£9.50 Holidays, said to be the UK's most famous holiday offer[1] is a holiday promotion regularly run by British newspaper The Sun - cheap family breaks from £9.50 per person that can be redeemed by collecting coupons printed in the newspaper.[2] The holiday offer was first promoted in the current £9.50 format in 1998 and has since been running every year. It had previously been offered as £7.50 Holidays, dating back to 1991.[3]
In 2001, an article in The Guardian questioned whether an eight page long spread in The Sun promoting £9.50 Holidays in Europe was the beginning of a more pro-Euro stance, as The Sun proceeded to publish a lead article criticising the Conservative Party and at the end of that week officially endorsed the Labour Party for the upcoming UK general election.[4]
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- ^ Rowan, Paul (2005-06-26). "What sort of holiday do you get for £9.50?". London: Times Online. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/england/article537880.ece. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
- ^ "Holidays from £9.50 are here again!", The Sun Online. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
- ^ News International Archive
- ^ Cole, Peter (2001-03-10). "Tories eclipsed as Sun denounces asylum stance". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2001/mar/10/conservatives.uk. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
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