I'm based in London and have just got my PADI Openwater Diver Cert. I'm keen for me and a buddy to go on a diving break - but don't know the best way to go about it. Are there any London clubs that organise such trips (either in or outside the UK) or any holiday companies that specialise in diving jaunts? Or is it better to get a standard hoilday to a scuba resort (i.e. Sharm El Sheikh) and organise the dive trip when I'm there?
Where is the best place to book a scuba diving holiday?
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scubajo007
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I prefer to organise the dive holidays my self mosytly through a dive resort, that way you can customise your holiday, if you have 10 days or more then consider the Philippines.
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Depending on the time of year, dive resorts can fill their open spots very quickly, so I do recommend you at least contact the charter operators before to see if they will have two spots open on the days you are going to be there.
A long flight for you, but Mexico is a great dive destination
A long flight for you, but Mexico is a great dive destination
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Sitting here in the Caribbean playground, we witness some unusual behavior by British divers... they travel all the way to the Caribbean for diving. I have to wonder if it is cheaper than going to your version of this zone... you call it Sharm (Egypt).
In the Caribbean/Bahamas, because of the ease of your London air connections and colonial historical relationships, it seems to me that the majority of your divers wind up on islands that most advanced North American divers would take a pass on.
It just strikes me as curious that we see so many of you Royalists flying all this way when I believe that you have easy access to some pretty interesting diving. Many of my British based trips have taken me to Maldives and as mentioned above, the environs around the Philippines. You folks seem to have a basic "bus route" (via aircraft) to these places- a well beaten path for you.
It never hurts to check out a club offering, but I have always had an excellent experience moving people out of England to go diving through Longwood Holidays. Longwood Holidays; destination specialists to the Red Sea, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Morocco
In the Caribbean/Bahamas, because of the ease of your London air connections and colonial historical relationships, it seems to me that the majority of your divers wind up on islands that most advanced North American divers would take a pass on.
It just strikes me as curious that we see so many of you Royalists flying all this way when I believe that you have easy access to some pretty interesting diving. Many of my British based trips have taken me to Maldives and as mentioned above, the environs around the Philippines. You folks seem to have a basic "bus route" (via aircraft) to these places- a well beaten path for you.
It never hurts to check out a club offering, but I have always had an excellent experience moving people out of England to go diving through Longwood Holidays. Longwood Holidays; destination specialists to the Red Sea, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Morocco
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