Don’t forget that this Easter Hotelopia has special offers that will help you save up to 20%. All your favourite destinations at lower prices: book hotels in Portugal from $24 or Spain from $50! The best deals are always in Hotelopia, check it out in our webpage!

Monday is a day everyone hates; there is no doubt about it. However, Hotelopia wants to make this day of the week as happy as any other.

How can we turn this day into a good day? Easy: every Monday, from now until we reach 5,000 fans, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. all fans of Hotelopia in facebook will have a 10% discount in hotels and apartments booked through our page, you have read it right, A 10% DISCOUNT!!

And don’t forget, if we reach the 5,000 fans it won’t only be Mondays but every day of the week!

Who said Mondays were hateful? Enjoy Mondays with Hotelopia!

HAPPY 10%, HAPPY MONDAY!

Haití is one of the poorest countries in the world. More than 80% of its population lives on less than $2 a day. However, the situation has become even worse since last Monday, 12th of January, when an earthquake hit the country, its epicentre only 15 km away from the country’s Capital, Port-au-Prince. The whole country has been devastated, especially the capital where almost every building has been flattened. People who survived the disaster are now trying to survive without the bare necessities. Food, water and sanitary conditions are almost depleted. There are only a few hospitals working, and they are all crowded with the thousands of injured and sick, these number only mounting.

Hotelopia UK wants to focus its attention today to all those who survived the earthquake. Those who have nothing left; those who are in danger of being forgotten by the international community. International Humanitarian Aid has started to arrive but getting these supplies to those who need them the most is proving difficult and these is an ever growing shortage. If you, like us at Hotelopia are concerned with this catastrophe and want to help we suggest http://www.google.com/intl/en/relief/haitiearthquake/ where you can read about where and how to donate to this just cause. What could be as little as a pound from you or i, could mean the difference between life for them, please help!

… Bon Voyage!

The much loved all American Greyhound bus service has just launched on British shores and has already started a price war with fares starting from just £1.

For anyone who has travelled around the USA on these budget friendly busses will know that the Greyhound service has provided something of a lifeline to those wanting to explore the country for less.  It’s hoped that the UK service will give travellers a similar taste of freedom.

The service offered currently runs between Southampton, Portsmouth and London (Victoria) to cater for the tourist and student masses, but there are hopes it will expand to include other UK destinations in the near future.

If you’ve experienced the American version of the Greyhound, then you’ll be in for a surprise with British service.  The sleek blue busses are fully equipped and boast reclining seats, plenty of leg room, guaranteed comfort, plug in points for laptops and even a free newspaper.

And judging by the rave reviews in the national press today, National Express will be quaking in their boots.

Check in free to Hotelopia’s all new Hotel Confidential. OK, it’s not actually a  hotel, but it gives you the opportunity to book a bargain hotel break for up to 25% off regular prices.

We’ve created a dedicated website which has exclusive access only to Hotelopia newsletter subscribers and Blogtelopia readers.

So click on the  Hotel Confidential link and check out our massive selection of hotels.  It’s where our participating hotels have dropped their rates so drastically that they’ve asked to keep their name confidential allowing you to save up to 25% on your hotel booking!

Check out the map , browse through a selection of our hand-picked hotels to save. Each hotel is well located hotel and offers excellent value for money.

Also browse through our independent customer reviews, as well as information on services and detailed mapping.

So what are you waiting for? Kids are back at school, the resorts have emptied and the favourite European cities are getting lively for the Autumn.

Availability on discounted hotels is limited.  Now book before the summer ends!

This is what happens when celebrities start to blog.

Gywneth Paltrow, “A” list movie star and wife of Coldplay’s Chris Martin seems to have had enough of the being represented to the world by the tabloid media and has turned to the blogshere to share her tips on travelling, eating,  sustainability and relationships.

On Goop.com, the actress writes regularly about topics which she feels passionately about, giving an insight into her personality and life.

