Compiled by Jolyon Attwooll Published: 1:12PM GMT 23 Nov 2009  There are some notable discounts on festive breaks to Scotland this week  Waterways Holidays (0845 127 1020; www.waterwaysholidays.com) has a range of early booking offers, including 50 percent off the second consecutive week and 10 per cent off 2010 breaks – on bookings made by 31 December 2009 on a choice of narrow boat holidays. One sample two-week narrowboat break on the Trent and Mersey canal costs from £984 (saving £328) including fuel (gas and diesel). The deal offering ten per cent off 2010 breaks is valid on a selection of holidays taken after March 11 and paid for in full by December 31, 2009.  Scottish Cottages (01228 406731, www.scottish-cottages.co.uk ) has reduced the price of a week’s stay at Oystercatcher Cottage by £40 for a week’s stay starting December 5. The cottage is just across the Scottish border less than 90 minutes from Carlisle and five miles from Kirkcudbright. The house is within a few yards of the beach and sleeps up to six, as well as the family pet. New price is £290 (saving £40).  Cottages4you (0845 268 1560; www.cottages4you.co.uk) is offering a 15 per cent discount on a holiday property located on the edge of Dartmoor National Park. Seven nights' self-catering accommodation costs £260.95, sleeping two to three people. Starts December 12.  Ecosse Unique (01835 822277, www.unique-cottages.co.uk) is offering a 25 per cent reduction on a week’s festive break in ‘Neid’s Cottage’, which has an open fire and surrounded by countryside of Glen Isla in rural Perthshire. New price £550, saving £200. Start date is December 21.  Blue Chip Vacations (0844 5612001, www.bluechipvacations.com) is offering 25 per cent off a luxury break at the 5-star designer apartment 23 Ocean 1 (sleeps four) in Newquay. Surfing is nearby at Fistral Beach and all guests receive a free festive hamper. Seven nights costs from £331 (saving £104). Start date November 28. Ends December 19.  Rural Retreats (www.ruralretreats.co.uk; 01386 701177) is offering up to 40 per cent off selected properties for stays between December 1 and December 17, 2009. Bearwood House in Pembridge, Herefordshire, costs from £97.62 per person, based on ten sharing (£976.20 in total, a saving of £650.80). The property includes an outdoor hot tub, a games room, a Wii, Playstation 2, iPod docking station and free wireless internet.  EasyJetHolidays (0871 244 2377; easyJetHolidays.com) is offering flights and two nights’ accommodation in the three-star Holiday Inn Express City Centre in Edinburgh for £119 per person. Based on two sharing, including bed and breakfast. Departing London Gatwick on December 13, 2009.  The Cumberland (08713769014; www.guoman.com/thecumberland) is offering rooms from £159 per room per night to tie in with Traffic Free Shopping Day London (December 5), when the capital’s main shopping area, Oxford Street, will be transformed into a car-free zone for pedestrians and shoppers. Prices include breakfast and VAT.  Trigony House Hotel (01848 331211; www.countryhousehotelscotland.com) in south-west Scotland is offering a 20 per cent discount on a Land Rover safari package, along with a stay at its hotel. The Drumlanrig Land Rover safari package is currently available from £390 per couple (a saving of around £98). The price includes two nights on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis, as well as a four-hour safari and packed lunch.
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