Golfers in the UK are being given added incentive to head to the safe and secure island destination of Madeira this autumn and winter, with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays charging just \u00a31 for the cost of golf club carriage on flights this month.<\/p>\n
Players can enjoy savings of nearly \u00a360 off the cost of their golf holiday when booking a return flight with the leading airline and package holiday operator, which has recently expanded the number of services it will operate to the island.<\/p>\n
Available on any Jet2.com and Jet2holidays booking made by midnight on October 27 and taken before March 31, 2021, the offer applies to any golf club carriage booked on a return flight to Madeira from the UK airports at which Jet2.com and Jet2holidays operates from.<\/p>\n
The airline has this month announced that it is adding 17 new services to Madeira in response to increased demand, with visitors eager to take full advantage of the destination\u2019s exempt status on the UK\u2019s Covid-19 travel quarantine list.<\/p>\n
In addition to its normal services, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays is operating new flights to the Portuguese island from Birmingham, Leeds Bradford, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle.<\/p>\n
Madeira and her islands are fast becoming a European hub for travelling winter golfers, with increasing numbers eager to experience the many benefits of playing world-class golf in a safe and secure environment.
\nThe destination \u2013 which boast three world-class golf courses \u2013 is proving particularly popular with golfers from the UK and northern Europe seeking a long-term break in an outstanding and safe destination, and bookings are set to increase even further over the coming months.<\/p>\n
A recent report by Post Office Travel Money highlighted Madeira as the cheapest island destination for Britons considering an autumn sunshine break abroad in eight destinations on European and Caribbean islands that are not on the UK government’s quarantine list.<\/p>\n
And visitors can travel to Madeira safe in the knowledge that there are strict rules in place for everyone flying into Madeira airport.<\/p>\n
Prior to arrival, all passengers must complete the Regional Health Authority\u2019s (IASA\u00daDE) epidemiological survey and will need to submit a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of departure, although, if they have not performed one in advance, they will be required to take a free test upon arrival at the airport \u2013 with costs covered by the local authorities.<\/p>\n
Incoming visitors will also be subject to thermal screening, even if they carry a negative test for Covid-19.<\/p>\n
Discover Madeira, the consumer-facing brand of the Madeira Promotion Bureau, has been working with the local and Portuguese authorities to put plans in place for all holidaymakers to visit safely, with the \u201cMadeira Safe to Discove<\/a>r\u201d guidelines being stringently followed across the islands to control and prevent the spread of Coronavirus and other possible infections.<\/p>\n Hotels, restaurants, bars, golf clubs and other tourist activities across the islands are also adopting the \u201cClean and Safe\u201d stamp, created by VisitPortugal, which distinguishes tourist activities which are compliant with certain hygiene and cleaning requirements.<\/p>\n Madeira and her islands were last year hailed as the \u2018world\u2019s best emerging golf destination\u2019 at the World Golf Awards<\/a>, and as Europe\u2019s \u2018leading island destination\u2019 for the fourth successive year, as well as the world\u2019s \u2018leading island destination\u2019 for a staggering fifth year running in the 2019 World Travel Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n The islands\u2019 three golf courses include two on the mainland \u2013 Santo da Serra<\/a> and Palheiro Golf<\/a>, as well as Porto Santo Golf, which is located on the nearby island of Porto Santo.<\/p>\n Located approximately 1,000km from the European mainland \u2013 and just 500km from the African continent \u2013 Madeira enjoys an amazingly mild climate, ranging from 25\u00b0c in the summer to 17\u00b0c in the winter, with very mild average temperatures and moderate humidity, making it the perfect year-round destination for a golf break.<\/p>\n The best way to enjoy the archipelago\u2019s golf is with a Madeira Golf Passport \u2013 available from most hotels and the golf clubs \u2013 which entitles the bearer to five rounds of golf across the two \u2018mainland\u2019 tracks: Santo da Serra and Palheiro Golf.<\/p>\n www.madeiraallyear.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Golfers in the UK are being given added incentive to head to the safe and secure island destination of Madeira this autumn and winter, with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays charging just \u00a31 for the cost of golf club carriage on flights this month. Players can enjoy savings of nearly \u00a360 off the cost of their golf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-pt-pt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2963,"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions\/2963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madeiragolfpassport.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}