Keeping with the festive theme and with the New Year fast approaching, we thought it would be a fun idea to take a look at some of the extraordinary places you can visit on coach holidays and believe us the whole world can become your oyster on escorted worldwide tours. Perhaps you have decided that 2012 will be the year that you achieve your holiday goal, whether it’s celebrating the New Year in New York City, taking a sled ride pulled by huskies or reindeer, climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, walking the Great Wall of China, taking safari in South Africa, heading to the Deep South to experience Mardi Gras or perhaps taking a spiritual journey to Macchu Picchu. Whatever the reason, we’re sure to provide some inspiration for you so check this out…

Earlier this week, we took you on a whistle-stop tour of the Christmas Markets available in the UK but did you know that there are plenty of festive treats available in Europe too if you fancy travelling a bit further on coach holidays to experience something a little continental? With this in mind, we thought instead of taking a look at the most popular Christmas Markets, we’d like to introduce you to some of those less well-known so take a look at what we’ve cherry-picked for you and even if you’ve been to any of them, let us know what they were like…

With a certain behind the scenes tour launching in Spring 2012, we thought it would be fun to take a look at the locations that featured in the movie franchise so that fans can choose to walk in the footsteps of its popular characters. The demand for these tours is likely to be immense meaning that coach holidays to London and tickets will probably sell out as soon as they go on sale so why not consider a different approach and visit the film locations instead? We’ve cherry-picked a few of our favourites below, but if you feel that we’ve missed something, do get in touch and let us know…

As promised from our previous blog post, we thought we’d take you on another glimpse behind the scenes at Strictly Come Dancing and provide you with some little known facts about some of the professional dancers. As we took a look at the females earlier, this time we will be focusing on the professional male dancers as they spill the beans on some of their secrets. Who knows, all this talk of Strictly Come Dancing, may tempt you on coach holidays to this fabulous tour when it hits the road next year…

With ‘Strictly’ trouncing ‘The X Factor’ in the ratings war and this weekend’s show proving to be a spook-tacular event to coincide with Hallowe'en, we thought we’d go behind the scenes and provide you with a few interesting titbits! Have you ever wanted to know how many sequins are used to bling up the dancer’s dresses or what happens when 'Sir Brucie' goes off on one of his tangents during the show? If so, look no further as you’ll (hopefully) find the answers here and who knows, it might persuade you to join coach holidays to see the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour when this season comes to an end and the winner is revealed. Who do you think will be in the final three after the performances so far? We’d love to hear your views so get in touch…