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Well I have to admit that our recent outing to Portugal and the amount we spent compared to previous visits has got us thinking about long-haul for the next trip...I do have a hankering to visit Angkor Wat and have been suprised at how cheaply it can be done as a side trip from Kuala Lumpur. Time for some serious research.
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I have to agree with Fiona, there is exceptional value to be had outside the old Euro zone favorites...... :)
Vietnam is a partly attractive option at the moment. The local currency (Dong) is under serious pressure, discribed by some as, a run on the currency. Bloomberg explains the problems better than I can..:)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aTsaEi_5ljqk

Closer to home.
Iceland is also great value compaired to recent times. The devaluation of the krona, has made it exceptional value, compaired to what it used to be over the last 15 years or so...

As for packages.
The large Tour operators such as Tui (thomson ect) and KarstadtQuelle (thomas Cook ect) use the Euro for their forward block purchasing. The strenght of the Euro verses the US Dollar has helped increase their margins on bookings made in the longer hual US Dollar / pegged regions. This is where the signifcant discounting is taking place at the moment, when they need to sell off excess supply. There's some great long haul bargins are to be had (expecally to the caribbean) if you can manage a long charter flight....
:)
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ive just checked out the uk/euro rate for 30/5/08 and it is now 1euro 27 cents to the pound, a steady rise in the last couple of weeks. At least its going the right way :)
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We've got nearly 3 months till we go away, so hopefully when the time comes, around the rate will be fairly decent.
Here's hoping anyway.
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Just come back from Zante and the exchange rate everywhere was €1.20 to £1.

We probably spent twice as much on food and drink in 2 weeks than we would in 3 weeks in Bali or Goa.
Of course, it's not just about money - we had some fabulous food in Tsilivi and really enjoyed the different culture and sights.
The lovely long days, with sun until way past 7pm is something that you don't get the nearer the equator you go.
And the bonus was that the flight is less that 3.5 hours.
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i read on bbc news this morning that the euro was up to 1.26 because of ireland voting no to the european treaty in lisbon. but when icheque the rates online still only 1.22 max, will this take a few days to filter through and maybe a sign it will creep back up again or have igot it all wrong?
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