Club Albufeira and Algarve News

The recent horrors of lost luggage at Heath Row`s Terminal 5 makes one think about how to deal with a lost luggage crisis.
Here are a few tips to help avoid the trauma of lost luggage before you travel.

Make a list of everything you have packed then if your bags are lost you can
use it as an inventory. Take a photo of your bags too - having a picture of your luggage is easier than describing what your case looks like at the claims desk.

Put your name, address and contact details on a large piece of paper inside your luggage in case the label on the outside falls off.

Pack items like jewellery and cameras in your hand luggage. Some airline’s consider these ‘unacceptable baggage items’ so you won’t be able to claim compensation.

If your luggage contains recently purchased items try to keep receipts at home.

Take out travel insurance before your trip to ensure your luggage is covered.

Brightly coloured or distinctive luggage is easily identifiable. This will help to prevent other passengers from mistaking your bags as theirs and it also deters thieves.

Before you travel investigate your airlines and airports ‘lost luggage’ policies.
If travelling with someone else, pack some of your items in the other person’s luggage and vice versa. That way, if one bag is lost you have at least some of your personal items with you.
Pack a day’s worth of clothes in your hand luggage as back-up precaution.

Even in the low season months of the year (November - March) many holiday-makers take advantage of:-

• lower air fares
• lower prices for accommodation (£250 / week)
• the lack of crowds , empty beaches and cliff top walks
• instant service in the restaurants
• the warmer climate ( over 320 days of sunshine / year)
• Club Albufeira open all year round and 24/7 and other attractions (Zoomarine)
• Escaping the cold winters and high fuel bills
• Special discount for long term stays

Enquire about Long Term Stays in the Low Season Months

Self catering properties reflect the good taste and pride of the owners with fine furnishings and decor. Self catering accommodation also saves money!

• A furnished kitchen allows holiday-makers to prepare many of their own meals.
• During a week’s holiday, dining in, rather than going to restaurants for every meal translates into a huge savings on food alone.
• Drinks can be refrigerated at less cost than the traditional mini-bar of a hotel and our advertised self catering apartments, villas, cottages, farm houses offer far more space than a hotel room or a cramped cabin on a cruise.
• In addition to a fully equipped kitchen with microwave, refrigerator-freezer, dishwasher etc, the holiday property may have a washing machine and dryer.
• Guests can wash their golf, tennis, or beach wear each day giving the hidden benefit: of less luggage to haul on the trip.