New holidays on sale now at shearings.com

Due to customer demand, we are pleased to offer a brand new brochure that's dedicated to River Crusing arriving by coach, air or rail.

For 2009, we have several river cruises throughout some of the most spectacular rivers of Europe including the Moselle, Danube, Elbe, Douro and the Rhine that are exclusive to Shearings Holidays with a special launch discount of £50 per person when you book before 31st October 2008.

We are offering more exciting destinations than ever before, so whether you have travelled with Shearings before or are thinking about a Shearings Holiday for the first time, our new River Cruises brochure will have something new and exciting for everyone to enjoy.

You can book all river cruises by coach online, so why not take advantage of the great early booking offer today!

The rising price of fuel and increasingly expensive UK rail tickets could mean the end of a great national pastime...the Sunday Day Trip!

We have been in our home town of Wigan at the Grand Arcade shopping centre this week promoting Sunday day trips across the North West, North Wales and Yorkshire on Sundays throughout the summer from only £10 per person!

Great value for the family and certainly a lot cheaper than going by train to places such as Llandudno, York and the Lake District!

To book your place or to see where we go on our day trips from Wigan, Leigh, Ince, Hindley in Lancashire and from towns in West Yorkshire, please call 01942 823 518

The once in a decade Oberammergau Passion Play is due to take place in Oberammergau at the heart of the Bavarian Alps in Germany throughout 2010 and now you can now book your place onto this fantastic holiday with Shearings Holidays.

The play takes place because nearly 100 people in Oberammergau died during the Black Death of 1634 and to remember the terrible events of that year the remaining villagers vowed to God that they would re-enact the Crucifixion of Christ every ten years. From that moment on there were no more casualties.

The Passion Play is performed on an open-air stage, amidst some of the most spectacular mountain scenery anywhere in Europe. The 2000 actors are all from the village, and by the beginning of the season they will have been rehearsing for well over a year to give you a memorable spectacle, which, together with a large choir and an orchestra performing music especially composed for the play, all adds to a truly unique experience.