Please help me find an October half-term holiday, surely it shouldn't be this hard!!

[HuevosRancheros]

I would like to fly on Saturday 26th October, daytime flights, from East Midlands.
Really don't actually care/know where we want tomgo! We are two adults, two kids, who will be aged 3 and 5 1/2.
Would prefer self catering, somewhere small, rather than these all inclusive massive places
Not really asking for specific holidays (unless you have one to recommend!), just keen to find websites that let you search based on the above details. Most sites want you to know your destination, which is fair enough I suppose, but it seems a lot of airlines stop flying the week before, despite it being half term , which I thought would have been a profitable time to fly!

TIA

We use Travel Republic for our October half term breaks. Mainly because its quite cheap (it uses low cost airlines which doesn't bother me). Last 2 years we've been to Portugal b&b in 'suite hotels' which turns out to be beautiful timeshare accommodation that hasn't been sold because of the economy.

Had a quick look there and flights from EM on the 26th are £281pp and loads of accom. choices. Hope you get something.

Brilliant, thanks :)
I assume from the fact that you've returned that the weather is OK at then end of October?

I think Easyjet has a facility where you can put in where you want to fly from and it shows you the options and prices?

Warm during the day, fine for t shirts and shorts, but cardi or jumper needed at night for the stagger walk home

Yes, was going to suggest easyjet planner. That Will tell you what's available, at what cost.Yhink is prob best to find flights and then look for accom seperately.

If you're not proud large campsites might be a winner as they may have animation/ kids clubs during hols. And heated/ indoor pools.

Look also at Cyprus, and the Canary Islands for warm temps at the end of October.

Sadly, EasyJet don't fly from East Midlands.
Will look at Cyprus, for some reason the canaries don't grab me, but I don't really now what's there.....maybe that's why!

Guess I will just have to trawl through East Mids' website to see when and where they fly. Yawn....

Thanks for your help though :)

Thomas Cook's site gives you an 'I don't mind' into the destination field not that I've just been looking for myself, oh no. I know you said SC and not a big hotel but they have hols to Turkey for about £400 for half term from EMA & BHX. Not sure what the weather is like there at the end of Oct though - anyone know?

That's £400 for all inclusive, by the way.