{"id":9015,"date":"2015-07-09T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T16:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/?p=9015"},"modified":"2015-07-10T14:48:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T14:48:54","slug":"city-breaks-40-off-summer-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/07\/city-breaks-40-off-summer-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;City Breaks&#8221; &#8211; 40% off Summer Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re foregoing the coast for cobbled streets, caf\u00e9 culture and sunlight reflected from office blocks, our City Breaks package is just the one for you. 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