Snap up up to half-price deals in Hayes and Jarvis’ “Be Inspired” sale on until January 31. The company aims to inspire holidaymakers by offering a range of early booking and late winter sun deals to long-haul destinations from the Caribbean to the Far East. They include all-inclusive breaks, city and beach twin-centres and safaris.
The biggest saving this week is on an an all-inclusive holiday to St Lucia in June. You’ll stay at the four-star Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa with three pools, a waterpark, four restaurants, a spa and watersports on the beach (above) at Vieux Fort. Seven nights with Virgin Atlantic flights from Gatwick on June 4 from £899 per person (saving £866, 49 per cent).
There’s a third off a seven-night all-inclusive break at the Jolly Beach Resort & Spa, Antigua, departing with Virgin Atlantic from Gatwick on May 15. The three-star plus resort has a range of activities including tennis and beach volleyball, as well as two pools, five restaurants and entertainment. Priced at £849 per person (saving £428).
Save 26 per cent on a week’s all-inclusive holiday at the four-star plus Occidental Grand Xcaret. Just south of Cancun on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, the resort is within an ecological reserve and has a private beach, spa, five pools and 11 restaurants. Departing with Virgin Atlantic on June 13, the package costs £799 per person (saving £276).
There’s also a five-star all-inclusive Mexico holiday at the Now Jade Riviera Cancun from £949pp (saving a third, £461). Flights from Gatwick with Virgin Atlantic on September 3.
Looking for a winter escape? Seven nights B&B at the four-star plus Golden Sands Resort by Shangri-La in Penang, Malaysia, departing Heathrow on February 27 costs £799 per person (saving 40 per cent, £547). On Batu Ferringhi beach, just a short drive from George Town, the resort has a small golf course, tennis courts, two pools, watersports and two restaurants.
Get the best of both worlds on a twin-centre holiday to Thailand, combining a three-night city B&B stay at the Rembrandt Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, and eight nights B&B at Kantary Bay Hotel on the country’s largest island of Phuket. Departing May 13, the 11-night package costs £699 per person (saving 29 per cent, £279).
Couples who want to get away from it all can save 37 per cent on a week’s five-star all-inclusive holiday to Maritim Hotel, Mauritius. Set in 25 acres of tropical grounds on the island’s north-west coast at Turtle Bay Marine National Park, the hotel has a nine-hole golf course, spa, watersports, dive centre and horse-riding. The package costs £1,149 per person (saving £688) and includes BA flights from Gatwick on June 11.
Spectacular scenery and exotic wildlife on an eight-night Costa Rican Adventure tour in March. Travelling from San Jose to Liberia, highlights include a cruise on the canals of Tortuguero National Park, a hike to La Fortuna Waterfalls in Arenal, a canopy tour in the cloud forest of Monteverde, and tubing and horseriding in Rincon de La Vieja National Park. Costing £1,359 per person – saving 24 per cent (£431), the package includes eight nights’ full-board, American Airlines flights from Heathrow on March 17, and the services of an English-speaking guide.
