We are proud to be able to offer a £25 voucher which can be used with our new partners at Naked Wines

Naked Wines is a new online wine merchant that offers something slightly different to what you may find in Tesco or Asda. The wines are sourced direct from the winemaker cutting out the middle man so you the consumer receive excellent wines at a low cost. Many of the wines you find in the supermarket are mass produced for the British market. As the retail giants will demand wine at a certain price quality is often compromised. Naked Wines source their wine direct from the passionate smaller winemaker who are more interested and take more pride in the quality of their wines.

Until now it has been hard to find these type of wines in the UK. Naked Wines currently offers 96 wines from 32 small winemakers. As a customer you can also become a wine taster, if chosen Naked Wines will send you samples to taste for you then to give them your feedback.

When you place an order with us for either a sat nav, camcorder or laptop you will receive your voucher with your confirmation email. The voucher has a direct link to the Naked Wines website where you can create an account which will be credited with £25 when you spend £64.99 on a case of wine. This brings the price per bottle down to £3.33 which represents excellent value for money for quality wines.

I have been recently checking prices for airport parking at Gatwick for a forthcoming skiing trip. When travelling to any airport for your holiday you have a few alternatives to get to the airport which all come down to convenience and cost.

Depending on how close you live to the airport the obvious and cheapest way to get to your departure airport is to get a lift from friends or family. However, when you live 100 miles from your airport this option is a big favour to ask your close ones, especially to pick you up as well on your return.

The next option is by trains, buses or taxis. The train or bus option are certainly cheaper than getting a taxi to the airport however quite often they can take twice as long to get to the airport. Not a big issue on your outbound journey but coming home there is nothing worse than a journey that is any longer than it should be. A taxi from Bournemouth to Gatwick (110 miles) will cost between £120-£160 so although convenient this option is certainly the most expensive.

The final option I looked into was driving to Gatwick and leaving my car there. I was surprised at the lower than expected costs of parking at Gatwick. To leave my car there for a week (Saturday to Saturday) prices started from just £34.50 which I thought was excellent value. Of course I will have the additional petrol cost of approximately £30 but this definitely is the best option on the basis of cost and convenience.

This winter we have been offering Satski devices for hire. Satski is a real time interactive GPS piste map that helps you navigate from a to b and allows you to avoid tricky black runs if you are no expert. After a days skiing you are able to view all your statistics such as speed, distance travelled, routes and altitudes. The product has recently been featured on Channel 5′s “The Gadget Show” and received excellent reviews when compared with a rival Ski GPS device.

The person behind Satski is Jean-Claude Baumgartner who is confident that more and more skiers and boarders will be switching to Satski in the future. Although we are offering this product for hire there is also an option to download the software to your mobile phone or purchase the GPS unit from Satski direct.

Sat Nav is becoming more and more part of our lives every day. Nearly all of us are now familiar with in car satellite navigation and most have experienced it either as a passenger or a driver. There are constantly new uses for the GPS technology in other devices.

Whilst playing golf at the weekend a playing partner was using a Sky Caddie golf GPS device which gave exact yardages to the flag which certainly made life much easier. However, as good and accurate as the device was hitting it the correct yardage is another thing! At least the accuracy of the GPS gave you the best possible chance of hitting a perfect shot and its certainly something I would consider investing in. (as well as a few golf lessons!)

Once you get comfortable with GPS technology either in your car, golf course, at sea or climbing mountains you start to think how did you manage before much the same as with a mobile phone. It will be interesting to see in the coming years what other applications there will be for GPS as I am sure it’s uses are far from being exhausted and it is certainly here to stay.

 

SkyCaddie SG5

 

SkyCaddie GPS Device

Watch a independent review of Zintech.

Watch a video review of our service by online magazine Sciurdae. From the booking process to receiving the TomTom unit. Watch how the whole sat nav hire process works.

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Sat Nav Hire Review