Late holiday booking advice needed

holidayhelpneeded

Hi all

Not been away for 4 years i am going away with my partner and she has never been abroad!

The only definites are

We need to fly sat 4th July and return sat 11th july (suppose could fly the sunday if it was available) And fly from Gatwick (we are south east based)

Somewhere without young kids (no offence but its a sensitive subject for my partner for reasons i wont go into at the moment), warm and relaxing...

Budget is max £800 half board or maybe even b and b prefered, not much point all inclusive as i dont drink and my partner is not a big drinker.

I suppose my questions are.... Is it at this late stage going to get cheaper if i wait until the week or even days before considering we are flexible with destinations?

I have been monitoring the major sites the last few months and not a massive amount of change so far in price. Should i go to an Agent with these outlines and see what they can do?

Basically i am a bit naive with this these days so any and all advice will be appreciated and acted upon.

Thanks in advance

Moto2

If we have a heatwave, you may get some good deals

Failing that, just keep searching - Holiday Pirates finds some good deals - and book when you see something you like and forget about holding out for a better deal.

holidayhelpneeded

Thanks Moto

I have checked that site seems a bit hit and miss and i dont have time to monitor it all the time

Had not considered the weather over here effecting prices so that is useful

thanks

richardw

You may not be flexible enough for a great bargain.
Have a look at poor flight times for cheap due to low demand.

holidayhelpneeded

care to expand there richard/

thanks for all help so far appreciated

richardw

If it's on Thursday night or Monday morning, then that's out of your flexibility range.

holidayhelpneeded

Thanks

If taking the flight Monday morning and cutting a day or so out of our week means a significantly better deal then that would certainly be an option

richardw

Norwegian has
London-Gatwick - Pula
Sunday 5. Jul 2015 05:55 - Terminal: S
Flight DY2494 - LowFare

Return
Pula - London-Gatwick
Sunday 12. Jul 2015 11:10
Flight DY2495 - LowFare

From about £150 excl extras, stay at Rovinj
They also have Nice for £90 excl extras.

Thomas Cook airlines has Reus from £152 excl extras, stay at Salou.

Monarch/Cosmos has good prices to Menorca going on sat 4th.

A few options at good prices, and you'd know where you're going, no last min risk.

holidayhelpneeded

like the croatia spot richard many thanks

any recs of where to stay in Rovinj appreciated from anyone

dawyldthing

Put your dates into Travelsupermarket and leave it on I'll go anywhere. It will chuck some options including on travel republic which mainly find cheap hotels and accommodation seperate

dawyldthing

http://www.travelsupermarket.com/holidays/results/flexible/150519202041200001/1/2/0/-1/7/LGW/04-07-2015/1/20/0/0/0/0

Can go as cheap as £233 all inclusive or less for half board, just depends where you want to go really