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27th May 2010
03:47pm BST
This week we’re looking at super cheap four and five-star hotel stays around Ireland, budget last minute sun, sport trips, UK flights and London hotels.
London stays
Christmas is never a bad time of year to visit London – it’s widely regarded as one of the world’s best shopping destinations. From Harrods and Oxford Street to Covent Garden, you will find a ton of stocking fillers and if you’ve the missus in tow, it could double up as her Christmas present.
Hotels.com is offering some fantastic deals for London city centre hotels this weekend:
Rooms from €90 per night from 5-6 December. Located in London’s Talbot Square, this hotel is within eye-shot of the famous Hyde Park.
Rooms from €41 per night from 6-7 December
Close to Portobello Road and Hammersmith Apollo, the Rex Hotel will suit any guest looking to be close to the action. Guestrooms are complete with Wi-Fi and mini refrigerators. Breakfast is complimentary.
Rooms from €121 per night from 6-7 December. Located in the prestigious Kensington area, the Premier Shaftesbury Kensington Hotel is a short walk away from the Royal Albert Hall and Olympia Exhibition Centre. You’re talking regal style guestrooms and movies on your room’s plasma TV.
Ryanair offers
Ryanair has a rake of offers this week. Some of the best are flight deals from Dublin to various UK and European destinations. For €6 (before taxes and charges) you can go to Birmingham, Bristol, Brussels (Charleroi), Cork, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow (Prestwick), Leeds, Bradford, Liverpool or London (Luton).
You’ll have to get your skates on though, the booking period ends on Thursday 2 December. (Travel period is from 9 January 2011 to Monday 28 February 2011.
Sun holidays
The various incarnations of Thomas Cook have also been in touch to give us the first look at their late deals to various winter hot-spots. It’s not raining everywhere:
Panorama Holidays
To book call 0818 20 20 20 or click here.
Sunworld Holidays
To book call 0818 200 400 or click here.
Direct Holidays
To book call 0818 200 110 or click here.
All of the above Thomas Cook holidays based on two adults sharing, unless otherwise stated and inclusive of flights, transfers, accommodation as specified, baggage allowance and all taxes and charges. Optional supplements may be applicable at time of booking. Offers are subject to availability, correct at time of issue.
Get in early for summer 2011 family holidays
Panorama has just launched its summer brochure which features offers across 18 destinations. Anyway, for a limited period, families can avail of both couples discounts and free child places, bringing savings of up to €699 on a family holiday.
Examples of the early offers for families include seven nights B&B at the four-star Golden View Beach hotel in Egypt from 17 August 17 for €2,449, a saving of €699.
There’s a saving of €649 on the four-star Aqualand Resort in Corfu from 8 July (€2659), while at €2209, the Gouves Park in Crete is reduced by €619, departing 15 July. Like many Panorama properties in 2011, both are all-inclusive, meaning free meals, drinks and entertainment. All prices are based on a family of three.
To book and for more details call 0818 20 20 20 or click here.
Flexible Christmas sun holidays at super cheap prices
It’s worth reminding you about some of the Christmas period deals on offer from ClickandGo.com. They give package prices based on flights with Ryanair and Aer Lingus and their own network of hotel contacts around the Med. It’s a system that has delivered some of the cheapest sun holidays we’ve come across.
Malta
The best value accommodation in the Med is in Malta – one week in December from €135 per person including flights and accommodation. There are twice weekly flights with Ryanair every Friday and Monday with return fares from as low as €75 including taxes and charges (Dublin Malta on 06 December for 1 week). Clickandgo.com accommodation prices in Malta run from less than €9 per person per night.
Canary Islands
You can also get yourself a dose of winter sun in the Canary Islands with flights with either Ryanair or Aer Lingus from €306 per person including flights and accommodation. Both Ryanair and Aer Lingus fly to all four islands and flight prices are low if you can go from now to before Christmas. At present, you get a week away for between €300 to €350 per person. Go to ClickandGo.com and click on the ‘Build Your Own Holidays’ tab.
Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura may be budget but it also offers great beaches that are ideal for surfing and low key night life. Aer Lingus flights, private transfer and seven nights’ accommodation is from €306 when you depart on 11 December.
Tenerife
If you want something with more action at night, try Tenerife from €320 departing on 07 December (Aer Lingus flights, private transfers and seven nights’ accommodation). If nearby Gran Canaria is more appealing, you can get the same package from €337 departing on 14 December.
Madeira
If you want to wait until the new year, a trip to Madeira might be an option. One week in January comes in at €399 per person with price including return direct flights from Dublin to Funchal on any Sunday in January, transfers to the accommodation, seven nights B&B in a four-star hotel, taxes and charges and checked in bag.
All ClickandGo.com trip prices above are per person, based on two sharing.
Sport trips
Thomas Cook Sport Ireland is this week touting a number of outings this week. Here’s some which may be of interest:
Turkish Formula 1 Grand Prix in Istanbul from €380 per person. Includes three-nights B&B and weekend admission ticket. Departing 8 May 2011. (Flights not included).
Six Nations Wales v Ireland in Cardiff from €273 per person. Includes category 1 match ticket and one over night stay on B&B basis, departing 12 March 2011. (Flights not included).
Aintree Grand National from €482 per person. Includes two nights B&B, Tattersalls Enclosure, Coach Transfers, departing 9 April 2011. (Flights not included).
To book call the Thomas Cook Sport Dublin Office 0818 200 112.
Cruise option
Panorama is also offering a new 2011 is a cruise programme featuring the Italian, Spanish and Western Mediterranean. Facilities on board are geared towards both adults and children, and flights are direct from Dublin to Palma or Malaga, starting from €1043 per person for an inside cabin. Departs 22 May. The programmes can include a week’s stay in either Majorca or the Costa del Sol from an additional €435.
If you’re looking to take to the seas sooner, you could go for the 11 night Mediterranean Cruise from €555 per person (Cruise only) with Thomas Cook. Ports of Call – Barcelona in Spain Casablanca in Morocco, Santa Cruz in Tenerife, Funchal Madeira in Spain and Civitavecchia, Rome and Savana in Italy.
Departure dates throughout January/February 2011. Price is cruise only and is based on two sharing in Interior Cabin (tax and charges included).
To book call Thomas Cook Cruise on 0818 200 101 or visit your nearest travel agent.
Secret Hotels
www.lastminute.ie is running their famous ‘Secret Hotels’ offer again this week. The deal is they will hook you up with a stay in a four or five star hotel in Dublin or in any number of UK cities for a knock-down price.
The catch is, the hotels don’t want it known that they are practically giving some rooms away while charging others top dollar. But although you don’t get to know the name of the hotel you will be staying in until you’ve booked, you can rest assured it will be a swanky little number. Click here for more information.
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