Travel Club of Upminster

[martin]

the firm who started bringing holiday packages to the Algarve has now gone out of business, I like the comment that when you were on the plane you got steak , now you get nothing.

also the line here

"We used to print in the Travel Club brochure a weekly shopping list comparing Upminster with the Algarve, showing how a basket that cost £5 in Upminster would cost only £2 2s [£2.10] in Portugal," said Mr Chandler. "Today it would probably cost more in the Algarve."

full article here

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/new ... 95470.html

[tricky]

Having been in the travel business for many years, I knew The travel club of upminster as a very well respected company. It is sad to see its demise.