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Hi there The next meeting is on Wednesday 14th October at 8pm, at All Fired Up, and we're having a short informal session on accounting. Everyone welcome, and any questions please reply to this forum. Kind regards

Where did you stay in Cala D'Or?

I second the Turkey recommendation. We stayed at Lykia World in Olu Deniz which has a great kids club and baby club plus a fantastic children's paradise water park thing. We got very good rates through Travel Republic, and Lykia World was recommended in the Sunday Times as one of the best destinations for kids. Then we stayed at another hotel nearby which was equally great but a bit calmer (fewer kids) on a calm lagoon with a beautiful beach and great facilities. Very child friendly, we are definitely going back. We've had lots of Spanish disasters and even been further afield, but Turkey is our silver bullet.

Anyone else got any updates? I'm just back from hols and was expecting the adjusted invoice to be out (as promised when they announced start date of 21 Sept), but nothing's arrived! They do stagger start dates for new joiners but only by about 3 weeks so November seems way out! I don't want to bug Carole as I feel very sorry for her, its a huge new venture and she's clearly having a nightmare, but obviously we all need to know!

We have booked Lykia world in Turkey for early September, which was recommended in the Sunday Times top ten places for a holiday with kids - they have all day kids club etc. With Thomas Cook it was 2k for the four of us, but after digging around on the internet I managed to find the accommodation for just over ?500 all inclusive for a week through travel republic! We bought flights separately and saved loads. Obviously I haven't been there yet, but it sounds good!. The advantage of Turkey is its not in the Euro.....

I overheard Davina's shop assistant telling a customer on Saturday that they would be closed this week for refurbishment. I thought it was odd as they've only just opened in a refurbished premises - but who knows! We shouldn't be too nasty - there may be one too many poncy overpriced shops in ED, but they represents people's hopes and dreams and its sad when they don't work out...... And it'll be even sadder if they all sell their leases to pound shops.....

I am confused about this too. I put my holiday house in the Wanted Offered etc section yesterday and it was lounged, but I know its of interest to EDF users because a) it had lots of hits immediately, and b) I myself am a regular EDF user and have actually rented somewhere I found in this section, from another EDF resident! We are now friends, and would both rather offer our places to ED residents (personally I would take any reasonable offer from an EDF user for my place) rather than go through an agency. I would have thought this was exactly the sort of thing the community is good for! I know it must be hard to draw the line (I could be an evil corporate after all!) but maybe you could have another section for holiday offers or even free ads for any item or service as opposed to recommendations and chat?. I really don't think its any more appropriate for my entry to appear next to a very emotive string on dying than in the offered section! I'm very interested in the cabin in Cornwall by the way, and will be contacting the EDF member about it!

Thanks for the ideas - love the sound of Sands (I was thinking of it for a long weekend) and will definitely look into continental campsites, only thing is, my husband is keen on hotter weather, and we have to go in April!

Anyone got any ideas where we can go in April for some sun with two very young children? Hotel rooms are hopeless as we can't afford multiple rooms, and sharing a family room isn't my idea of a holiday.... Ideally we'd like an apartment or villa close to a beach with some toddler facilities (such as play parks) nearby and some sedate nightlife for us! We were thinking of Cyprus (we're not the Ayia Napa type) but don't know it well, and travel agents don't seem to be able to help! Any recommendations for resort and/or accommodation would be great!