{"id":8248,"date":"2021-08-30T20:23:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T20:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/?p=8248"},"modified":"2023-05-11T09:59:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T09:59:48","slug":"our-first-package-holiday-and-i-enjoyed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/our-first-package-holiday-and-i-enjoyed-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Our first package holiday and I enjoyed it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A package holiday has never really appealed. We like to be independent, organising our own flights and accommodation, and having flexibility. Last year we even planned an amazing driving holiday<\/a> through France, Switzerland and Italy. However, we’ve recently come back from our first package holiday and I was impressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why a package holiday this time? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The original plan was to go and visit my family in Italy, but we had three flights cancelled within a few weeks. It showed how changeable the travel situation is with Covid. We didn’t want to rebook flights and spend lots of time searching for a villa when there was a very high chance flights would be cancelled again and we’d lose our money on accommodation. We still had aspirations of going abroad but didn’t want the stress. A fully ATOL protected<\/a>, package holiday seemed the way to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cyprus as a destination <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We took Italy off the table as even double vaccinated people are required to quarantine on arrival for five days. A quick look at the EasyJet Holidays<\/a> website revealed the European countries we could go to quarantine-free. Cyprus was one destination that came up. It ticked the boxes on travel time, sunshine, warm sea and cuisine.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A friend mentioned The Elysium<\/a> in Cyprus, saying it was one of her favourite hotels in the World. We looked it up and could see why. We went back to EasyJet and were delighted to see that the very hotel was included in their package holiday to Paphos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the package holiday included <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The package was much cheaper than booking the separate elements so it was a no-brainer. We pushed the button. It removed all the stress as we knew it was all covered and didn’t have the fear of a last minute flight cancellation. We also didn’t spend hours trawling the web for accommodation to match our flight dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The package included:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n