Fulfil your Indian dream

INDIAN DREAMS, a Dublin based travel company specialising in travel to the subcontinent don’t just offer the normal package holidays.

The company has put together a very interesting series of out of the ordinary holidays that allows for clients to stay in homes throughout India, to mix with various tribal people and for those interested in nature.

Indian Dreams has cycling tour packages and can even organise a Hindu wedding, the simple or elaborate kind.

The company is based in Suite 2, The Avenue, Beacon Court, Sandyford, Dublin 18, telephone [phone]. Email: [e-mail] or www.indiandreams.ie.

THOSE booking holidays in Trabolgan, Co Cork, can save up to 15% by moving fast — before February 29.

The Holiday village re-opens on St Patrick’s weekend and a number of special activities are planned for the season.

There is an automatic discount of 10% for anyone making a booking before the end of the month, and an extra 5% for any holidays starting on June 6, 20 and 27.

Details from www.trabolgan.com.

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ISLAND Cruises have announced that all guests travelling on a Caribbean fly/cruise starting from either Dublin or Belfast airports, will have baggage handling facilities operated by the company staff.

After normal check-in, the baggage will be automatically forwarded to the cruise ship in Barbados.

Island Cruises recently announced new cruises around the Caribbean for Winter 2008/2009. These itineraries visit 20 different ports of call, taking in the huge diversity of destinations the Caribbean has to offer, including Barbados, Grand Cayman, Panama Canal, Jamaica, Cartagena (Columbia), Aruba and Grenada.

This new Caribbean programme opens up a whole new region for Island Cruises’ guests, providing port intensive cruising for first-timers to the Caribbean, a bit of Latin America on a Panama Canal adventure for the more experienced and an unusually expansive itinerary that takes in diverse ports from the east and west of the Caribbean Sea.

Prices start from €1,599 when departing Dublin on January 1, 2009, based on two adults sharing an inside cabin, and includes return flights, transfers, full board accommodation and tipping.

For further information call 1850 839 110 or check it out with any travel agent.