Thursday, December 29, 2011

Holiday deals and discounts for 2012


Flights to Miami start from £424 with Virgin Atlantic



A round-up of the best holiday deals and discounts, as thoughts turn to a 2012 break to beat the post-Christmas blues.

Deals added on December 29 Flights to Miami Fares to the Florida city of Miami, with its beachfront bars, Art Deco architecture, and Cuban associations, start from £428 when booked through Virgin Atlantic (0844 209 7310; www.virgin-atlantic.com). Book by January 24. Winter sun in the Algarve Easyjet Holidays (0843 104 1000; holidays.easyjet.com) is offering a five-night holiday at the three-star Casablanca Inn, within easy reach of the local Algarve beach from £173 per person. The price quoted includes breakfast, baggage and hotel transfers, and is valid for flights from London Stansted to Faro on January 30, 2012, returning on February 4. Monarch's January sale Monarch (08719 40 50 40; www.monarch.co.uk) is offering fares from only £34 one way including taxes and charges. Then airline also is offering to reward customers booking early a further £10 off return flights by quoting discount code '2012SALE' (customers must book flights by January 12). Newly launched routes to Milan, Rome, Verona and Venice as well as the cosmopolitan Croatian city of Dubrovnik and the largest of the Greek Islands, Crete are included in the sale. Car hire discount Holiday Autos (0871 472 5229; holidayautos.co.uk) is offering up to 10 per cent off car hire bookings made before December 31 for rentals between January 3 and March 31. Enter the promotional code "UKTREAT11" when you book to save on your next car hire. Rentals start from £4 per day in Malaga. Family ski in Selva Esprit Ski (01252 618 300; www.espritski.com) has a week at the family Chalet Silvia in Selva, Italy for just £325 per person from January 8. The Silvia is a traditional South Tyrolean chalet. The price is based on family of four (two adults and two children aged two to 12) at £1,229 (saving up to £1,287 per family), and includes return flights from Gatwick to Innsbruck, transfers and fully catered accommodation including four-course evening meals with wine. Telegraph Cruise deals USA and Caribbean A 12-night cruise around the US and Caribbean costs from £1399 (was £1,647), including flights, transfers and an overnight stay at the four-star Paramount hotel in New York. Departing from Cape Liberty, New Jersey on February 9, ports of call include St Thomas (US Virgin Islands), Basseterre (St Kitts), St Johns (Antigua), Castries (St Lucia) and Philipsburg (St Maarten). Canary Islands An 11-night cruise around the Canary Islands on board Cunard's Queen Victoria, costs from £899 (was £1,120). Departing from Southampton on March 24, ports of call include Vigo (Spain), Lisbon, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Madeira and La Coruna (Spain) Solo Mediterranean cruise A seven-night cruise around Greece and Italy on board MSC Armonia costs from £1,099, including flights and transfers. Departing from Venice on May 11, ports of call include Ancona (Italy), Corfu (Greece), Santorini, Piraeus (for Athens), Argostoli (Greece) and Kotor (Montenegro). Prices based on single passenger occupancy. Solo Fjords cruise A seven-night cruise around the Norwegian fjords on board P&O Azura costs £899. Dpearting from Southampton on April 29, ports of call include Stavanger, Flaam, Olden and Bergen. Prices based on single passenger occupancy. Discounted hotels through the Telegraph Telegraph readers are being offered five per cent off all hotels booked at telegraph.co.uk/hotels before January 31. Simply copy the discount code TMGPROMO5 into the "coupon code" box when booking. Price for a three-star hotel Dubrovnik from £33 per night Rome from £24 per night Paris from £54 per night Barcelona from £53 per night Telegraph readers already have a lowest price guarantee when booking any of the 130,000 hotels available, unless otherwise stated. Deals added on December 28 South-East Asia and Australia cruise Voyages of Discovery is offering savings of up to 37 per cent on its 23-day South-East Asia and Australia cruise from Manila in the Philippines to Sydney on January 21, visiting Sandakan in Malaysia, Bitung and Ambon in Indonesia, and Darwin, the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Brisbane and Newcastle in Australia. From £1,618 per person including flights and gratuities (0844 822 0802; www.voyagesofdiscovery). TELEGRAPH CRUISE DEALS All trips booked through Telegraph Cruise come with a best price guarantee. For more cruise deals see www.telegraph.co.uk/cruise Caribbean cruise A 15-night cruise around the Caribbean on Fred Olsen's Braemar, costs from £1,019 (was £1,679), including return flights and transfers. Departing from Barbados, ports of call include Grenada, Curacao, Tortola, St Maarten, St Kitts, Antigua, Dominica, Tobago and St Lucia. Spain and Canary Islands cruise A nine-night cruise around Spain on NCL's Norwegian Jade, costs from £669 (was £784), including including return flights and transfers and up to £100 of onboard credit. Departing from Barcelona ports of call Funchal, Madeira, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Arrecife and Malaga Mediterranean cruise A seven-night cruise around Italy, Spain and Tunisia on board Holland America's ms Eurodam, costs £1129, including all flights and transfers. Departing from Civitavecchia, ports of call include Santa Margherita, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, La Goulette, Tunisia and Trapani. Departs May 12, 2012. Prices based on single passenger occupancy. France and Spain cruise A seven-night cruise from around France and Spain on Fred Olsen's Braemar, costs from £1039, including £70 of onboard credit. Departing from Dover, ports of call include La Pallice, Getxo, Aviles and La Coruña. Departs April 28. Prices based on single passenger occupancy. TELEGRAPH HANDPICKED DEALS Sign up to our members-only travel club, which brings you exclusive rates on luxury travel deals. Five-star Rhodes Save 20 per cent on seven-night stays (half-board) in a garden view room in the five-star Ixian Grand hotel Experience in Rhodes, which offers two pools, decked bar area, spa, hot tub and a beachside location and includes return flights and transfers. Book before January 2. North Devon escape Save 70 per cent on two-night break at the Woodford Country Club – a beautiful thatched hotel in North Devon with an indoor pool, spa, sauna and gym. Champagne on arrival and a 10 per cent discount on spa treatments are included. Book before January 3. Other offers Thailand New Year sale Trailfinders (020 7368 1200; www.trailfinders.com) is offering eight nights' three-star accommodation at the Briza Khao Lak resort in Thailand from £699, saving more than £450 per person. The price includes breakfast, four free nights, a room upgrade, a Thai dinner, transfers, an early booking discount and flights from Heathrow with Cathay Pacific. Valid for selected departures in May and June 2012. Book by January 31. Read the Telegraph's Bangkok city break guide Fortnight in Greece Thomas Cook (0844 412 5959; www.thomascook.com) is offering a 14-night all-inclusive stay at the five-star Mareblue Apostolata Hotel in Skala, Kefalonia for £1,345 per person (was £1,545). Price is based on two people sharing. Flight departs from Manchester on August 19. High-altitude skiing in Italy Inghams (0208 780 4447; www.inghams.co.uk) is offering seven nights at the three-star Bellavista Suites at the high-altitude Italian resort of Livigno from £299 per person, based on five sharing, departing January 7. The price includes accommodation and flights from London Gatwick to Innsbruck, resort transfers, a free bottle of wine with dinner, and a 10 per cent discount on the restaurant menu. Flights are also available from Stansted (+ £19), Bristol (+ £39), Birmingham (+ £29), Manchester (+ £39) and Edinburgh (+£55). Complete guides to 50 top ski resorts Emirates flights Emirates (0844 800 2777; www.emirates.com/uk) is offering savings of up to 25 per cent off first, business and economy class fares to over 100 destinations. Valid for departures between January 22 and June 30. Prices start from £385 for a return trip from London to Dubai. Chalet in Les Gets Ski Total (01252 618 333; www.skitotal.com) has a week at the Chalet Monet in Les Gets, France from January 15 for just £340 per person (was £679). This recently refurbished chalet has a hot tub, sauna and home cinema. The price includes flights from Southampton (other departure airports available), transfers, ski hosting and fully catered accommodation including four-course evening meals with wine.

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