kortbij-vakanties

English translation: holidays close to home

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Flemish term or phrase:kortbij-vakanties
English translation:holidays close to home
Entered by: Chris Hopley

11:02 May 13, 2003
Flemish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tourism & Travel / tourism
Flemish term or phrase: kortbij-vakanties
context: toerisme

vakanties in de buurlanden
Elise2
Local time: 19:10
short holiday breaks close to home
Explanation:
just a suggestion.

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Note added at 2003-05-13 11:41:47 (GMT)
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Cheap package holiday deal, self catering & all inclusive bargain, last
minute break & low cost flight. ... Last minute bargain holiday break. ...
www.bargain-holiday-break.com/

The France Holiday Store, an ABTA bonded travel agency. Whatever kind of French holiday or short break you\'re looking for, we\'ve made the searching easy. ...
Description: France specialist travel agency with online cross channel ferry bookings, villas and camping holidays.
Category: Regional > Europe > ... > Travel Services > Travel Agents
www.fr-holidaystore.co.uk/ -
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writeaway
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Bedankt voor de info en ref.

Groetjes
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2short holiday breaks close to home
writeaway
4trips/holiday trips/ side trips to neighbouring countries
Annelies Vonk
4holidays close to home
vixen


  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
trips/holiday trips/ side trips to neighbouring countries


Explanation:
"As money became a problem, so trips to neighbouring countries began to replace the once flamboyant European tours to which both countries' middle classes had become addicted."

"Among these are the introduction of "SAARC airfares"; doing away with the current system where a tourist has to change currencies several times and allow direct exchange between currencies of the region without having to convert to and from dollars at points of disembarkation and embarkation; and introducing "side trips" to neighbouring countries in order to promote the overall worth of the region as a tourist destination."



    Reference: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/450/in4.htm
    Reference: http://origin.island.lk/2001/01/28/busine10.html
Annelies Vonk
Netherlands
Local time: 19:10
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
short holiday breaks close to home


Explanation:
just a suggestion.

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Note added at 2003-05-13 11:41:47 (GMT)
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Cheap package holiday deal, self catering & all inclusive bargain, last
minute break & low cost flight. ... Last minute bargain holiday break. ...
www.bargain-holiday-break.com/

The France Holiday Store, an ABTA bonded travel agency. Whatever kind of French holiday or short break you\'re looking for, we\'ve made the searching easy. ...
Description: France specialist travel agency with online cross channel ferry bookings, villas and camping holidays.
Category: Regional > Europe > ... > Travel Services > Travel Agents
www.fr-holidaystore.co.uk/ -

writeaway
Specializes in field
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Bedankt voor de info en ref.

Groetjes

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllisonK (X)
1 hr

agree  Andre de Vries
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
holidays close to home


Explanation:
If you fly to the States or to Australia, that pretty well uses up two year's worth of your CO2 'ration'! That is why Life Style's guidelines encourage people to take holidays close to home and to travel whenever possible by train, bus or tram rather than car.
http://www.lifestyle-movement.org.uk/str1/whatcando.htm

Cyclists said they wanted to choose their level of medical cover with many preferring a lower level for holidays close to home.
http://www.ukcycling.net/news/index.php?story=372

vixen
Greece
Local time: 20:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
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