"Any destination" search websites for holidays or city breaks

brookhouse

I am free to travel solo on 12 or 13 May for 3-5 nights. Looking for short-haul, holiday or city break, departing London airports (prefer Heathrow or London City, but other OK if flights are at sensible times) or Eurostar.
I am open to where I go as long as I have not been there before. Looking for inspiration, and I like a bargain!

So, are there any holiday, or accommodation and flight package websites that allow searching like Skyscanner and Kiwi do for flights, where you can leave the destination blank, or "anywhere"?

BA Holidays works well, but obviously destinations are limited to their routes.

richardw

BA dominate at Heathrow and LCY, so BA holidays is worth playing around with.
The relatively new addition at LCY is T Air Portugal who fly to Lisbon and Porto, cities which are often recommended by moneysavers.

budgetflyer

Icelolly.com can do that. However LHR or Lcy don't really have any low cost carriers flying from them so are likely to be more costly. If you broaden search to cover from ALL LONDON airport then you should get a good deal.
Note.
When I see a deal often I then just book the components seperate.You have much more control especially flights if booked direct

PompeyPete

If you can get to Luton, jump on a Wizz Air flight to Ohrid in Macedonia.

Ohrid sits by Lake Ohrid, and is simply wonderful in all the boxes I'd expect to tick for quality, and vfm. I probably wouldn't visit during the summer as it'll be too busy, but now is ideal.

We're there now, and after a week will be reluctant to move on tomorrow.

We flew with Turkish Airlines from LGW to Skopje [via Istanbul Ataturk], as we're travelling round Macedonia by bus/train.

PompeyPete

Further to my last posting, Ohrid has dozens of apartments to rent. We are staying at Apartment Bojadzi, which is spot-on the 10 out of 10 score for us.

Booked it on Booking.com. The owners who live on site are as as kind as you'll ever meet.

brookhouse

Thanks for these ideas. LHR flights can be more expensive, but by the time I have travelled to LTN or STN and added a bag the difference is not so great.

I've also found changing in e.g. Lisbon or Madrid is a good way to get to the islands compared with low cost and charters.

I will check icelolly.com.

Doshwaster

brookhouse wrote: »

Thanks for these ideas. LHR flights can be more expensive, but by the time I have travelled to LTN or STN and added a bag the difference is not so great.

I've also found changing in e.g. Lisbon or Madrid is a good way to get to the islands compared with low cost and charters.

I will check icelolly.com.

Take a good look at BA City Breaks. They can be surprisingly good value. Over the past few years I have had some excellent deals through them where the overall package wasnt much more than the flights alone.

brookhouse

Yes, I've use BA Holidays for a couple of trips into Europe. And I noticed their New York packages were cheaper than flights alone! I wonder what would happen if you didn't turn up at the hotel, e.g. if staying with friends?

PeacefulWaters

Skyscanner.

Route UK or London to Everywhere. See what comes up.

Or just fly Luton to Ljublana on Wizz.

Browntoa

Look at fleetway travel , they do a lot of good priced city breaks

https://www.fleetwaytravel.com/

PompeyPete

brookhouse wrote: »

Thanks for these ideas. LHR flights can be more expensive, but by the time I have travelled to LTN or STN and added a bag the difference is not so great.

I've also found changing in e.g. Lisbon or Madrid is a good way to get to the islands compared with low cost and charters.

I will check icelolly.com.

Can't see much point in dog-legging for a short break.