Flights
British Airways is offering discounts on destinations in the US, Canada, Mexico, South America, Africa and beyond. Return flights to Rio de Janeiro start from £656; Buenos Aires from £653; Cape Town from £707; and Kuala Lumpur from £568, all from Heathrow.
• Book by 27 January, valid for various dates from now until September 2015
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Buenos Aires
Top 10 hotels and B&Bs
Top 10 restaurants
Top 10 bars
South Africa
A tour of Cape Town
Top 10 beach stays on the Eastern Cape
Malaysia
A road trip from Kuala Lumpur to the east coast
Top 10 budget beach hotels in Malaysia
Cathay Pacific has reductions on flights to China, Korea and Japan from £539; Hong Kong, Singapore, Bali, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia from £559; Australia from £669, and New Zealand and Fiji from £859.
• Book by 31 January, valid for various dates between 1 February and 30 November
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Hong Kong
Top 10 budget hotels
Best restaurants for regional cuisine
Bali
Top 10 beach hotels and bungalows in Bali and Lombok
Luxury with adventure in Bali
Philippines
A guide to the best islands
A cruise around the Palawan islands
Singapore Airlines’ deals cover more than 40 Asian and Australasian destinations. Flights to Perth start at £660, to Auckland from £900, Phuket from £580, Bali £610 and Ho Chi Minh from £625.
• Book by 27 January 2015, valid for 1-25 March, 1 May-19 June and 19 August-8 December
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Perth
Top 10 hotels and B&Bs in Perth
Top 10 budget restaurants in Perth
Ho Chi Minh
A three-day itinerary
Top 10 hotels in Ho Chi Minh
Cuba was already undergoing huge change with entrepreneurs making the most of new laws allowing them to set up private apartment rentals, new restaurants and bars, even before Obama and Raul Castro signed their historic deal. With the political and cultural landscape transforming, now is the time to go. Virgin Atlantic’s sale includes Havana for £509. Other deals are New York for £469, Antigua for £549, St Lucia for £489, Delhi for £539, and Dubai for £349.
• Book by 27 January, valid for various dates throughout 2015
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Top 10 private apartments and villas in Havana
Top 10 restaurants in Havana
Thomas Cook Airlines is launching its first flights to Miami and New York from Manchester in May, with return fares starting at £389 economy (children under 12 from £318). Short-haul offers with the airline include one-way fares from £39.99 to the Canary and Balearic islands; Turkey from £49.99 one-way, and Greece from £54.99 one-way, from a range of airports across the UK including Gatwick, Glasgow and Manchester.
• Book by February 28, valid for May to October.
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New York
New York city guide
Top cool hangouts in Greenwich Village
Miami
Top 10 budget hotels and B&Bs
Top 10 cafes and diners
Beach
Turkey
Turkey specialist, Exclusive Escapes is offering four villas introduced for 2015 at “tester rates”, approximately 50% less than the 2016 prices. They include Yasemin Evi, a one-bedroom retreat in the mountain village of Islamar overlooking a valley and the coast of Patara. Seven nights cost from £850 in May or October, rising to £1,050 in July and August, including flights and car hire.
• Book by April 2015, valid from May to October
Anatolian Sky has reduced a range of holidays, gulet cruises, tailor-made trips and escorted tours by £100pp. A seven-night B&B stay at the Likya Residence in the beach resort of Kalkan costs £849, based on two sharing, including flights from Gatwick and transfers.
• Book by 31 January, valid May-October
Greece
A week in early May at Porto Sani Village in Halkidiki, a spa hotel set within an ecological reserve offering watersports, a Padi dive centre, tennis courts and lagoon style pools, costs from £760pp (was £1,192pp) based on two sharing a junior suite on a half-board basis (and is more expensive than the lead-in price shown on the website due to the cost of flights in May). Price includes easyJet flights and private transfers. Book through Western Oriental.
• Book by 12 January, valid 29 April-15 May
Skiathos Princess Hotel, overlooking a sandy beach at Agia Paraskevi, is available from £699pp for seven nights in a club room, through Sovereign. Included is a complimentary half-board upgrade, €100 hotel credit, Thomson flights from Gatwick, airport lounge access and private transfers.
• Book by 2 February, valid for departure on 1 May
Sicily
Italy specialist Citalia is offering savings of up to 35% on its holidays, and up to £100 on all bookings. Seven nights’ B&B at the small Hotel Girasole, a 25-minute walk from Sorrento on the Amalfi coast, costs from £499 including Gatwick flights. Seven nights’ B&B at the five-star Imperiale Taormina hotel on the east coast start at £1,099 per person (a saving of £873), including room upgrade, private transfers and easyJet flights from Gatwick.
