Full ‘gate’ price tickets at Thorpe Park are £50 for adults, and at Alton Towers it’s an eye-watering £53 on the day. It’s expensive! But there are plenty of ways to save.
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Bicester Village – the UK’s strangest ‘top tourist attraction’
Bicester Village – the well known 1.2 mile long, open-air, luxury outlet shopping mall, lined with over 160 of the world’s top (and priciest) designer brands. It’s easy to see the appeal – Outlet shopping centres are great for bargain hunting, and Bicester Village is beautifully presented, with the wooden ‘barn-style’ shopfronts lining a spotlessly…
5 things I did this month to easily cut £90 of my monthly outgoings – getting ready for an expensive winter!
It’s starting to get chilly here in the UK… Winter is approaching – and the energy crisis looms. Household bills are set to soar even more than they already have.It’s getting a little scary actually isn’t it? I’ve been doing some research online on how to reduce the amount of money I am spending every…
10 tips for visiting London for the first time
If you’re visiting London for the first time, and want to get the most out of your visit with no surprises, I’ve got a few tips for you! Stay in central London if you can London is a big city, and sprawls out quite a long way.Beware when booking ‘London hotels’, as some of these…
Sky Garden vs The Shard – Which London viewing platform is better?
There are several attractions in London offering great views of the skyline, some more obscure than others. The two best ones, in my opinion at least, have got to be The Shard and the Sky Garden. But which one’s better? Let’s compare! The views Both on the East side of central London, the Sky Garden…
How to find CHEAP Eurostar tickets to Paris, London, Brussels and Amsterdam
I absolutely love Paris, and getting there by train really is the best way to do it.I’m always on the lookout for cheap Eurostar tickets from London to Paris, meaning I’ve picked up a few tricks to find the best deals over the years. Here are the best ways I’ve found to get cheap Eurostar…
Croatia on a budget – A few days in Split
I thought I’d have a look back at one of my favourite places I’ve been lucky enough to visit – Split, Croatia. We loved Split so much the first time we visited, we went back a year later, and we still want to return again for more. I’ll share a few things we loved to…
How to get cheap / FREE Alton Towers and Thorpe Park tickets with Tesco Clubcard
Tickets for Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures, Legoland, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Drayton Manor and Oakwood can be expensive. There are a few ways to get cheap theme park tickets, but using your Tesco Clubcard points to buy them is by far the cheapest way. Here’s how you can get your cheap Alton…
How to get cheap Thorpe Park & Alton Towers tickets in 2021
Full ‘gate’ price tickets at Thorpe Park are £50 for adults, and at Alton Towers it’s an eye-watering £53 on the day. It’s expensive! But there are plenty of ways to save.
London Sky Garden, one of the best FREE things to do in London
The Sky Garden is one of the best kept secrets in London, and best of all it’s completely free. Located on the 35th floor of the “Walkie Talkie” building (or 20 Fenchurch Street to give it it’s actual name), the Sky Garden offers incredible 360 degree views from the floor-to-ceiling glass-walled public garden – “The…
Review – Nespresso Essenza Mini | ★★★★★
This review is not sponsored or endorsed in any way. A couple of weeks ago, while we were wandering around Cribbs Causeway in Bristol, we decided to treat ourselves to a bit of an impulse buy.We bought ourselves a new Nespresso coffee machine!And woah, was it a bargain! We ended up buying one of the…
What Matt Thought 