A date with Brad and Angelina
The STA Travel National Student Survey of over 16,000 students has revealed that 93% of students would purchase travel online.
Students were also asked what they would do if they had an extra £2,000 and 72% said they would spend it on a round-the-world trip, whereas only 11% said they would pay off their debts.
Female students most wanted to take Brad Pitt on a round-the-world trip, while for male students Angelina Jolie was the perfect travelling companion. The survey was conducted through STA Travel branches, online and at over 150 freshers fairs nationwide between October and November 2001.
Black and gold
The Golden Valley and Black Mountains B&B group has launched a website (golden-valley.co.uk) to promote their properties in Herefordshire.
Santander and back
Brittany Ferries is launching a new series of two-day cruises to Spain to mark the reintroduction of its Plymouth-Santander route on March 13. The cruise, with five hours ashore in Santander, costs £99 which includes a £30 voucher to use in the restaurants on board. For reservations telephone 0870 9081298.
Family ideas
Family website babygoes2.com is celebrating Mothering Sunday by offering its visitors a free tailor-made holiday suggestion for requests made tomorrow.
The way forward
The new editions of the Youth Hostel Association's walking brochures are now out. The programme of guided walking holidays includes the Cumbria Way and the Exmoor Coast. For the independent walker, YHA's Booking Bureau can help take the hassle out of booking lots of different youth hostels along a route. For a brochure, call 0870 8708808 or visit yha.org.uk.
Channel booking
Nearly a million people will book their summer holiday through home shopping TV channels, researchers at Thomas Cook TV predict.
Who wants to be an au pair?
One of Britain's leading recruiters of au pairs for American families, EduCare (020-7581 7363, aifs.co.uk) has launched a new education-related programme to revive interest in working in the US after a big drop in au pair numbers since the Louise Woodward trial in 1997. Last year there were only 60 applications, compared with 1,400 in 1996.
Successful applicants this year will spend a year in the US where they will have the chance to study at a local college or university, with $1,000 worth of tuition pre-paid.
Applicants must be 18-26. They pay a fee of $825 and in return get room and board, a weekly $105 payment, flights and free medical insurance - a package worth $11,790.
Pisa correction
In the February 2 edition of Travel, the telephone numbers of two hotels in Pisa were muddled. The Royal Victoria hotel number is 0039 050 940111 and the Pensione Rinascente's number is 0039 050 580460.
