30 great school holiday late deals

Still haven’t booked a summer holiday with the kids? Don’t panic, you’ve probably done yourself a favour because there are some great savings to be had by booking late. Take a look at these 30 school holiday late deals… 

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Antigua: Grand Pineapple Beach Antigua is an all-inclusive Caribbean just 30 minutes from the capital city of St. John and V.C. Bird International Airport. The resort on the secluded white sand beach of the island’s renowned Long Bay is perfect for families with lots of entertainment and watersports. Seven nights from August 22 costs from £1,279 per adult and £879 per child including Virgin Atlantic flights from Gatwick.
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Turkey: Save 48 per cent on seven nights all-inclusive at the five-star Bone Club Sunset Hotel between the resort of Colakli and Side on Turkey’s southern coastline. There’s a kids’ club and animation team on hand to keep youngsters entertained. Sumptious spa and close to white sandy beaches.
Flights from various UK airports throughout the school holidays. Price from £399 per person (saving £368) based on two adults and two children sharing. Free room upgrade, massage and fruit on arrival.
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Devon: Woolacombe Bay Holiday Parks is highlighting seven-night holidays – starting on August 16 or 23 – from £529.  The on-line price, saving £370, is the total for a family of four with accommodation in a Bronze apartment. Guests can enjoy 40 free facilities such as 10 heated indoor/outdoor pools, outdoor water play areas, cinema, tennis, fishing, children’s clubs and nightly entertainment.  Other facilities, available for a supplement, include a state-of-the-art surfing simulator, high ropes course, climbing wall and 10-pin bowling.
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Sri Lanka: If you can splash the cash, the Family Adventure Company has reductions on its 16-day Elephant Paradise tour departing on July 28. Join orphaned baby elephants at feeding time, camp in the middle of a tea plantation and witness some incredible Buddhist temples on the small group adventure. Suitable for children over seven, you’ll also see wild animals on a jeep safari in Uda Walawe National Park and watch or help villagers with their early morning fish haul.
Price including flights, accommodation and most meals, from £1,994 per adult and £1,795 per child.
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South of France 1: Save more than 40 per cent on seven nights at the three-star Cap Esterel holiday village overlooking the Mediterranean. If you’ve got active children,the Cote d’Azur boasts many beaches and creeks with ideal countryside for hiking fans and nature-lovers. The holiday village overlooking the bay of Agay and has a vast waterpark with infinity pools and wave machines, golf course and spa.
Price from £896 (reduced from £1,493)based on 1-bedroom apartment for 4-5 people, departing August 16.Return flights Gatwick – Nice) are available from £250 per person with easyJet.
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South of France 2: Save a third with Canvas Holidays. Head to Les Méditerranées – Beach Garden, Marseillan-Plage, the dog-friendly site offering family activities, sports, pool and sun terrace.
Seven nights costs from £1,162 per party, including ferry crossing with P&O, based on accommodation in a Comfort Plus mobile home with decking (sleeps up to seven) on a self-catering basis and arriving on site on August 10.
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French Alps 1: Enjoy a summer week’s stay in the four-star village of Arc 1950. Close to the National Park de la Vanoise, the village is perfect if you love the great outdoors. Activities include parapenting, archery, guided hikes, mountain biking, white water rafting, swimming rapids, kayaking, canyoning, climbing, golf, tennis, fishing. Kids’ club available too.
Prices start at £600 per apartment for a two-bedroom classic for four to six people for the week beginning July 26. Reduced from £730. Availability in August too. Flights to Lyon on Easyjet from £277 per person or P&O ferry crossing from £155.
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French Alps 2: Adventures in the Alps has created active summer holidays for families and friends to enjoy from Hotel du Bourg, a three-star hotel in the heart of the Tarantaise Valley. The holidays run throughout July and August and include activities such as mountain biking, guided walking, kayaking, white water rafting and horse riding.
Seven nights half-board costs from £600 per adult and £450 per child under 14 (min age for activities is 8 years old). PLUS 10% off for last-minute bookings. Flights from £130pp and car hire from £250 for the week.
