Travel Hacks
Cultural Faux Pas Around The World
Cultural faux pas: they happen. When you’re travelling to a new country, there’s a whole new set of rules, manners and regulations to learn, and it’s likely that you’ll end…
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Tips and advice on getting great value travel - from one of our dealchecker alumni.
Destination Guides
24 Hours in…Amsterdam!
You’ve landed in Amsterdam, you’ve got a mere 24 hours to soak it up – time to panic, right? Wrong! When you’ve got dealchecker on side, you can laugh in…
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Where Should I Spend…New Years Eve?
New Years Eve: It’s a minefield. Personally, I don’t know one person who has ever had the New Years Eve of their dreams; something with such a build up can…
Destination Guides
Beyond the Beach: Alternative Mauritius
Chances are, the thought of a luminously clear, turquoise ocean fringed by sugar-soft white sands sounds pretty good right now. Am I right? Central heating inspired frizzy hair, chapped lips…
Travel Hacks
Top Tips for Eco Friendly Travelling
So you’ve decided to take that holiday, hey! Well done, you deserve it (probably). But does the environment deserve it? The jury’s still out… You might think its a little…
Inspiration
The World’s Coolest Ice Rinks
‘Tis the season to be skating, and it seems every city worth it’s winter is kicking up a serious stink in the rink department. I chose my pick of the…
Something Different
The dealchecker Summer Party
If you happened to be passing through Waterloo Station at about 9am on an otherwise mundane Thursday morning a few weeks ago, you may have thought that some kind of…
Travel Hacks
Travel Lessons from the dealcheckers
There’s a few things you get to lay claim to when you work at dealchecker. 1.) Weight gain. Rarely a day passes without some sort of highly unhealthy, sugar-based confection…
Inspiration
Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade: Winter Sun!
Hands up: who likes winter? Really? Are you sure? Sure, we can all romanticise the colder months – roaring fires, Christmas and warming casseroles; you know the drill. But here’s…
Something Different
Beat The Post-Holiday Blues
I think it’s probably safe to say that you probably like holidays. You’re reading a travel blog, for starters, and you’re a normal human being with, I’m guessing, an average…
Destination Guides
What Shall I Do In…San Francisco?
Ah, Frisco. Ever since I visited five years ago, I’ve sung its praises to anyone who’ll listen; between its cosmopolitan culture, creative energy and genuinely nice people, it’s a city…
Something Different
How To Look Great After a Flight
We’ve all seen them: those grossly unfair pictures of celebrities stepping off a 12-hour flight looking unfeasibly red-carpet-ready. It’s annoying, quite frankly, and a little inconsiderate, considering that most of…
Inspiration
The Top 5…Scenic Train Routes!
In our technologically accelerated world of iPods, iPads, kindles and general instant gratification, we’re starting to think that there’s something rather appealing about the simple pleasure of a leisurely, scenic…
Destination Guides
The Greek Islands: A User Guide
If weather in Britain were a train, it would surely only stop at the stations of Hopelesstown and Depressingville. Peering gloomily out of our rain-soaked windows, it’s become painfully apparent…
Travel Hacks
Watch Out! Travel Scams Around the World
When you’re travelling, few things are worse than discovering that you’ve not only forked out for your hotel and flights, but you’re probably also paying for some street-scammers dinner/new watch.…
Something Different
Bizarre Hotel of The Month: Hotel Everland
After a brief hiatus, dealcheckers’ Bizarre Hotel of the Month is BACK and ready to weird up your cyber-walls. This one has really caught our attention; Hotel Everland is a…