Will pm you will find our tickets

As Kiltman says there are several hotels in the Marhaba group but the one simply called Marhaba is in Sousse. You can walk into the town to the Medina from there if you are feeling energetic. Before starting any real shopping have a look round the Soula Centre which is a large fixed-price shop just outside the Medina to give you an idea of prices. One other tip is to use my name when the shopkeepers greet you, Aslemma simply means 'hello' so they don't immediately know where you are from. There are a lot of Tunisian Arabic phrases on here but probably the two most useful are "la, ghali barcha" (no, too expensive) and "m'andee floos" (I have no money).

we are going to the marhaba hotel in sousse

Hope you all have a great time. I'll be back in Sousse early November for 11 days. Booked my flight with BA today as prices seem to be going up rather than down but will sort out an hotel later.

thanks very much for the phrases, ill try to pronounce them lol, were really looking forward to going as we both love egypt but thought wed try tunisia this year x

Thanks for the handy tips !! You learn more from this web site than any travel log !

No problems. A few more phrases you may find handy (all spellt phonetically):

How much - kaddesh?
Too expensive - gahli barcha;
I've got no money - m'andee floos;
Welcome - marhaba
May I have - attini;
Coffee - Kawah;
Tea - Chai
Milk - Helib
Butter - zibteh;
Please - min fahtlik;
Thank you - shokran;
No - la;
Yes - naam (or aye);
Hello - aslemma;
Goodbye - bislemma;
Good morning - sbarkia;
Good evening - messa el Kheir;
Good night - Ala Kheir;
How are you? - Lebes? (reply - lebes Hamdullah (I'm fine thanks be to Allah) or lebes, winti? I'm fine, and you?); You will hear Hamdullah quite a lot. also inshallah (Allah willing)
Sorry or excuse me - sahmahni;
A small amount (food etc) schwire schwire
Go away - imshi;
I wouldn't dream of implying you would ever need one, but the word for an ashtray is "taktooka" i.e. attini taktooka min fahtlik - may I have an ashtray please

Fill-ah-meesh-meesh ... Ladies can say it in one go, when the bar men or whoever are looking at you inappropriately as it means something like, 'keep dreaming, you wish, never going to happen!!!'