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Derbyshire: Under 11s go free and 11-17 year olds save 50% on a seven-night Family Walking Adventure in the Derbyshire Dales with HF Holidays. Starting July 26, costs are £739 per adult, children (11-17 years and sharing with an adult) pay £369 each, whilst under 11s are free.  Includes full-board, programme of organised walks and social activities, transport to/from the walks and the services of HF Holidays’ leaders. See HF Holidays

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Bulgaria: Save £309 per person on seven nights all-inclusive at the four-star Hotel Dunav. The resort is on 5km of Blue Flag sands on Sunny Beach where you can relax in 30C temperatures and warm waters. Ideal for watersports. There are also two Aquaparks which the kids will love. Flights from Newcastle to Bourgas on August 11. Price from £441 per person, based on two adults and two children sharing.
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school holiday late deals, Spain: Everyone still loves the Costa Brava. Fabulous beaches, a variety of restaurants and lots of shops, so if you have teenagers they’ll love it. Seven nights room-only at the four-star from East Midlands on August 13, from £307 per person, based on two adults and two children sharing.
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Maldives: You’ll need £5,029 for this package for two adults and one child but you are saving £2,471. The Emirates Holidays package includes seven nights for the price of five in a beach villa on Kanuhura, two adults on half-board and a child under 12 on full-board. Kids’ club, open from 9am to noon, 2pm to 5pm and 7pm to 10pm, with activities from face-painting to pizza-making. Babysitting service available too. Flights and sea transfers included for stays between August 11 and September 3.
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Norfolk: Kids love camping and Pitchup.com still has some availability next month. Pods at the Camping Mega Pod at King’s Lynn Camping and Caravan Park – set in 10 acres just outside the town – cost from £45 a night and sleep up to four people, with a minimum two-night stay. The pods are fully equipped with beds, electricity and cooking facilities.
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Tenerife: You can’t beat this Canary isle for a family holiday. The four-star Iberostar Las Dalias in the heart of Playa del Bobo is just 500 yards from Costa Adeje’s super beaches. The resort has an excellent kids’ club and you can book B&B, half-board, full-board or all-inclusive.
Prices from £626 per person for room-only from August 11 to £768 for all-inclusive. See Lastminute.com Picture: Tenerife Tourism Corporation

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Grenada: Spoil yourselves on a family trip to the Caribbean. Mount Cinnamon Resort & Beach Club in Grenada overlooks the white sands of Grand Anse Beach.
Seven nights from £3,995 per family, based on two adults and two children under 12 years sharing a one-bedroom pool/ocean view suite including breakfast, return flights with Virgin and use of a lounge at Gatwick. Private transfers to Mount Cinnamon. There’s a kids’ club and the resort has a relationship with Montessori, which offers a number of activities.
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Fuerteventura: Save £630 on seven nights all-inclusive for a family of two adults and two children. You’ll stay at the three-star Smartline Castillo De Antigua, which overlooks the ocean at Costa Caleta. The modern complex has a wide range of facilities for all ages. Price is now £1,985 per family, including flights from Gatwick on August 6.
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Skiathos: Stay seven nights at the Kanapitsa Mare, on the popular Kalamaki peninsula overlooking Tzanerias beach. The hotel is just a few minutes’ walk from the beach, where scuba diving and the water taxi to Skiathos town can be found. Several excellent tavernas, a supermarket and the bus stop are just minutes away. Price for a week’s B&B from August 1, 8 or 15, including flights from Gatwick costs £499 per person, based on three sharing.
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Portugal 1: Save £178 per person with six nights self-catering at the four-star Cabanas Park Hotel in Tavira. The hotel is at the edge of the Ria Formosa natural park in the historical village of Tavira with a private beach accessible by the hotel boats through the colourful canals of Ria Formosa. Price for two adults and two children is now £1,491 including flights from Birmingham on August 1.
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Portugal 2: Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel – within a protected natural park near the historic fishing port of Sagres – is a great luxury resort with amazing facilities for families.
Five kids’ clubs, baby menus, teen and tween spa treatments, surfing, biking, hiking, five swimming pools (all heated), baby concierge service and paddle boarding are just some of the reasons why it is so popular.
Price during July and August is £1,673 for seven nights B&B in a room for two adults, one child (up to 12) and a baby. Flights to Faro with easyJet from £127 per person.
