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Swimming Safety tips

Whether at home or abroad, follow these basic tips for keeping safe:

• Never swim alone or under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and never dive head-first into an unfamiliar body of water.
• Check local information for details of tides, currents and pollution.
• Bilharzia, a parasitic infection of the bowel or bladder, may be contracted by contact with infested fresh water in the tropics.
• In certain areas, fatal primary amoebic meningoencephalitis has occurred following swimming in warm dirty water.
• Salt water is generally safer than fresh water for swimming in developing countries. However, only pools that contain properly chlorinated water can be considered safe from infectious diseases.
• When swimming in the sea, check out the possible existence of jellyfish, sea urchins, coral, sea snakes, sharks and venomous fish. Human sewage and animal faeces make some beaches no-go areas for swimming or even wading.

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50 ways to save on your holidays

Richard Browning

SCHOOLS are clamping down on parents who take their children on holiday during term time. At best, to get permission for even one extra day off at either end of a holiday requires a degree of form filling and letter writing that wouldn't be out of place in a Soviet police station. Even then, the final decision rests on the whim of the chairman of governors.

While the difference a day makes to a child's education is unquantifiable, it can add thousands of pounds to the price of a family holiday. But with this option of saving money virtually outlawed, how do you stick within the rules without breaking the bank?

Here are some examples from the article on how to save money on your holiday. Visit This is Money to read the holiday article in full.

4. Travel on the ferry at unsociable times
After years of outrageously high fares, the cross-Channel ferry operators have woken up to the fact that people aren't prepared to pay up to £600 to cross a stretch of water so short you can see the other side from our shores - especially as you can fly to Spain for a few quid. As a result, fares have plunged and if you can travel at night, it's even cheaper.

5. Stay at home
A change is good as a rest so why not move into the spare room or swap rooms with your kids for a week or two. It's free and can be great fun – especially if you can agree to swap roles so the children do all the cooking.

6. Share the cost
A holiday home that sleeps 12 people isn't usually six times more expensive than one that sleeps two. So if you can bear to share with friends or family you could save a packet.

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19. Haggle for your hotel by email
One tip we like is to find accommodation recommended in guide books and on the travel websites - then email them directly to check for availability. Wait a few weeks and check again. If it's still available you're in a strong position to haggle for a deal. Email is particularly useful for people who hate haggling face to face or by phone.

20. Collect newspaper tokens
Many newspapers have a travel club or offer travel discounts that involve collecting tokens. Some of them offer a fantastic opportunity to save money on your holiday. Others don't, so always read the small print.

21. Check the latest exchange rates
Fluctuations in the value of the pound can mean the difference between being able to afford a holiday in the US and not. At current rates, America is around 20% cheaper than a couple of years ago. Also, think about visiting countries with currencies aligned to the dollar such as those in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Holidays Hertfordshire

Abbots Langley-Hertfordshire

Aley Green-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Allens Green-Hertfordshire (near Sawbridgeworth)

Aston End-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

Ayot St Lawrence-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Ayot St Peter-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Baker's End-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Bell Bar-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Birch Green-Hertfordshire (near Hertford)

Bishops Stortford-Hertfordshire

Blackmore End-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Bourne End-Hertfordshire (near Berkhamsted)

Bragbury End-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

Breachwood Green-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Brent Pelham-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Bricket Wood-Hertfordshire (near Abbots Langley)

Brookmans Park-Hertfordshire (near Potters Bar)

Bucks Hill-Hertfordshire (near Abbots Langley)

Bull's Green-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Burnham Green-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Bury Green-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Bushey Heath-Hertfordshire (near Bushey)

Chandler's Cross-Hertfordshire (near Rickmansworth)

Childwick Green-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Cockernhoe -Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Cole Green (Buntingford)-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Cole Green (Hertford)-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Collier's End-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Colney Heath-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Colney Street-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

Croxley Green-Hertfordshire (near Rickmansworth)

