A few years ago we booked on the Thursday, flew on the Monday to Corfu but it was the very last week of the season (October half term). 2 adults,2kids, £880 for 10 days 5 star half board.

Now we've got 3 kids we tend to book in advance as we need school hols and it is cheaper to book Easyjet flights in advance.

No problem if you are Eurocamping or staying in a villa though as long as you can getthe flights.

yes would need term time

will read ta

DONT WANT poxy kids clubs {breathe}
so will eb fine

I should warn you that August is seriously rather hot... it was 54 degrees one day (thats a hot face rather than grr)
July and September would be cooler, though I assume you need school holiday time.

We did 2 weeks- the first week was a Nile cruise- Temples at Dendara, Abydos, Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Philae (at Aswan) Abu Simbel was an optional day excursion (involved flying, so we didn't bother), followed by a week in Luxor at a 5* hotel- this one, though it was a Le Meridien when we stayed there 6 years ago. (if you look at internet reviews, you'll see how good it is... fantastic hotel)
with visits to Valley of the kings, a stele (obeleisks) quarry, and hot air balloon ride (over valley of the kings at dawn... utterly amazing). We basically OD'd on history and culture the first week, and chillaxed the second, mainly in the pool.

Not sure how much your youngest would get out of it, but pretty sure your older 2 would absolutely love it.

Kuoni were fabulous- everything was taken care of and we (our group, not us personally) had an Egyptian archaeologist with us the whole 2 weeks, to take us round all the sites, and he really was knowledgable.

Of course, there is the other side of Egypt- diving in red sea... probably pretty good too- MW have a couple of places, usually with plenty of last minute availability in summer, and of course all the usual sports stuff. Egypt is too hot really to lie and fry tan- you need to be in the water (or indoors... with the most amazing air con- I got a lot of reading done that holiday) to deal with the heat.

yes but not since having school age children. But had good bargains with Sunsail going to Greece in mid-May and with Simply Travel in Sept.

If you want particular accommodation and Kids Clubs etc in holiday time you have to book early generally to get exactly what you want.

captain nancy
tell me more about Egypt

yes villas good for that

last minute cancellations

we have never ever booked anything till a few days/week before we go

due to ridiculous unpredictable work and inability to make any sort of decision lol

We have late booked frequently, mainly due to DH running his own business and never being completely sure too far ahead when he can get away-

Mark Warner in August (pre DCs)
Egypt with Kuoni in August (pre DCs)
Minorca in July (with toddler)

Did them all online- MW 2 days before, Kuoni- 1 week before, Minorca- night before flying!

Not sure why you can't do hotels... in Egypt the hotel had interconnecting rooms- so 2 huge beds in one room, and I think up to 4 (huge) single beds in the other.

and do you go to a shop or book online or what?
the issue is we haev three kids so cant really do hotels

We always book late.

The best one we booked was a week in a villa, with it's own pool, in Lanzarote for £1100 for 3 adults and one child.

Cheapest we had was a week SC in Majorca for £600 for 2 adults and 2 children.

If we go back years and years, we booked one 4 days before we flew and that was £400 for us and the boys in Majorca.