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North Wales: Away Resorts Barmouth Bay Holiday Park is close to miles of sandy beaches. The Park is the ideal get-away for active families with an indoor swimming pool, multi-use games court, cycling and walking trails. The old town of Barmouth is nearby with plenty of shops, pubs and cafes. A four-night break from July 21 in a self-catering eight-berth Comfort Caravan is now £460, saving £52.
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Orlando: It’s amazing there is any availability for Orlando during the school holidays with the recent opening of the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter park, Diagon Alley. But Lowcostholidays is offering seven nights room-only at the three-star Seralago Hotel & Suites, flying from Manchester on August 20, from £752 per person, based on two adults and two children sharing.
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Scotland: Parents go free! PGL’s Isle of Arran centre welcomes families with children as young as six for holidays that take advantage of the Scottish island’s natural beauty. There are sea-cliffs to abseil down, boulders to climb and forest tracks to ride.  All activities, equipment and tuition, as well as simple accommodation and meals are included in the price, but not ferry crossing to the island.
Price is £509 per adult, children six to 18 costs £449. A “parents go free” offer is valid for holidays starting August 23, when each child may bring a parent for free! MUST BOOK by July 25.
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Thailand: Save up to £400 per family. Seven nights B&B at the Amari Phuket on a secluded beach at the southernmost corner of Patong with views of Patong Bay and the gorgeous Andaman Sea. The price of £1,847 is for two adults and one child, aged 15 or under, and flights from Heathrow between July 20 and August 20. Book by July 31.
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Ireland 1: Kids go free to Ireland on cottage package holidays. Book a cottage on a self-drive package and up to four children under 16 are free with Irish Ferries. A peak August week at Waterville Holiday Homes in County Kerry costs £1,011 for a family of six including return car ferry from the UK.
The holiday homes are a few minutes’ walk from the pretty seaside village, with family-friendly pubs and restaurants. Sandy beaches at Ballinskellings and Derrynane are 15 minutes’ drive away.
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Ireland 2: Castle Leslie Estate in County Monaghan, is on 1,000 acres of Irish countryside, dotted with ancient woodland and glittering lakes. It is one of the last great Irish castle estates still owned by the original family. Lots of activities including horse riding, children’s saddle club (where they can learn how to care for a pony and get some lessons), tennis, nearby playground, kayaking, clay pigeon shooting, falconry, walking, fishing and boating. Packages for a family of two adults and two children from £397.
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Zante: The family-friendly four diamond Filoxenia Hotel, close to Tsilvili in Zante, offers spacious family rooms, all-inclusive accommodation with all meals, theme nights, snacks and entertainment for all the family. Seven nights departing Gatwick on August 21 costs from £695 per adult and £355 per child based on two adults and one child sharing.
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Isle of Wight: A picturesque family holiday park set in acres of unspoiled countryside, Appuldurcombe Gardens is only a short drive from a great selection of beaches. The site is traffic free, has an outdoor pool, bar and café. Red Funnel is offering value breaks from £72 per person for four nights in a static caravan. Based on a family of four traveling together on July 21-25 21-25 and includes return vehicle ferry crossings.
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Mexico: Save up to £717 per family of four at Grand Velas Riviera Maya, a five-star resort along a stunning beach on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. The offer starts from £5,799 per family of four staying seven nights all-inclusive, including British Airways flights from Gatwick and transfers. The offer is based on July departures.The hotel has two kids’ clubs and activities include fly kites, volleyball, Wii tennis, bowling, air hockey, football, billiards, Xbox and other games.
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Cornwall: There’s 25 per cent off a week’s stay in self-catering apartments at Tregenna Castle Resort, St Ives. There are 70 unique self-catering properties in the Tregenna estate, ranging from Japanese pole lodges to 18th Century holiday cottages. Many of the properties have private gardens and views of the Atlantic.  All guests who book the offer will be given a £100 voucher booklet to spend onsite, including discounts on meals in the Brasserie, cream teas, money off beauty treatments, a round of golf and more. Prices between July 20 and August 30 from £1,150.
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Barbados: Exclusive to Virgin Holidays in the UK, the all-inclusive 4V Waves resort & Spa overlooks the calm waters and white sands of Prospect Bay and is the perfect place to kick back and enjoy some ‘R&R’ with the kids. Free watersports and a large freeform pool. Seven nights departing from Manchester on August 11.
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