• Book by 2 February, valid for departure 3 May
Sardinia
The Grand Relais dei Nuraghi is a small hotel set among gardens overlooking the sea, with a good-size pool and terrace restaurant. Venture out to the nearby popular (read busy in summer months) resort village of Baia Sardinia, 4km from swanky Porto Cervo, for your daily gelato then retreat to the hotel’s private beach. A week’s B&B in high season costs £773pp, based on two sharing (saving £193) through Essential Italy.
Croatia
Why stick to one beach when you can sail from sandy shore to cove to glittering bay on board a skippered yacht? New sailing company Seamaster Yachting specialises skippered charters and caters well for families. It has reduced the cost of a week on a four-cabin yacht Salona 45 from £725 to £619pp, based on six sharing and self-catering, including Gatwick-Split flights, skipper to sail the yacht for you and transfers from airport to marina.
• Book by 30 January, first offer valid for 6 June departure, the second for 30 May
Antigua
A seven-night holiday costs £940pp (was £1,285pp) based on two sharing a one-bedroom apartment on a self-catering basis at NonSuch Bay on the south-east corner of the island, a popular spot for sailing and kite-surfing. Price includes return flights with British Airways. Book through Western Oriental.
• Book by 31 January, valid for 30 May- 19 June
Often holiday offers are for out-of-season stays but Caribbean Warehouse has a holiday to Antigua during peak season. Save £1,027pp on seven nights’ all-inclusive at four-star Verandah Resort and Spa, which is now £1,099pp based on two travelling, including flights from Manchester.
• Book by 31 January, valid for selected dates in December 2015
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Bored of the sun lounger? Activities on Antigua
St Lucia
Hayes and Jarvis is offering up to £900 off select bookings and a guaranteed saving of £200 per booking on all 2015 holidays. Seven-nights’ all-inclusive at the four star Coconut Bay Beach Resort and Spa in St Lucia costs from £995 per person, including a 55% early-booking discount, airport transfers and return British Airways flights from Gatwick.
• Book by 2 February, valid for 1 September departure
Mauritius
Seven nights’ half board at the new four-star Solana Beach on Mauritius’s quieter east coast, also known as the wild coast, costs from £979pp, including British Airways flights from Gatwick, with Kuoni. In June the weather is cooler, and often favoured by those who don’t like intense heat with daytime temperatures reaching 25C .
• Book by 16 February (quote tour ref: IO1150), valid for departures on 4, 11, 18 and 25 June
Float from hammock to white-sand beach to spa – and repeat until suitably relaxed – at the five-star One&Only Le Saint Geran, also on the east coast. Destinology is offering seven nights’ half-board from £1,499 per person, (a saving of £2,250 per couple) with Emirates flights and private car transfers.
• Book by 15 February, valid 12 April- 15 July and 11 August-2 October
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Angela Hartnett’s foodie tour of Mauritius
Scuba diving, Maldives
Dive Worldwide is offering 10% off holidays to the Philippines, Maldives, Indonesia, Oman, Mexico and South Africa. A trip to Ari atoll in the Maldives, famous for its prolific marine life, costs £2,130pp (saving £115) based on two sharing, including flights from London, sea plane transfers, seven nights’ full board at the beachside Vilamendhoo Island Resort and six days’ diving (including tanks, weights and nitrox).
• Book by 31 January, valid any time in 2015
Tours
Costa Rica
Rainforests and waterfalls, pristine beaches and smoking volcanoes, not to mention a fascinating array of wildlife … Costa Rica is an eco-adventurer’s paradise. Journey Latin America has taken £300 per couple off a 12-day Volcanoes to the Beach holiday, taking in highlights including Tortuguero, Monteverde, Arenal and the Nicoya peninsula. It costs from £2,364pp, including B&B accommodation, all transfers, most meals and excursions.
• Book by 19 December, valid 1 May-19 December
Overland adventures
Overland adventure specialist Dragoman is currently offering 30% off all tours. Its epic South America adventure travels from Cartagena in Colombia to Ushuaia in Argentina in 101 days, and costs £5,100 (land only). Or journey 7,000 miles along the Silk Route from Istanbul to Beijing for £5,672 over 96 days. Prices include accommodation, meals, land transport and entry fees, plus two English-speaking tour guides and local guides where appropriate. Excludes air fares.
• Book by 5 January, South America trip valid for departures 10 July-10 August departures, Silk Route trip valid for departures 16 April
City breaks
France and Belgium
Pop over the Channel for a cheeky early year city break in France or Belgium. Eurostar has 150,000 seats available at £59 return from London, Ashford or Ebbsfleet to Paris, Brussels, Lille or Calais. Belgian stations including Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp cost £69 return.
