looking for a cheap holiday 1st week of jan

reen_3

my husband and i would love to get away to somewhere warm in the first week of january, but, being students and all, money's a bit tight. a couple years ago, we went to lanzarote and had a fantastic time. gorgeous island with so much to see!

the problem is that this year we kinda thought of this a bit late, so i'm having trouble finding some place cheap enough. i've been looking through the package holidays on opodo, fasttrack and lastminute, but nothing's coming up with the availability we need.

basically, we want to go some place warm (20 degrees, plus). the canaries would be ideal. 4-7 nights for under £200 per person, including flights & accomodation. we need to be back in town on jan 9, or sooner because uni classes start on the 10th.

any ideas? the best i can come up with is tunisia, but the hotel listed on lastminute.com got some lousy reviews on the most important aspects (cleanliness & proximity to interesting things (not touristy bars, etc.)).

do you think it's too late now? any help would be very much appreciated.

sloppychops

Where do you want to fly from?

reen_3

sloppychops wrote:

Where do you want to fly from?

sorry... (:

any london airport is fine.

sloppychops

Accommodation Details


Destination Tenerife(TFS) 3 Star
Duration 7 nights Board Type Half Board (HB)
Flight Arrival Country Spain Brochure Latedealz
Resort Name Puerto De La Cruz
Hotel Details Miramar
Flight Details

Date Time Airports Flight Code Carrier
Sunday, 01 January 2006 09:30 Gatwick (LGW) 01C70 SET
Tenerife (TFS)

Sunday, 08 January 2006 Tenerife (TFS) 01C71 SET
21:35 Gatwick (LGW)
Item Price Each Amount Price
Adult Basic £159.00 2 £318.00
Agent Discount -£40.00
Travel Fdation 1065924 £1.00
Fuel Supplement £35.00 2 £70.00
Late Booking Charge £15.00 2 £30.00
Resort Transfer £20.00 2 £40.00
In-Flight Meal £10.00 2 £20.00

Holiday / Flight Total £439.00
If you dont want flight meals you can knock £20 off total price.

https://www.globalholidays.co.uk

sloppychops

Accommodation
Madeira 3t Late Deal
Duration 7 nights
Board Basis Bed & Breakfast
Room Type Apartment/Studio
sleeps 2 to 3
Flights
Out
Depart Luton
02/01/06, 11:55
Arrive Funchal
02/01/06, 15:35

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Return
Depart Funchal
09/01/06, 16:45
Arrive Luton
09/01/06, 20:20

Price
£298.00 Basic Adult Price (x2)
£30.00 Transfers (x2)
£20.00 Flight Meals (x2)
£30.00 Ticket On Departure Fee (x2)
£40.00 Fuel Supplement (x2)
£418.00 Total
£-10.00 On-line Booking Discount (x2)
£408.00 Total

https://www.thomson.co.uk

reen_3

sloppychops, you are a hero! thanks so much for these! the tenerife one sounds fantastic. i'm going to discuss this with the man of the house when he gets home from work & then book.

just a quick questions about tenerife, for anyone who's been there. is it possible to get around the island without renting a car or joining a tour group? this was a real issue in lanzarote. though the island is tiny, there's so much to see, and no public transport to speak of. we hated sitting in the middle of a tourist resort (though, of course, it's so much cheaper to stay in one than to go independent), especially when there's such beauty nearby. the thing is, though, my husband doesn't drive at all & i have't really driven since we were in an accident a couple years back. renting a car in lanzarote was so stressful for me, that i want to avoid that at all cost. and tourgroups.... i just don't think we can handle those.

i've found some info on buses in tenerife, but i'd like to know just how reliable these are and whether they go to all the places that i should see.

thanks again, sloppychops!

