Today's Hacks: Passport costs set to soar

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Editors Choice • Handpicked Just For You • British passport costs set to rise • Primera Air sale • 15% off annual membership to English Heritage • 30% off Virgin Trains East Coast • Malaysia Airlines sale • Beginners guide to Airbnb, plus £25 off first booking
 
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This week's top travel hacks
British passport costs set to rise - If you want to beat the imminent increase in the cost of a new passport, it's time to act. Both adult and child passports are increasing, with kids bearing the biggest hike at 27%. You can renew at any time, although a maximum of 9 months will be added to a new passport. If your passport expires this year, act quick! Full details can be found here
 
Primera Air sale - Primera have 50,000 low fares to North America and Europe. A hand luggage only return ticket to New York can be picked up from £253. Toronto comes in at £307 return. Adding luggage and a meal will cost you an additional £50 per leg, so £100 in total for a return flight. Check availability here
 
15% off annual membership to English Heritage - Home to some of our nation’s most iconic buildings and monuments, English Heritage membership provides entry to over 400 historic properties across the country and includes complimentary entry for up to 6 accompanying children for every adult. A years worth of fun days out taken care of - why not save 15%? Get membership by 31 January 2018. Use Code EH2018 here
 
30% off Virgin Trains East Coast - It's a bit fiddly, but you can currently get 30% off Virgin Trains East Coast. You'll need to download the Virgin Red app and then register with an email address that you have previously used with any Virgin product. That could be train tickets, airline tickets, Virgin mobile, Virgin Media etc, so the odds could be quite high that you'll have one. Once you've confirmed the email address you should see a 30% discount voucher appear. It'll be valid until 30th April 2018 for one booking.
 
Malaysia Airlines sale - Save up to 35% off fares with the Malaysia Airlines January sale. Book by 31 January for travel until 30 November 2018. Check availability here
 
Beginners guide to Airbnb, plus £25 off first booking - Airbnb is an excellent way to book accommodation when you've bagged a low cost flight. It's generally cheaper than a hotel and you really do get that "live like a local" experience. I've stayed via Airbnb all over the world, from here in the UK to California to Thailand and to Europe and can't recommend them enough. Read our beginners guide to Airbnb here. Plus, get £25 towards your first booking by using this link
 
Important note: I've tested these hacks, but can't be sure they'll work every time. Send your own hot hacks to [email protected]
 
 
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