Revellers beware- you’re in for a scare…- Halloween Theme Park tickets.

It’s officially That Time of Year again.  The time when children are allowed to delve a little too far into the dressing-up box and are forgiven for demanding sweets from their seniors with scant regard for their ‘p’s’ and ‘q’s’.  So dig out your old witch’s mask and fish out those face-paints, because Halloween is coming to town and a casual dress code is not an option… Read more

Christmas gift ideas – Santa hats at the ready, the Big Man’s on his way…

On a chilly Christmas Eve many moons ago, my mother wrapped me up to the eyeballs in clashing knitwear and whispered that we were ‘going somewhere very exciting’.  ‘Somewhere very exciting’ normally translating as ‘Nana’s house’, I displayed a very wary enthusiasm.

Having been no more than around four years old, my memories of meeting the Big Man are hazy at best.  Apparently I asked for Kerplunk or, failing that, a kitten.  As an adult, it is all too easy to forget quite how excited you used to get at the thought of a rotund stranger slipping down the chimney in the dead of night.

My mother maintains that Christmas only ‘came alive’ for her as an adult once she had children.  Maybe that’s why she’s beaming ear-to-ear in each of the hastily-taken snapshots from our own meeting with Santa.  Whatever your reasons, nothing brings Christmas to life better than a meeting with a certain Mr Claus…

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Alton Towers special offer – 50% off until Wednesday

Ssh! Don’t tell anyone but it looks like Summer’s here.  If we don’t speak too loudly then it might last for more than a couple of days at a time – wouldn’t that be nice?

To celebrate the reappearance of everyone’s favourite nearby star for more than five minutes we’ve put together a special offer that’ll let you get out and enjoy the sunshine. From RIGHT NOW we’ve slashed the prices of our Alton Towers tickets by a frankly unbelievable 50%.  That’s half-blinkin’-price!

This offer will run until MIDDAY WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE when the normal ticket price will come back (along with overcast weather – probably). So if you want to save a whole wodge of wonga on a smashing day out at Alton Towers then get a hold of our Alton Towers tickets RIGHT NOW! This special Alton Towers offer has now expired – you can, of course, still get regular Alton Towers tickets from the Buyagift site.

New at Alton Towers – Sharkbait Reef

Alton Towers have opened another fantastic new attraction, brought to you in association with SEA LIFE! With 25 locations around the world (including all centres that we sell SEA LIFE tickets for) they really are the experts in all things fish (and sharks, and rays, and seahorses…) and now they’ve brought their brand of marine expertise to Alton Towers.

What makes the Alton Towers SEA LIFE! centre extra special? The theme: Pirates!

Gone are the gallery-style collections of oblong tanks, and in their place comes displays of all shapes and sizes offering astonishingly close views of an array of fantastic sea creatures through windows which are flat, curved and even bubble-shaped!

Join Captain Black and crew to discover over 300 species of aquatic life under the wreck of the galleon in Mutiny Bay or dip your fingers in the tropical pool and let Shrimp give you a manicure (tidy results not guaranteed).  The very best part of all this aquatic discovery? It’s included in the price of your Alton Towers tickets!

“How do I plan a great birthday day out for a teenage boy?”

Annabella is Buyagift’s own resident gift guru. Drawing on her own vast experience of giving and receiving presents she answers questions from readers on how to choose the perfect present for the right person, navigating the modern manners minefield that can make choosing gifts so difficult, and anything else under the sun.

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