>>>>>>Anyone know of a web site from which I can download world holidays on a daily basis?
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>>>>>A quick Google found http://www.qppstudio.net/publicholidays.htm
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>>>>Thanks Al we've seen that one - can't quite work out whether it will give us what we want
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>>>Have you asked them?
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>>Yes - the cost structure is complicated but it appears that to get what we want the cost would be 2,500 euros ($3,280) per annum - far too expensive - the information must surely be freely available or cheaper somewhere but we can't find it
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>Probably the information is available online for a lot of countries and sub-countries (states, provinces etc.) but
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>a) you have to find it
>b) you have to massage it into a common format
>c) those countries that don't have it on-line, you need to work from paper or ?
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>IOW you could spend a heck of a lot more than $3K accurately compiling this information for the whole world.
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>Then, the day after you finish your compilation, changes start happening. All in all it sounds like a non-trivial job compiling and maintaining that information for all countries.
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>Do you actually need all countries, and daily updates?
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>Maybe you could offer them an amount you can afford, and see what they say.

Yes I work for International Courier companies - they ship all over the world - daily updates are critical

Thanks for your interest

Colin