What counts as a great value Nile Cruise holiday

With a little time on my hands I have been reading and contributing to some of the topics on trip advisor and I came across one titled MS Orchid with First Choice -7 day cruise- Need some advice where the poster was asking for help with booking excursions as her £1800.00 Nile Cruise holiday did not include these although she had thought it did!

On reading the post further it seemed that possibly the lady had misread how the tour company had represented what was included in the holiday which was further compounded by the rep selling the holiday not being "Sure" if the trips were included or not.

The point is that for a £900.00 holiday on a fairly old and not really 5* boat you should really expect to get one of the main elements of the holiday that you are going to Egypt for, ie the excursions

£900.00 is a lot of money in anyone's eyes and in Egypt especially you can get a great value holiday for much less or a holiday of a much higher quality for the same sort of money.

Currently for under £700.00 you can have a week on the RA II  with flights, full board and more sightseeing than you will see on most other boats

For around £900.00 you can have a week on the Luxury Nile Cruise boat Ms Farah with flights, full board and sightseeing which with its ultra modern contemporary style will ensure you a great Egypt holiday

So the moral is don't always book with the big tour operators and definitely read all the small print to know what is and what is not included!!!

For more information on our great offers contact Atp Travel Ltd on 0845 680 9261 or email at info@atptravel.co.uk

Tutankhamun tomb: Human breath wreaks havoc in Egypt

The latest new for Egypt to make the main page of the BBC website is again not good news but its nothing really new. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21089027

For years anyone that knows anything about Egypt and the fabulous tombs of the Valleys of the Kings and Valley of the Queens, news that human breath was affecting the pigmentation in the Tomb of  Tutankhamun and may cause it to close is nothing new. Stories about this have been reported regularly stating that due to humidity levels increasing the tombs may have to be closed in order to stop the fantastic rich colours from disappearing.

Will anything be done, er probably not. At a time when the country is crying out for more tourists telling potential visitors that they cant visit one of the top 5 attractions (V|alley of the Kings) and view the Tutankhamun tomb would seriously not help. With all Nile Cruise excursions visiting the Valley of the Kings as well as the normal Classical Tours any closures will make these holidays a lot less appealing.

So although its unlikely that we will see any closures soon it might be a good idea to think about that Luxury Nile Cruise or Classical Tour Holiday sooner so that you can enjoy all of Egypt's fantastic historical treasures before they disappear.

So if you are looking for a great value Luxury Nile Cruise on some of the newest and most luxurious boats on the Nile then please contact us at info@atptravel.co.uk or call on  0845 680 9261 for details. There are some great deals over the next few months so checkout our website www.atptravel.co.uk for details

Happy New Year

A Happy New Year to one and all and for Egypt's sake lets hope its a good one.

So far things are showing signs of improvements with enquiries and bookings up on the same period from last year. We all hope that the anniversary of the "revolution" on the 25th January will pass without any major incident and that finally there will be some good news about Egypt rather than the depressing stuff that has appeared.

So here's to a fantastic to 2013 for us all.

Love and best wishes

Andrew