Holiday Snippets

Wings Abroad, the Turkish holiday specialists are offering customers taking direct flights from Shannon to Bodrum, a 50 per cent discount in the long term car park at Shannon Airport for the duration of their Wings Abroad holiday.

To avail of this offer, on your return you must present your car park ticket with your Wings Abroad flight ticket at the Car Park Customer Service Office in the Arrivals Hall. It applies for customers departing Shannon Airport who make a booking during the months of February and March 2012. Bodrum is the nearest airport for other resorts of Marmaris, Bitez, Gumbet, Altinkum and Kusadasi.

Wings Abroad have also just released their Istanbul City Breaks programme for 2012. Offers include a 3 night stay at the 3-star Seres Hotel, located near historic Topkapi Palce and the Blue Mosque, from €452pp; the 3-star Centrum Hotel in the peninsula Sirkeci, from €462pp; the 'S' class Fehmi Bay Hotel, originally an old mansion, from €472pp; the 'S class' Arena hotel in the old city region called Sultanahmet, from €492pp; or try the the 4-star Orka Royal Hotel in the heart of the old city from €472pp.

Other hotels include the 4-star Darkhill Hotel in the Beyazit district of Istanbul from €492pp; and the 4-star Marble hotel just 500 ft from Taksim Square (and with satellite TV) priced from €502pp.

Crystal Holidays are currently offering €100 off all new bookings made before February 14th to any of their destinations. You can use this discount to the new destinations of Mallorca, Sicily, and in Portugal - Lagos Town, Gale and Tavira, for your 2012 holiday.

Crystal can help you to arrange large group holidays, even weddings. The €100 deduction will be made at time of booking and applied per booking on new reservations including flights and accommodation made on or before 14 February 2012. Limited availability. To avail of the offer, call them on 01 4331010 or visit www.crystalsummer.ie