How much do flying to the Med and self-catering type holidays cost?

[Bozza]

We will be holidaying in the standard school six week hols so it will be peak season. We have two children who will be 6 and 3. Would like reasonable standard of accommodation and a pool but nothing fancy. What sort of prices are we looking at realistically?

Last year we had two weeks in France (Normandy and Brittany) and the ferry and accommodation cost £1200. Is this realistic?

You could book your flights now to get a good deal, and then look for accommodation. Accommodation prices for private villas tend to drop towards the end of August when the french return to work/school. A good website is Cheznous, but there are lots of other rentals available.

Thanks for that point re costs going down. Is it not a risk booking flights without checking accommodation? Will look at cheznous.

Don't think its a risk, my sister does it like this for every holiday and has never had a problem finding somewhere nice.

we did this last year. booked cheap flights with monarch then booked this apartment

there was also a studio apartment which had a double bedroom and a double sofa bed in the lounge which was cheaper if you don't mind not having 2 bedrooms. here

btw that's in spain not france though.

If you have a tesco clubcard you can go with cosmos and the tokens are worth 4 times as much which may help with the budget?

bozza, are u just interested in france or are u considering spain as i have a few friends with rental homes in the tarragona region of spain, near to salou, port aventura theme park, good beaches, excellent golf courses, two airports reus being the closer or barcelona about 1hr 20 drive, u would need a hire car though. let me know if u want any info.

Yes thats about right i was looking at various web sites for various travel companies, was looking at Greece,Spain and self catering holidays were between £1000 and £1500 for me, DH and DD although most were free child places.

We've booked independently the last couple of times. Booked flights first then apartment and car later. We are 2 adults and 3 kids and it's saved us money both times, maybe costing around £1500.

costababe- can you do any links to any properties you could reccomend near salou please.....many years ago i went to sitges(yes i know but we had a fantastic time)and would love to go around there again with dh and the children who will be 6 and 3.
tia

costababe could you email me - [email protected]

we are thinking about here for our holiday in june

or here

We were originally thinking about either France or Spain, but then sort of settled on the western Med area of France, but may change our minds yet. Thanks everyone for your input. It has helped clarify things.

I have been looking at flights and I can return including taxes from East Midlands to Nimes for the 4 of us for £340 in August. But that is on a Tuesday. It is much more expensive on other days. £99.99 plus tax compared to £24.99 plus tax. Do places tend to have set changeover days or could we go Tues-Tues?

I think you might limit choice of accomodation if you don't go sat to sat, as that's the usual changeover day for villas & apartments.

Have you tried jet2.com? You could fly from LBA and you can get good prices on flights if you book soon enough - we've just booked flights to Italy in August cheaply.

Thanks both of you. BTB, it will not surprise you to learn that I have had the virtues of flying Jet2 from LBA extolled to me previously and it is a bit closer to us than East Midlands so I will have a look.

aznerak just going to look at your link now.

I thought someone might have mentioned it in passing...

Have now found Jet2 flights to Barcelona for £320 all in. But they are on a Sunday! Although far more acceptable flight times.