Under £200

Spend two nights at Jersey's water-park Merton Hotel, close to St. Helier for £169, departing midweek between 21 and 24 July and 28 and 31 July from One Step Holidays (0870 120 3091). Includes breakfast, transfers and a return sea crossing from Weymouth, or fly from Gatwick for an extra £179.

www.cityvacations.co.uk (0870 242 0241) has three nights' B&B at Lisbon's four-star Lisboa Hotel for £269 in July and August from Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester.

Under £500

Two weeks in Greece's idyllic Poros island is £429, when you depart from Heathrow and £454 from Manchester between 29 August and 12 September from Concept Holidays (0870 241 0427).

Under £700

During the Verona Opera Festival up to 31 August, you can get four nights at Elegant Resort's (01244 897 777) Palazzo Arzaga, a 15th century mansion house in Italy's Veneto region 30 minutes from the Festival. Flights, transfers and breakfast are included for £665.

Four nights' room only at Hong Kong's three-star Newton Hotel in September is £669 from Lunn Poly (0870 165 0076), with Heathrow or Gatwick flights included.

Kamarina in Sicily has activities for families, from Rollerblading to water polo. Seven nights' full-board is £663 per adult and up to £457 for under-12s. Leave Gatwick on 30 August with American Express Travel (0870 600 1060).

Under £800

For a two-week escorted wilderness trek through Iceland's ice-caps, hot springs and waterfalls call Sherpa walking Holidays on 020 8577 2717. Departing from Glasgow on 9 August, the walking tour costs £795.

Under £900

For seven nights in Mexico's Mayan Riviera, contact Tradewinds on 0870 751 0004. Leaving from Gatwick, Manchester or Glasgow between 1 September and 31 October, the full-board price at a four-star plus hotel is £839.

Under £1,000

£995 buys you three nights in Singapore, a four-day tour of the Australian Outback, four nights room-only in Perth plus all flights from ebookers.com (0870 043 3957). Departures are between 1 and 30 September from Heathrow.

Discover Scandinavia and the Baltics by cruise ship for £995 with Fred Olsen Cruises (01473 742424). Over 15 nights, departing from Dover on 24 September, you visit Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Riga and Karlskrona.

Under £1,600

Somak Holidays (020 88423 3000) is offering a two-week Kenya adventure, including seven nights' full-board Masai Safari and one week's half-board at Mombasa's four-star Southern Palms Hotel for £1,599. Between 16 July and 24 August your flights, transfers, and BA flight upgrades are included.