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NATAS Travel 2010

Year 2010 has just entered into its second week. It may be too early to start planning for your travel and tour plans but as the adage goes: “Time and Tide waits for no man”, so if you want to travel to Japan, travel to China, travel to Europe or travel to any other countries, this is the time to start planning now! Good news are here! The first NATAS Travel fair for this year 2010 will be held soon, details as follows:

NATAS Travel Fair 2010

Date: 26 Feb 10 (Fri) to 28 Feb 10 (Sun)
Time: 10 am to 10 pm
Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 4 and 5
Admission charges: $4 per adult, free for children below 12 years of age

I notice that the admission charge per adult has increased by 1 dollar to $4! Wow, it is really expensive now to get into the travel fair! This cost must be the price one pays for the myriad of travel brochures one will receive inside the fair! Just kidding!

NATAS Travel Fair is really a travel fair not to be missed! I have booked my two tours last year at great prices from the fair and so I am looking forward again to the travel fair!Some tips for getting the best bargains in the travel fair: try to go to the fair early, if possibly, the first day, as the best deals are also offered on the first day, from my experience though I do have my critics too!

Secondly, plan where you want to travel first. If you do not have a country in mind for your travel, you will be inundated with many attractive offers till you will not know where to go. For me, I will decide on the country to go, check out as many well-trusted travel agents, using a piece of paper to jot down each of their strengths and weakness of their offers and then decide!

There are many budget travel firms joining in the travel fair, I think more and more Singaporeans are giving them a consideration though big brand names like Chan Brothers, Nam Ho, 5 Stars, Dynasty, ASA travel still rule the roost in the travel industry in Singapore.

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