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With its pleasant summers and sports-filled winters, France has long been the holiday destination of choice for Brits looking for a change of scenery close to home-and it’s about to get a whole lot more attractive.

From tomorrow, (July 1st), VAT on restaurants and cafés in France will be slashed from 19.6% to 5.5% percent.

The new cuts mean diners will be able to enjoy the same great coffee, cuisine and (ahem) service for a lot less euro.

A meal that would typically set you back €15 (£13) will now cost you just €13.20 (£11.40).  It might not seem like much now but when you tot up the costs over a week’s holiday the savings are quite substantial.

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 Thought we’s brighten up your Monday with a little joke…

Two men got out of their cars after colliding at an intersection.  One took a flask from his pocket and said to the other, “Here have a drop of this to calm your nerves.” Thanks”, said the man and took a long drink from the container. “Here, you have some too,” he added before handing back the whiskey.  “Well I’d rather not,” said the first man.  “At least not until after the police have been here.”

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Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s Bing.com, this week Google made its own foray into the world of travel guides, with the launch of Google City Tours, a new trip-planning tool that endeavours to make “holiday planning as easy as searching the Web.”
The site suggests itineraries for thousands of destinations all over the world, allowing users to customise their trips, depending on how many days you are visiting and what you want to see. 

The best bit about City Tours is the way it uses Google Maps to figure out which locations are closest to each other.  Instead of just listing places that you might be interested in seeing, Google Maps orders places logically, based on where they’re located, minimizing the travel time between each.

If anything it’s one to add to the list of essential iPhone travel applications- handy if you’re bored in Berlin or fed up in Florence!

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