Travel Guest Post: Top 5 Essential Easter 2012 News for Manchester Airport

Many people will be travelling this Easter to different destinations. The beauty of modern information world is that today you can pre-plan your trip well in advance online, taking care of small but meaningful arrangements such as accommodation, Manchester airport parking , eating out and entertainment. To get you prepped before you travel here are top 5 essential Easter 2012 news for Manchester Airport:

Improved shopping. Renovations at Manchester Airport by World Duty Free Group have just wrapped and you can enjoy the revamped main walk-through store at Manchester Airport Terminal 1 with a brand new World of Whiskies shop-in-shop (boasting a trendy tasting area) and a fabulous ‘Contentainment’ video wall. A breathtaking stand-alone beauty outlet offers two Estée Lauder-owned brands, Jo Malone and Bobbi Brown in one outlet, a first for airport retail.  Besides purchasing exclusive beauty products, you can enjoy confectionary, sunglasses, watches, jewellery and fashion accessories shopping. Now the stores are easily navigable and you won’t waste a minute of your time shopping at Manchester Airport.

Free trolleys for all! Free luggage trolleys will be available during Easter 2012. Manchester Airport will spend a whopping £1 million on new luggage trolleys available to travellers at Manchester airport parking areas. This means you don’t have to use a non-refundable £1/€2 coin to use trolleys (from 10th April).

Ryanair changing terminal. From 6th March 2012 all Ryanair flights to and from Manchester Airport will run to and from Terminal 3.  Find Terminal 3 on the Manchester Airport map to avoid unpleasant surprises.

Ryanair New service: Manchester – Valencia. From 2nd April brand new Manchester to Valencia service starts with Ryanair, so hurry to book  affordable tickets to subtropical Valencia, promising to be warm and sunny this April.

Author: Hannah Crossfield

Easter family fun. On Friday 6th April Junior Hangar Club at Manchester Airport invites all under 10 year olds to meet Jet Set Jenny and her good friend ‘The Easter Bunny’ for fun family activities and games such as Easter Egg Hunt and Decorate an egg competition.

Easter 2012 can be a great time to travel and celebrate if you start planning now. Draw your budget and map out your itinerary, taking our Manchester Airport tips into consideration.