Thanks for the replies so far! Stephan - using only the Internet form, redseaflights returned flighs at over £300 on the same dates that I have quotes at £254 and £231. I guess redseaflights returns the "real" airline fare whereas I've been quoted discounted fare from block-booking agents.
SpeerO - I guess you just have to keep emailing Lotta! She may not reply INSTANTLY but she has replied to me within a few days each time I've been in touch. I imagine that she receives a lot of enquiries. I dont know which email address you have but perhaps it is worth trying either
lotta<<<<<<@<<<<<freedivedahab.com
or
linda<<<<<<@<<<<<freedivedahab.com
(take out the "<", I put them in so that "spambots" won't flood Lotta and Linda's inboxes!)
Elisabeth has posted all that I know so far anyway!
Sara - thank you for the tip about Taba, I will look into this. Though I imagine that any real saving might be offset by the doubling of the taxi fare each way? (Forgive me if I'm wrong - I have no experience of travelling in Egypt; I've just read "150-200 Egyptian $ for Sharm to Dahab, 1 hour journey" and am merely extrapolating!)
Elisabeth - thank you (and as an aside, I've backtracked and seen your achievements - amazing! I'll be truly honoured if I can meet you in Dahab!).
I am very much looking forward to coming out for the course, I've been wanting to do this sort of thing for over 10 years now (really!) but am only now getting around to it!
Hoping to do a bit of rock-climbing during my trip too, if anyone is up for it
Keep the tips coming. I'll have more questions about "what wetsuit" etc. and will prob keep everything on this thread...
Thanks
