A round-up of other travel news this week...
Irish haggle the least
The Irish are bashful about haggling, with 30 per cent feeling guilty about negotiating over small sums of money. Just over half of Irish people (56 per cent) haggle over prices on holiday; at the top of the European haggling league are the British: more than three-quarters (76 per cent) are prepared to fight for a bargain, says Hotels.com.
St Valentine wedding fair
BrookLodge Wells Spa, in Co Wicklow, the AA Hotel of the Year, is inviting loved-up couples with the energy to get out of their post-St Valentine’s Day beds to enjoy canapes and drinks while visiting the hotel’s wedding settings on Sunday, February 15th.
Volunteers needed
The housing charity Habitat for Humanity Ireland wants to recruit 200 volunteers for its international short- term building projects in 2009. The closing date for applications is February 9th. Contact Karen Kennedy on 01-6299664 or see www.habitatireland.ie.