Planning family holidays can be a nightmare – the whole family has to plan their time off around school holiday dates, as well as dealing with the increased prices during the key holiday times.
But if you plan ahead and shop around, a determined family can stretch their holiday budget to last the whole year…
Cheapholidaydeals.co.uk, the UK’s leading holiday price comparison site, has searched its database of over 300,000 holiday deals from 250 travel agents, tour operators and websites to come up with the 2005 guide to family holidays, ensuring that there’s something for everyone throughout the year.
Budget Option
Go For Broke!
January 2005
Beat the after-Christmas blues and take the family on a short break to Paris
for the perfect mix of city sightseeing and a trip to Disneyland Resort Paris. Only £169 per person for a 2-night stay in the 2* Prince Albert Tour Eiffel hotel. Departing from Gatwick on dates up to the 30 th April.
If your kids don’t go back to school until 10 th January, what better way to start the year than with an action packed family holiday in Orlando, Florida. If you’re quick, you can snap up this deal: £394 per adult departing from Gatwick on 1 st January.
February Half Term
Escape the long winter on a 7 night break to Albufeira in Portugal. From £175 per person, departing on 10 th February from Gatwick.
Take the family on a last-minute catered skiing break in France (Tignes) for 7 nights, departing throughout February for £345 per person.
Easter Holidays
Beat the crowds to get some Spanish sunshine on the Costa del Sol (Torremolinos). A 7 night stay is just £240 per person including breakfast. Departing from Stansted on 20th March
Splash out in flashy Aspen ( USA), with a 7 night holiday departing from Heathrow on 22 nd March for £844 per person, staying at the classic Snowflake Inn.
Summer 2005
Spend 7 nights in beautiful Corfu for only £299 per person. 2* Self-catering accommodation departing August 22 nd from Gatwick.
Take a week long break in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, departing from Heathrow on June 5 th for £929 per person.
October Half Term
Spend 7 nights in Majorca (Magaluf) for £309 per person, departing from Stansted on October 11 th.
For a holiday they’ll always remember take a seven night trip to Vietnam. Depart Heathrow on various dates up to 31 Dec 2005 and stay at the 5 star Melia Hotel, for £1940 per person.
Notes to Editors:
Founded in 1996 and profitable since launch, Cheapflights.co.uk pioneered the travel price comparison model in the UK
Each day Cheapflights displays over one million fares on flights, holidays, short breaks and accommodation, from over 700 travel partners. This makes Cheapflights the most comprehensive directory of travel deals available and a natural starting point for travel.
Leading online measurement company Hitwise describes Cheapflights.co.uk as ‘the UK’s favourite travel price comparison site’; and the Company's unique user numbers support this, reaching over 2,000,000 unique users in August 2004 (source: WebTrends).
The company estimates that it will generate travel product sales of over £500 million for its more than 700 UK partners this year. And these advertisers read like a Who’s Who of the travel world - ranging from British Airways, Thomson and Lastminute.com to specialist operators like Barwell Travel, Journey Latin America and Serenity Holidays.
Additionally, Cheapflights is one of the few British Internet companies to successfully establish an operation in the USA with Cheapflights.com. Launched in May 2003, it is already in the top 25 US travel sites (source: Hitwise USA, Travel Agents Category) and heading for similar popularity.
The company also operates the highly successful global accommodation website Cheapaccommodation.com and launched a similar site for the package holiday market - Cheapholidaydeals.co.uk - in January 2004. Cheapholidaydeals, the only major UK internet travel site to launch in 2004, won the WebUser Gold Award and was runner-up in the travel category for the New Media Age effectiveness awards.
In 2004 Cheapflights won The National Business Award, South East Region, for the "best growth strategy" category.
