm from London with the Eurostar train service in under 24 hours click here to read on.
Destinations ending all Covid-related travel rules - with more than 30 destinations worldwide click here to find out more from The Independent.
Bison have been reintroduced in Kent - aiming to help the ecosystem absorb more carbon click here to read on and to discover more with a Wilder Kent Safari visit click here.
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Our Recommendations
Roll with Cole and Charisma
An inter-abled couple with videos of travel, how they navigate the world with some of the behind-the-scenes stuff people typically don't see, and hopefully raise awareness surrounding accessibility. Click here for YouTube video on Arizona visit for Ability360, or check them out on Facebook.
BBC Travel's Discovery section
Check out some interesting reads click here for more on the world’s weirdest border?
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Destination of the Month: with
Mount Zugspitze
Our customers loved a European
girls trip including Germany’s highest mountain – Mount Zugspitze – they took
in the beautiful landscape from the viewing platform and the restaurant while
having lunch. The cable car station is a 1 hour 20 min drive from Munich, with
stops at stunning Ettal Abbey and Linderhof Palace. You can see some of their
holiday snaps below and from their Munich hotel the girls also had a day trip
to Salzburg, Austria.
If you would also like to visit different sites and attractions 😊 we can put together multi-hotel trips with travel to make your dream holiday happen click here to get in touch with your ideas.
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Where will you go?
In July we’ve been to Yorkshire
with 2 hotel stays to explore more of the local area with car hire, Isle of Man
with Motor Museum and Snaefell Mountain Railway, Lake District trip with a spa
treatment, Wildlife Park, Coast Aquarium, Puzzling Place and Threlkeld Quarry
& Mining Museum, Shrewsbury for show with Strictly dancers Burn the Floor –
The Reunion, Edinburgh for Murrayfield stadium tour and Mrs Browns Boys show,
Blackpool to enjoy promenade plus evening entertainment, and we also supported
a gentleman attending a wedding.
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Altogether Travel News
Our Holiday Companions have years of experience supporting people. They look forward to sharing lots of fun travel experiences and making memories with you 😊
We are looking to take on more Companions who are
experienced and friendly, due to increasing demand for our supported holidays.
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August Giveaway
It’s fun arriving somewhere new and picking up different snacks to enjoy during your adventures. To inspire your next trip, our August giveaway will be 2 monthly boxes from Snack Surprise 😊 the original box has 10 full-size and unique snacks plus 1 drink with an info guide. The surprise country changes each month, and snacks range from, crisps, biscuits, sweets, chocolates, bakery and loads more.
If you like trying new things click here to get in touch with us today.
Why not follow us?
- Facebook - @holidaycompanions
- Twitter - @altogethertrav
- Instagram - altogether_travel
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Accessibility Feature - BBC Access
All: Disability news and talk
Click here for weekly podcast about mental health, wellbeing and disabled people.
Life stories and solutions with a friendly touch - for listeners around the world, presented by Nikki Fox.
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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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