Holiday Shopping

This is our current list of recommended companies for buying bargain clothing and accessories for your holiday.

We list stores that sell beachwear, hiking and sports equipment, and companies that offer cheap mobile phone cards when travelling abroad.

You can save a considerable amount online when buying these types of goods.

Last Update: 16th January 2008

Simply Hike offers camping equipment and outdoor clothing from leading brands such as Berghaus, Craghoppers, Mountain Equipment, Vango, Coleman, Suunto to name a few. They offer tents, rucksacks, walking boots, waterproofs, performance clothing, camping stoves. They cater for family campers to lightweight expedition equipment.

Simply Beach offers designer swimwear including bikinis, tankinis, swimsuits and beach cover-ups. From top brands like Moontide, Seafolly, Speedo Beach; international imports such as Wahine, Sunseeker, Island Company and Banana Moon; to top fashion designers such as Gideon Oberson and Melissa Odabash who feature in top fashion magazines like Vogue.

The OutdoorGear website offers a wide range of equipment for campers, walkers and anyone else who enjoys the outdoor life. With both very competitive prices and quick delivery this website is always a popular choice. As Christmas approaches, their Garmin GPS Systems, Maglite Torches, Victorinox Penknives and Leatherman Multi Tools are always in demand as is the large range of ski and winter clothing.

Just Sport and Leisure retails a range of leisure and travel goods including Delsey and Travelpro Luggage, Filofax, Design Go Travel Accessories and Aquashoes.

Founded over 30 years ago, Lonely Planet Publications is the world's leading publisher or travel books with over 600 guidebooks covering every corner of the planet. These include regional guides, country guides, and city guides. Lonely Planet also produces phrasebooks and a number of non-destination specific products such as pictorials, travel literature and coffee table books.