Where are the cheap, last minute holidays?

Where are you based? Flight prices very different depending on your location.

Fights will depend on where you’re flying from. Lots of places will be hot at this time of year, not just to obvious places like Spain etc. What about Croatia, Poland, Netherlands, Montenegro etc.

We got a week in Spain in an air b&b next month for £2k

For 5 of us inc flights

So if you can travel off peak good deals are still to be had

Definitely

And lol at "the masses" ...what she means is the plebs / non rich people travelling abroad. I mean. Ugh . They need to know their place (skeggy / Blackpool )

What is a deal though?
They don't exist like they did before Covid.
I could pick up a break then for well under a thousand, not so now.
Depends on how much money you have, as to whether it's a deal.

Slovenia

We flew from Edinburgh this week and lots of northern English accents heard 😊

We used to fly from Newcastle rather than Scotland at the start of the Scottish school holidays for the same reason-we saved hundreds!

I think the lack of cheaper holidays this summer has a lot to do with the crap weather this year-people are desperate to feel the sun on their backs

I don't do foreign ones. I have sea in my birth country and know all the ropes there of having any holiday I want. What we do is last minute Devon one here, just booked amazing cottage for 700 Pounds and we budget for food ( not really LOL), as we go there

I honestly don’t think they exist anymore, not post Covid.
I remember getting a quote for my honeymoon 6 years ago for the most amazing luxury holiday, it was very remote and even included a hot air balloon ride! When I saw the price I laughed, it was extortionate so we obviously didn’t go!

But now my holiday this year isn’t far off that price! And it definitely isn’t anywhere near as luxurious
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Not everyone has to fly or travel far. We book in the UK as we have a disabled son. And it isn't masses of people flying. Lots of people haven't been abroad in years and years due to the cost. That's a big factor in our decision as well as the difficulties with our son, but it would be nice if it was actually an option and affordable for us at some point. It's wealthy people taking the frequent flights. I know some people flying 3 trips a year +. Have a word with them instead of suggesting that everyone stop flying.

I had a look out of interest now the school holidays are over (children in nursery so could go any time), but it doesn't seem much cheaper. Even outside peak times nothing seems particularly cheap!
Sometimes booking in advance, like booking next summer now, is a lot cheaper, but doesn't help for last minute cheap deals for this summer!

Have a look at EasyJet holidays as some of them are incredibly cheap. I sorted from the lowest price first for 7 nights and you can have Toulon from £217 pp, Prague from £226, Bordeaux £245. All August and September dates

DD and her BF are off to a SC apartment in Turkey on 25th August for a week for £600 between them with Tui.
It looks basic but reviews are good and its near the beach and has a pool.

Check out this Holiday: Sol Falco at Cala'n Bosch, Menorca https://www.jet2holidays.com/beach/balearics/menorca/calan-bosch/sol-falco?duration%3D7%26airport%3D3%26date%3D18-08-2024%26occupancy%3Dr2c35%26board%3D5%26oflight%3D1119605%26iflight%3D1119608%26rooms%3D50357%26gtmsearchtype%3DSmart%2520Search%26smartsearchid%3Dbb370978-5f81-4f44-8783-3993e6af53f8%26utmmmedium%3Dreferral%26utmsource%3Dshareelink

There are deals if you look around. All inclusive family room in Menorca. Flying Sunday from Manchester

They are to Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco due to the temperatures at this time of year.

we are in Greece. It is hot. For four of us it has cost a small fortune and Definitely not worth it.

They exist but outside of school holidays.

I was going to suggest a good old fashioned travel agent.

They don’t really exist anymore, haven’t for a few years.

Keep an eye on temperatures next week. We’re expecting low to mid 30s here. Spain is expecting to get pretty close to 40.

I second this idea. Love holidays website has loads from Scotland at a good price.

We booked a last minute holiday (5 days before) for me, DH and our 2 kids. We got back 2 days ago from an amazing week in fethiye Turkey- first time we have been to Turkey (we choose a different country each year) and it was seriously amazing and stunning, no idea why people stick their nose up at it I would certainly go back. Beach front hotel, with breakfast and dinner, flights, transfers and airport parking for £2000 for 7 nights for all of us. We did loads of amazing excursions for a decent price. It wasn’t unbearably hot at all and not any hotter than any other summer destination we have been in august. I booked through love holidays, I’ve used them loads of times for last minute holidays and have never had any issues, so easy to deal with. You pay the price you see not like other cheap holiday sites I’ve tried to use in the past.

We nearly booked Cyprus, have a look on Airbnb they have some great cheap but lovely accommodation on there. We went Cyprus a few years ago in august and stayed in an apartment for 10 days for only £400 for all of us the whole time. For some reason I have found their Airbnb accommodation is cheaper than most other places. So you can pay a bit more for flight’s and still keep the price down. I decided against Cyprus because we have been that’s the only reason.

We go away every august but have never paid more than £2000 for us all. Used to be a lot less £1200 our Cyprus trip came to for flights and accommodation when we went, but that was several years ago now. Every thing has gone up. Good luck hope you find some where.

I walked past Hays Travel Agents yesterday and they had some good deals in the window.

I booked 2 days ago to fly on 24th - so just under 2 weeks. Is that last minute?

I found plenty of hotels, but most of the flights were booked. The flights we ended up booking the 3 of us are sitting separately.

I'm travelling with teens so not too adventurous- they have banned "adventurous" holidays 😂😂

I didn't really get "last minute" prices.

People flying on holidays and mini breaks a few times a year are a drop in the ocean compared with business travel, heavy industry, industrial farming and data centres running 'the internet'.

Because the masses taking cheap and frequent flights was contributing to climate change.

Why rightly bloody so?