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OF THE BEST


FESTIVALS


Notting Hill Carnival


With feather- bedecked


costumes, a huge colourful parade and jerk chicken


stalls en masse, Notting Hill Carnival is about as close to the Caribbean as you can get without leaving sunny London. This year:


August 26-27.


The Hay Festival


Spring sees


Wales’s biggest literary festival descend on Hay-on-Wye with talks,


readings and


everything else book-related. Next year: May 23 to June 2.


Edinburgh Fringe Festival Theatre, music, dance and, of


course, comedy – it wouldn’t be summer without the Edinburgh Fringe, so use it to sell this charming city. This year: August 3-27.


in Grassington and the


Christkindlmarkt in Leeds, where stollen, bratwurst, gingerbread and glühwein are stacked high on stalls straight out of Frankfurt (four days from £279 per person). Celebrate Hogmanay: The fun doesn’t end with Christmas, though. In the lead-up to New Year’s Day, you’ll find one of the UK’s biggest festivals: Scottish Hogmanay. Edinburgh is at the heart of


the revelry with 150,000 people flocking to see its festivities, including a huge torchlit procession and all-out fireworks display on New Year’s Eve, plus a fancy-dress plunge in the icy cold River Forth on New Year’s Day. Contiki, Busabout and Topdeck


all offer packages for younger clients wanting to see it in style, while Shearings offers a trip to experience the celebrations in Inverness with afternoon tea, champagne, cocktails and a gourmet dinner, complete with all the bagpipes and dancing you’d expect at one of Scotland’s biggest parties. Get spooked: It’s not only about the festive period, of course. Winter is an ideal time to try something a little different, and London is chock-full of spooky night-time tours that you can sell when the evening temperatures start to drop. Evan Evans Tours


offers a Jack the Ripper and Haunted London trip, taking daredevil clients on a guided tour around the East End of the city to learn all about the area’s bloody history. The tour costs from £37 per person, including a fish-and-chip dinner, and runs


This year’s Blackpool Illuminations switch- on will see Britney Spears entertaining the crowds


from November 1 to March 31. It’s also probably not the first activity your clients might think of, which makes it a good one to push.


LEFT: Fairground at Butlin’s Minehead


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w SPRING Drink a Guinness in Dublin: St Patrick’s Day merriments bring clients flocking to Ireland, and there’s a variety of commissionable trips on hand in the capital. Contiki and Topdeck lead the pack, taking clients from London to Dublin with a guide on hand to help them get the most out of their visit and live it up Irish-style with colourful parades,


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