Under £200

Oxford: During August, the Old Parsonage Hotel (01865 310210) is offering a special rate of £125 B&B per night for two people Sunday to Thursday. Private hire or chauffeured punting with champagne picnic costs from £25 for two.

Oxfordshire: Until August 31, Sunvil UK (020-8232 9788, ukweekends.com) is offering three nights for the price of two at the 18th-century Bignell Park Hotel in Chesterton near Bicester. £133pp (based on two sharing) half-board for the first two nights and B&B for the third night.

France: Until July 18, Eurotunnel Motoring Holidays (0870 3332001) is offering four nights for the price of three in the coastal village of Ault in Picardy: £153pp including return Eurotunnel crossing for car and passengers (after 2pm) and B&B at the Victor Hugo Hotel.

UK: Acorn Family Adventure (0800 074 5149) is offering a four- for-three deal to families booking six-night activity holidays at its sites in the Lake District or Shell Island in Snowdonia. Price for three people is £195pp with the fourth person going free, including full-board tented accommodation and a choice of sports such as sailing, kayaking, archery, climbing and abseiling.

Under £400

Germany: Departing July 19 or 20, a three-night weekend in Hamburg costs £265pp (saving £122) including B&B at the four-star Hotel Maritim Reichshof and British Airways flights from Heathrow. Travelscene (020-8424 9648, travelscene.co.uk).

UK: Starting July 27, a week's activity holiday for children in Staffordshire or North Norfolk costs £308 per child (saving £50) including full-board in fully supervised accommodation. Camp Beaumont (01603 284280, camp-beaumont.co.uk).

Under £1,000

Cruise: Island Cruises (08707 500414) is offering last-minute discounts of over 50% on brochure prices for Mediterranean cruises on the Island Escape. A seven-night cruise departing Palma on July 9, visiting Valletta, Naples, Livorno, Toulon and Mahon, costs from £539pp including flights from Gatwick, airport and security taxes, air passenger duty, basic tipping, port taxes, full-board and entertainment. A seven-night cruise departing Palma on July 16 visiting Tunis, Civitavecchia, Portofino, Nice, and Barcelona costs from £529pp.

Spain: Activities Abroad (0191-213 0012, activitiesabroad.com/website/spaintrips/pyrenees.html) is offering a discount of £75pp on its activity holiday in the Catalan Pyrenees departing July13: £530pp including transfers from Barcelona airport, seven nights' B&B at the Hotel Pey in Sort, six dinners in local restaurants, trekking, canyoning, mountain biking, kayaking, rock climbing, white-water rafting and all equipment, supervision and instruction. Flights extra.

France: For departures before July 11, Mark Hammerton (01892 525 456, camping-in-europe.com) is offering 25% off the brochure price of its camping holidays. Twelve nights' fully furnished tent accommodation for two adults and up to three children at La Trevillière at Bretignolles in the Vendée costs a total of £625 including Dover-Calais ferry crossing and the services of a resident courier; 12 nights at Camping Ile d'Offard, on an island in the Loire, costs £577; and 12 nights at Le Moustoir at Carnac in southern Brittany costs £637.

Corsica: Departing July 14, 14 nights' self-catering at Casa Fratacci, in the foothills of the Cap Corse Mountains, costs £733pp (saving £100) based on four sharing, including direct flights from Manchester to Calvi, and car rental. Children under 17 £653. Voyages Ilena (020-7924 4440, voyagesilena.co.uk).

Spain: Until August 24, Kirker Holidays (020-7231 3333, kirkerholidays.com) is offering £122pp off a five-night stay at the Hacienda de San Rafael in Andalucia: £762pp including scheduled flights, air-conditioned car hire, half-board with wine, plus one complementary lunch or picnic hamper with wine.

UK: Starting August 2 or 16, walk the Coast to Coast route from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay on a 15-night package from the Youth Hostels Association (0870 2412314, yha.org.uk). £769pp including full-board at hostels en route, a pre-holiday information pack, leaders, daily baggage transfer, free YHA membership, and a certificate of achievement on completion.

France: French Country Cruises (01572 821330, e-mail ABROCK3650@aol.com) is offering 20% discounts on all July bookings for its self-drive canal cruising on 2-12 berth pénichettes plus a waiver of the £65 one-way charge on all one-way bookings. The cost of a 4-5 berth pénichette 935R on a one-week, one-way cruise on the Canal du Midi is cut from £1,052 to £790.

Sardinia: Departing August 3, seven nights' half-board at the four-star Hotel Chia Laguna costs £898pp (saving £52) including flights from Gatwick or Heathrow and transfers. Sardatur Holidays (020-7242 2455, sardinia-holidays.co.uk).

Over £1,000

US: During July and August, one week's golf in South Carolina costs from £1,030pp (saving £125pp) including flights from Gatwick, seven nights' B&B at the Marriott Fairfield Inn and five rounds of golf. Longshot Golf Holidays (01730 268621, longshotgolf.co.uk).

Brazil: If you can't beat them, join them. Trips Worldwide (0117 3114400, tripsworldwide.co.uk) can tailor a 17-day holiday to Rio de Janeiro, a lodge in the Amazon, Recife, Olinda and Salvador from £2,026pp, including flights, transfers, accommodation and some meals.