In addition, check out Gywneth’s own recommendations for hotels in London, Barcelona, Paris, New York and Los Angeles where she claims to have stayed.  If you can’t afford a room in these plush pads, then check out the Hotelopia website.

Plus read about her restaurant recommendations.  It’s also nice to see  one of her favourites, Wagamamas, is also mine.  This Asian chain restaurant  serves fantastic fusion food, although I’ve yet to spot her sharing a table with office workers and budget travellers.

Overall, Goop is not a bad read.  There’s some interesting stuff in here, which isn’t just targeted to other “A” listers with piles of cash.  But let’s just hope Gywneth writes Goop herself (and doesn’t have a team of blogsters to do the work for her).

This month, we’ve selected Almeria in Spain as Hotelopia’s destination of the month.

Read more about the southern tip of Spain, as well as our great hotel offers in and around the region. All this information and more will be included in our newsletter.  Click here to subscribe.

So what’s so great about Almeria?  Almeria boasts more hours of sunshine per year than anywhere else in Spain. In fact, you can easily visit in February or March, find a sunny spot and strip off to your bathers to catch some rays. And since, this is Spain’s most southerly tip, it’s easy to find your own piece of beach paradise on the hundreds of kilometres of glorious coastline.

What’s more, this is the perfect place to see lasting impact the once ruling Moors had on the region. Everyone’s heard of the Alhambra in Granada, but Almeria is home to the equally stunning Alcazaba, an imposing Arabic fortress which stands boldly on the coast.

Add to this Almeria’s desert-like and cactus filled landscape and you’ll think you’re in Arizona than anywhere in Spain. The region has provided a location for various blockbuster movies and spaghetti westerns, which also makes this a great place to learn or to go horse-riding – Yee-ha!

As September sets in, employers are warned about the potential “end of summer hangover” which affects thousands of workers returning to work.

Some one in three workers dread settling back into the daily grind, according to a survey carried out by the organisation Investors in People.

The change of season, and fewer daylight hours are just one factor contributing to the post summer depression.  Employees are reported to be less motivated and dread a stockpile of work and emails.

Investors in People are suggesting that employers ease workers gently back into the working day, starting by simply welcoming them back.   It’s amazing the amount of workplaces that don’t actually do this.  Employers, take note!

They also recommend a mini-reintroduction into the workplace to help prevent a post vacational productivity gap which could impact on the economy.

However, in the current economic climate it seems anyone returning to work is lucky enough to have a job.  And instead of moaning about it, the best way of getting over post-holiday depression is to book another break and have something to look forward to.

Check out Hotelopia’s autumn offers on city breaks.  The summer may (almost) be over, but this the perfect time to visit some of Europe’s top cities for less.  Temperatures have cooled, kids have gone back to school, and hotel prices are cheaper.  So what are you waiting for?

Anyone who has holidayed in the resorts of Magaluf, Falikari and Benidorm, will have either felt at home with the Burberry brigade, or wanted to run a mile.

For many holidaymakers, chavs don’t paint the best picture of Brits abroad with their cheap tracksuits, antisocial behaviour and binge-drinking.

That’s maybe why www.activitiesabroad.com are winning customers by promoting “chav-free holidays.”

Earlier this year, the holiday company ran into some problems discriminating against its customers.  It claimed in an email, that after scouring its database, no one with the names “Dwayne”, “Wayne,” “Chardonnay” or “Bianca” had booked with them, making their holidays strictly a “chav-free zone” and even signing-off the email with the line: “nuff said, innit?”
Sparking controversy, the company’s MD was forced to face the media.  Standing up for the middle classes, he was quoted to have said, “Everybody else in our society seems to take from us whether it is incompetent bankers or the shell-suited urchins who haunt our street corners.”

Just as well then that Hotelopia offers everyone, even “chavs” the opportunity to book a break away, even if your name is Shazer or Kay-Tee.    “Nuff said, innit?”