I have just booked to go to Calabria in Italy on 20th July 2013 and as expected I am the first person to book - so folks get looking in the brochure and join me!! Although new in the JY brochure, Page and Moy have been there for several years and it is in the Travelshere brochure this year.
The bonus for me is that I can go at all!! As many of us have moaned about before, JY does not really cater for teachers who can only go in the main holiday season but because we are having 2 disagregated Inset Days at the end of term, it means I break up early on the 19th July and so can just get on the latest departure before they stop for the summer! The downside is some very late eveings while we have two hours of training every half term to make up the 12 hours but I will live with that to be able to sneak onto a holiday I would otherwise not be able to go on.
The other downside is that, despite living 4 miles from Manchester airport I have to go from Gatwick and after extensive research, the cheapest way, other than driving, is to fly and book into a hotel after the late arrival back. According to the Premier Inn website, they are opening a new hotel right in Gatwick Airport so I am going to wait and see how much a room there will cost.
I do hope that other people book so that the holiday does not get cancelled - how cross will I be then!!!!