Dane End-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

East End-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

East End Green-Hertfordshire (near Hertford)

Epping Green-Hertfordshire (near Cuffley)

Furneux Pelham-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Gaddesden Row-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

Ganwick Corner-Hertfordshire (near Potters Bar)

Goff's Oak-Hertfordshire (near Waltham Cross)

Great Amwell-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Great Gaddesden-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

Great Hormead-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Great Munden-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Great Wymondley-Hertfordshire (near Hitchin)

Green End-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Green Street (East Hertfordshire)(near Borehamwood)

Green Street (North Hertfordshire) (near Bishops Stortford)

Green Tye-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Hadham Cross-Hertfordshire (near Much Hadham)

Hadham Ford-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Hall's Green-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

Hammond Street-Hertfordshire (near Goff's Oak)

Hare Street-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Harmer Green-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Hatching Green-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Hatfield Garden Village-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Hay Street-Hertfordshire (near Braughing)

Hebing End-Hertfordshire (near Knebworth)

Hemel Hempstead-Hertfordshire

Hertford Heath-Hertfordshire (near Hertford)

High Cross-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

High Wych-Hertfordshire (near Sawbridgeworth)

Hunton Bridge-Hertfordshire (near Abbots Langley)

Kings Langley-Hertfordshire (near Abbots Langley)

Kings Walden-Hertfordshire (near Hitchin)

Kinsbourne Green-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Letchmore Heath-Hertfordshire (near Radlett)

Letty Green-Hertfordshire (near Tewin)

Levens Green-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Leverstock Green-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

Little Berkhamsted-Hertfordshire (near Cuffley)

Little Gaddesden-Hertfordshire (near Berkhamsted)

Little Hadham-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Little Hormead-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Little Tring-Hertfordshire (near Tring)

Little Wymondley-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

London Colney-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

Long Marston-Hertfordshire (near Tring)

Lower Woodside-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Mangrove Green-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Maple Cross-Hertfordshire (near Rickmansworth)

Marden Hill-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Marshall's Heath-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Merry Hill-Hertfordshire (near Bushey)

Mill End-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Much Hadham-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Nash Mills-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

New Mill-Hertfordshire (near Tring)

Newgate Street-Hertfordshire (near Cuffley)

North Mymms-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Offley-Hertfordshire (near Hitchin)

Old Hall Green-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Old Knebworth-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

Park Street-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

Patchetts Green-Hertfordshire (near Bushey)

Patmore Heath-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Perry Green-Hertfordshire (near Much Hadham)

Peter's Green-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Piccotts End-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

Potten End-Hertfordshire (near Berkhamsted)

Potters Bar-Hertfordshire

Potters Crouch-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

Pye Corner-Hertfordshire (near Harlow)

Rabley Heath-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

Roe Green-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Round Bush-Hertfordshire (near Radlett)

Sacombe Green-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Shaftenhoe End-Hertfordshire (near Royston)

South Mimms-Hertfordshire (near Potters Bar)

South Oxhey-Hertfordshire (near Watford)

St Albans-Hertfordshire

St Ippollitts-Hertfordshire (near Hitchin)

St Margarets-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

St Michaels-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

St Pauls Walden-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

St Stephen-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

Staines Green-Hertfordshire (near Hertford)

Standon Green End-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Stanstead Abbotts-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Stocking Pelham-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Stoney Hills-Hertfordshire (near Bengeo)

Tea Green-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

The Hyde-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Trims Green-Hertfordshire (near Sawbridgeworth)

Trowley Bottom-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Upwick Green-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Waltham Cross-Hertfordshire

Wandon End-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Water End (Dacorum)-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

Water End (Welwyn/Hatfield)-Hertfordshire (near Potters Bar)

Watton at Stone-Hertfordshire (near Knebworth)

Welham Green-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Wellpond Green-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Welwyn Garden City-Hertfordshire

West Hyde-Hertfordshire (near Rickmansworth)

Winch Hill-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Wood End-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Woolmer Green-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

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