budgetflyer

www.icelolly.com has the following offers. These are BASE prices extras may be added
Costa del sol
Spain 01 Jan 2006 7 Gatwick self-catering £69
Monastir
Tunisia 04 Jan 2006 4 Gatwick 2 star hotel £79
Paphos
Cyprus 04 Jan 2006 7 Gatwick 2 star hotel £79
Paphos
Cyprus 04 Jan 2006 7 Gatwick self-catering £79
Monastir
Tunisia 04 Jan 2006 4 Gatwick self-catering £79
Paphos
Cyprus 04 Jan 2006 7 Gatwick self-catering £79
Costa Blanca
Spain 03 Jan 2006 7 Gatwick self-catering £89
Malta 03 Jan 2006 7 Gatwick self-catering £89
Monastir
Tunisia 04 Jan 2006 4 Gatwick 3 star hotel £89
Malta 03 Jan 2006 7 Gatwick 3 star hotel £99
Lanzarote
Spain 04 Jan 2006 4 Gatwick self-catering £99
Monastir
Tunisia 04 Jan 2006 4 Gatwick 4 star hotel £99
Fuerteventura
Spain 04 Jan 2006 7 Stansted self-catering £99
Paphos
Cyprus 04 Jan 2006 7 Gatwick self-catering £99
Paphos
Cyprus 04 Jan 2006 7 Gatwick 4 star hotel £101
Fuerteventura
Spain 04 Jan 2006 7 Luton 3 star hotel £104
Paphos
Cyprus 04 Jan 2006 7 Gatwick 3 star hotel £105 fo
Algarve
Portugal 29 Dec 2005 7 Gatwick self-catering £109
Gran Canaria
Spain 31 Dec 2005 7 Gatwick self-catering £109
Costa Blanca
Spain 03 Jan 2006 4 Gatwick self-catering £109

reen_3

budgetflyer wrote:

www.icelolly.com has the following offers.

thanks for these. i will look into them. have you booked with icelolly before?

sloppychops

In my experience with ice lolly,you can never get what they advertise and as budgetflyer said these would be base prices.You have lots of extras that are added to these before you get a final price and some of the self catering ones would be based on 3-4 adults so im sure supplements would also be added.

sloppychops

(3) ACCOMMODATION DETAILS

Destination: COSTA DEL SOL Star rating: 3 star
Duration: 7 nights Board type: Self Catering
Resort name: OUR CHOICE Brochure:
Hotel details: 3 SUN SC COSTA DEL SOL Party size: 2 adults
FLIGHT DETAILS

Date Time Airports Flight code
Sunday, 01 January 2006 08:15 GATWICK (LGW) UL7A
12:00 MALAGA (AGP)
Sunday, 08 January 2006 13:00 MALAGA (AGP)
14:45 GATWICK (LGW
PRICING BREAKDOWN

Item Amount Price each Price
ADULT PRICE 2 £79.00 £158.00
FUEL LEVY 2 £25.00 £50.00
TICKET COLLECTION CHARG 2 £12.00 £24.00
TRAVEL FOUNDATION 1 £0.80 £0.80
DEPOSIT REQUIRED £232.80
TOTAL COST £232.80 self catering allocated on arrival or £372.80 Half Board named accommodation

https://www.hays-travel.co.uk

Also lots of options for Tunisia(which i personally love been there 7 times)
https://www.globalholidays.co.uk

sloppychops

Nerja Club 3 star Costa Del Sol
Duration 7 nights
Board Basis Half Board

Flights
Out
Depart Gatwick
01/01/06, 15:45
Arrive Malaga
01/01/06, 19:30

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Return
Depart Malaga
08/01/06, 20:30
Arrive Gatwick
08/01/06, 22:15

Basic Adult Price (x2)
£-320.00 Savings on Adult Price (x2)
£0.00 Transfers (x2)
£20.00 Flight Meals (x2)
£30.00 Ticket On Departure Fee (x2)
£40.00 Fuel Supplement (x2)
£368.00 Total
£-40.00 On-line Booking Discount (x2)
£328.00 Total


https://www.thomson.co.uk