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Looking for a holiday for 2, budget £500, between 9th-24th Aug

Anyone got any ideas of where to look? Every time I look on sites like Teletext Holidays, and look for reviews of the 'hotels', they get poor reviews.

Is it possible to find a nice holiday for £500 for 2 people? Would need it to be in between the dates of the 9th and 24th of August. Ideally after the 13th of August, but not essential.

I'm struggling to find anywhere that would actually be nice. But, we are open to going anywhere, as long as the hotel is nice, and the place is nice.

Anyone able to find a deal for me? Or perhaps just suggest places to look for holidays? Obviously, I already know of Teletext Holidays.
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  • sloppychops
    sloppychops Posts: 6,742 Forumite
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    Where can you fly from?
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  • Pulse
    Pulse Posts: 389 Forumite
    I'm sorry, I should have said! Dur Pulse!

    We can fly from:
    Bristol, Birmingham, Any London (And any others that might be ok from Swindon)
  • covlass
    covlass Posts: 562 Forumite
    You could look at flight from Coventry it's not that far from birmingham, depending on what type of holiday you want you could do 1 week 15 august in ibiza for just under 500
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  • sloppychops
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    9th-16th Aug from Gatwick to Salzburg,Austria
    Hotel Harfenwirt 3 stars,Niederau
    Half Board
    Includes Transfers and a free excursion
    Total for 2 adults £438
    www.lastminute.com
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  • Pulse
    Pulse Posts: 389 Forumite
    Sloppychops - funnily enough, that was the one we were looking at last night! Thank you for the suggestion, and it's one that I think we may well look in to. We need to get something booked soon I think, as because we're going in the summer holidays, I think the last minute deals are going to be non-existant.
  • Pulse
    Pulse Posts: 389 Forumite
    Sloppy, that deal has gone already, damnit.
  • maccarabbit
    maccarabbit Posts: 31 Forumite
    have a nosey at first choice they have a sale on at selling cheap holidays 2 months at a time. we went to lanzarote in June for a week s/c 4* and paid £525 for 2 of us. www.firstchoice.co.uk

    hope this helps
    :T
  • sloppychops
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    Pulse wrote: »
    Sloppy, that deal has gone already, damnit.

    Just double checked and its still there and there is also one for the 13th-20th Aug and they are both still priced at £438.
    "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
  • littlestar1981
    littlestar1981 Posts: 1,595 Forumite
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    Pulse wrote: »
    Sloppy, that deal has gone already, damnit.

    Are you sure? As I've got to the stage where I can enter in passenger names?

    There's quite a few for Austria if you wanted there...
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  • simonSE15
    simonSE15 Posts: 725 Forumite
    you can fly to Alghero in Sardinia on Ryanair from Stansted:

    dep sun 10/8
    ret tues 19/08

    £155.08 for 2 people (plus bags & cc fees)

    dunno about accommodation tho
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