A round-up of other travel news in brief
Green light for Lapland
Sunway Holidays has organised a day trip to Lapland for children from the Make-a-Wish Foundation to ensure the children's wishes are granted at Christmas.
Sunway is adding a flight to its sold-out Lapland programme. Surplus seats will be available for €599 per adult and €499 per child, helping to fund the trips for Make-a-Wish children. The prices include transfers, activities, lunch in Santa's village, breakfast and dinner on the flight and all taxes and charges. 01-2886828, www.sunway.ie.
Holiday revamp
The Holiday World Show (www.holidayworldshow.com), at the RDS in Dublin from January 23rd to 25th, has been revamped for 2009, with visitors being offered free travel clinics and the opportunity to explore nine "worlds", or pavilions, under one roof: Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe and the Mediterranean, the Americas, home holidays, cruise lines and ferries, adventure travel, and the extended Caravan Motorhome Show.
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The average cost in euro for a weekly food shop for a family of four in Turkey, making it cheaper to feed your family on holiday than at home