• Book by 14 January, valid 19 January-25 March
Make the most of your trip
Paris
Where to stay, eat and drink near Gare du Nord
Top 10 new restaurants, bars and cafes
Brussels
Where to stay, eat and drink near Gare du Midi
Stay in an airstream caravan in the city centre
Venice
Ignore Valentine’s Day and save your romancing for March, when a four-night break at the four-star Savoia Jolanda hotel a few minutes from St Mark’s Square costs £275pp, leaving you euros to spend on spritzes and cicheti (Venetian tapas) in atmospheric back street bacari (local bars). The price includes a free upgrade to half-board and British Airways flights from Gatwick, with Citalia.
• Book by 2 February, departing 9 March only
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A day in Dorsodoro
USA
Three nights at the four-star Millennium Hilton in Lower Manhattan on a room-only basis costs £575pp including United Airlines flights from Heathrow with My America Holiday. Or how about four nights at The Drake in Chicago for £670pp including Heathrow flights with United Airlines. Five nights room only at the Circus Circus hotel in Las Vegas costs from £585pp with Virgin Atlantic flights from Manchester.
• Book by 6 January, valid selected dates in February and March
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Chicago
Top 10 hotels
Top 10 live music venues
Las Vegas
10 of the weirdest shops
10 of the best galleries and museums
Copenhagen
Copenhagen could never be called a cheap city, so any saving you can make on accommodation is a bonus. A three-night break at the four-star Imperial Hotel Copenhagen costs from £229 with Travel Interaction, including a city tour and flights from Gatwick, Luton or Stansted.
• Book by dates vary, valid for various dates 6 January-6 March
Make the most of your trip
Top 10 guide to eating in Copenhagen
Brisbane
The Queensland capital is being tipped as a hot destination for 2015, thanks to a host of new hotels, bars and restaurants. Flight Centre has seven nights room-only in a one-bedroom apartment at the four-star Breakfree Cosmopolitan in Surfers Paradise for £799, including flights from Heathrow with China Southern Airlines.
• Book by 31 January (quote reference: 2196256), valid 1-25 May
Make the most of your trip
Top 10 budget restaurants and cafes in Brisbane
Extend your stay - hotels in and around Brisbane
Krakow
Castles and spires, impressive museums and bars, there’s plenty to fill a few days in Poland’s second city. Deal checker has a £99 offer, including three nights at the Hotel Novotel Krakow City West with flights from Stansted. Or fly from Gatwick, Birmingham, Leeds, Dublin or East Midlands for a £60 supplement.
• Book by 7 January, valid 10-15 January
Ferries
Brittany Ferries has 20% off self-catering holidays, with ferry travel, in France, Spain and Portugal. New for 2015 is a selection of gîtes in Alsace, gastronomy and wine tours, and luxury pousadas in Portugal. The saving applies to the basic holiday cost only and does not include weekend and seasonal supplements or on-board accommodation. Excludes vehicle supplements, additional passengers, pets, winter sun and golf holidays and insurance.
• Book by 10 February, valid throughout 2015, including school holidays
UK
UK-wide
Guardian readers are so fond of the YHA they voted it the best hotel in 2014. Now there’s an added incentive to book a stay at one of its properties in England or Wales – up to 50% off private rooms (sleeping between two and six) this summer, including the school holidays, when prices for virtually every other accommodation option skyrocket. The offer is available across more than 100 of its properties, and children of YHA members get free meals when accompanied by a paying adult.
• Book by 31 January (online using code NY2015-001), valid 23 May–27 August
The Hotel Collection, a group of 21 hotels across the UK, including The Carlton in Edinburgh, the Old Ship in Brighton, the Lygon Arms in the Cotswolds and Redworth Hall in County Durham, is offering up to 40% off B&B rates. Guests can also enjoy a three-course dinner from £18 a head during their stay by choosing a dinner add-on at the time of booking.
• Book by 2 January, valid until 30 December
Blue Chip Holidays is offering 20% off seven-night breaks on its collection of over 1,000 properties in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Sussex and Yorkshire. Holiday homes include Singleton Manor, an Edwardian house with indoor pool for £1,225 (sleeps 10, excludes half-term week), and The Well House, a hidden 1860s fort on the Isle of Wight, for £556 (sleeps eight).
• Book by 31 January, valid 13 January-12 March (discounts of 10% available on week-long breaks between 13 and 30 April, and 6 June and 26 July)
Norfolk
Congham Hall hotel, a Georgian manor in 30 acres of north Norfolk parkland, is offering 50% off second nights, making a room-only two-night stay just £180, or £299 for two nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast.
• Book between 6-29 January (details of the offer will be on the website on 6 January), valid for same period, excluding Saturday nights
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The Norfolk Broads national park - a ranger’s guide
Somerset
The Luttrell Arms Hotel in the medieval village of Dunster, on the edge of Exmoor, has doubles from £70 a night (a 50% discount), or £90 a night in its four-poster rooms. Pets are welcome too!
• Book by dates according to availability, valid 2 January-7 February
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10 of the best pubs in north Devon and Exmoor
Exmoor - a ranger’s guide
