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Specific dates but flexible destination. Best websites to try?

Two adults. We have specific dates at the end of the month. We want to depart from a London airport but are flexible about destination. Looking for a late bargain.

Have been looking at lastminute.com and teletextholidays but working through possible destinations one at a time is tedious.

Are there particular websites - or web agents - that allow searching for unspecified destinations in a given date range (like SkyScanner allows for flights)?

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  • stephb34
    stephb34 Posts: 2,064 Forumite
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    Try the tour operator websites, Thomas Cook, Thomson, cosmos etc they let you do that and they are the prices you will pay, where as Teletext, icelolly onthebeach etc aren't live systems so they aren't the final price you will pay but just estimates. Or ring a travel agent and get someone to do the work for you.
  • budgetflyer
    budgetflyer Posts: 5,949 Forumite
    Icelolly.com will do that. Prices from the various tour ops on there though are often not what is initially advertised
  • https://www.skyscanner.net choose a destination as everywhere then find a hotel at booking.com
  • EmmaParsons
    EmmaParsons Posts: 113 Forumite
    Try 118Travel.co.uk or FlightandHotel.co.uk both allow you to select 'anywhere' as your destination.
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  • mcfisco
    mcfisco Posts: 1,957 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Travelmatch allows pretty much any set of criteria to be filtered

    http://www.travelmatch.co.uk/holidays/
  • Kez1983
    Kez1983 Posts: 345 Forumite
    I always use www.holidayhypermarket.co.uk its a TUI owned site, but has Thomas cook, Thomson and others on it (I do always check the companies own site though, has only been cheaper once though!)
  • Booboo23
    Booboo23 Posts: 36 Forumite
    Loveholidays.com
  • tamiami
    tamiami Posts: 537 Forumite
    Olaholidays.com

    Teletext and icelolly have some good offers, but if it is for the main season then expect the prices to have gone up when you call. The offers sell out very quickly.
  • claire16c
    claire16c Posts: 7,074 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    BA have one
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