Always look on the bright side of life
2010-06-29
Well, that's what the song says! I asked my wife what she felt about England's defeat by Germany, but as she is Anglo-Indian-Welsh, she merely muttered something about “Rugbi” (that's Rugby, to all of us English-speakers)! and the upshot is that I think we'll be flying a Welsh Dragon over our house, come the start of the season. As my grandmother was Welsh, I don't think that's a bad idea, really!
But what about the rest of England? I have spoken with a friend who is a travel agent of the type who not only arranges every detail of your holiday, he can order tickets (heavily discounted, of course!) for just about any event in the world. He has noticed an increase in enquiries almost as soon as the dreadful result came through. And within 60 minutes of the end of the dreadful game (dreadful coaching, dreadful playing, dreadful officials!) lowcostholidays.com, were able to report a whopping 40% increase of people looking for the perfect, low cost holiday.
Some canny folk will be looking for bargain breaks in South Africa, now. Well, after all, with several of the top teams already out (France and England being two immediate examples that spring to mind) some operators will have holiday/World Cup package deals that they'll be keen to heavily discount. So if you are the kind of football fan who just wants to watch a good game of football and also enjoy a break in South Africa at the same time, then now is the time to chat with your travel agent and to get online. Of course, using www.aph.com to arrange airport parking is a given, and check out the website for details of special offers and deals.
