The Travel Expert: Beware the great bank holiday flights rip-off

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Kevin MacLeod · incompetech.com · CC BY 4.0

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The Telegraph's travel desk flags the perennial late-summer phenomenon of bank holiday flight prices spiking, with its correspondent offering tips on dodging crowds in Spain.

The piece leans on the credentials of a columnist known for decades of travel reporting and for declining freebies from the industry he covers.

The full dispatch is available from the source below.

Source: Read the original at The Telegraph → Scored: Bama Country · Kevin MacLeod · CC BY 4.0

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