To any pair who wants a cheap 2 week holiday in Sharm El Sheikh next week!

Flare · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:24

Just found this great deal which i am very tempted with!

13 nights Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt : 4 star B&B, Flights (Manchester), Accommodation (Tropicana Tivoli), Baggage, Taxes, Reps - £279pp @ Olympic Holidays (based on 2)

More info:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/13-nights-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt-4-s/815692

Flare.

[TW]Fox · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:25

Probably because at the moment they have banned all water activities. Which is kinda the point in going.

Journey · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:26

Arrive home 23:10 Christmas Eve, just in time to get stuck at the Airport for the whole of Christmas day

Uriel · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:29

Yup. Watersports restricted until they catch a shark responsible for some recent attacks. http://www.deeperblue.com/newsfull.php/2367

Uriel · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:34

Scratch that - sharks caught (possibly). http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap..._bWO_Q?docId=5352129f018a4bb89bd2c9383d3c1431

Maybe get the tickets before prices rise again.

Flare · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:35

Oh, didn't know about the banned water activities...

Amp34 · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:37

And it's only 4*.

(Yeah snobbish but I wouldn't go to an egyptian hotel under 5*, especially considering you can get good ones for not much.)

Having said that my sisters are out there at the moment and I'm sure they were going snorkelling today...:/

EDIT: Russian and Ukranians. Phew.

vicisthebest · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:41

Went to Sharm last year on a bargain deal (not as cheap as yours tho)

Stayed in a 4* hotel.

Both of us ended up with the squits.

Would go back, but stay in a 5* hotel.

J1234 · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:48

vicisthebest said:
Stayed in a 4* hotel.

Both of us ended up with the squits.

Would go back, but stay in a 5* hotel.

You'll get them no matter where you stay, it's part of going to Egypt.

manic111 · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:50

Amp34 said:
EDIT: Russian and Ukranians. Phew.

Must have been an anti-Fifa shark.

EDIT: I've been to Egypt twice and didn't get the squits...

Greenlizard0 · 2 Dec 2010 at 17:54

Justin said:
You'll get them no matter where you stay, it's part of going to Egypt.

Kept hearing this from everybody on here and in real life. Numbers don't lie. So took all sorts of preparations with me. I didn't get it, nobody on our coach tour did except an old lady, who deserved because she was loud, annoying and American.

utajoker · 2 Dec 2010 at 18:04

Amp34 said:
Having said that my sisters are out there at the moment and I'm sure they were going snorkelling today...:/

looks like they've been eaten

G-MAN2004 · 2 Dec 2010 at 18:07

utajoker said:
looks like they've been eaten

I shouldn't laugh but...

Turbo-G · 2 Dec 2010 at 18:11

We've just got back from Sharm. I agree, don't go below 5* over there else you'll more than likely regret it!

j.col · 2 Dec 2010 at 18:47

manic111 said:
Must have been an anti-Fifa shark.

EDIT: I've been to Egypt twice and didn't get the squits...

lol

MacRS4 · 2 Dec 2010 at 18:54

vicisthebest said:
Went to Sharm last year on a bargain deal (not as cheap as yours tho)

Stayed in a 4* hotel.

Both of us ended up with the squits.

Would go back, but stay in a 5* hotel.

I go to Egypt a lot - probably 30 times to Sharm in the last 5 years. Loads of people say they get 'food poisoning' and yet they don't follow basic advice about drinking lots of water and over-salting their food. Squits is a very basic sign of dehydration. In a desert. Who'd have guessed it

Glaucus · 2 Dec 2010 at 18:58

MacRS4 said:
I go to Egypt a lot - probably 30 times to Sharm in the last 5 years. Loads of people say they get 'food poisoning' and yet they don't follow basic advice about drinking lots of water and over-salting their food. Squits is a very basic sign of dehydration. In a desert. Who'd have guessed it

Other way round, squits leads to dehydration. I have never heard of dehydration leading to squits.

Amp34 · 2 Dec 2010 at 20:18

utajoker said:
looks like they've been eaten

I was going to post that then though how bad I'd feel if they actually were those attacked...

AcidHell2 said:
Other way round, squits leads to dehydration. I have never heard of dehydration leading to squits.

Yeah. The biggest reason for people getting it is handling the money and then not thoroughly washing your hands before eating/touching anything that goes near your mouth.

Lopéz · 2 Dec 2010 at 20:27

Star ratings have NOTHING to do with people getting the trots

Star ratings are based on facilities, swimming pool size, room size, number of restaurants, number of rooms, varieties of room and so on.

SpeedFreak · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:05

Stayed in the Hilton in Luxor last year and spent a good half a day on the toilet one day and that was me being careful with the money and where we ate etc... It's part of Egypt lol.