GRAND GETAWAYS

pool in northerly Pollença. A seven-night stay with flights (Gatwick, Sept 6) costs £919pp (two sharing; down from £1,031pp) – enough change for a week’s hire of a Mercedes Benz A-class (£153), via rentalcars.com, Nevada? In August? Won’t the temperature be a little elevated? Well, yes. But Sin City is full of hotels with excellent air-conditioning. Such as Wynn Las Vegas – the current subject of an enticing offer from Destinology

(01204 874427; destinology. co.uk). As long as you book before July 11 (Thursday), and travel by Aug 18, you can enjoy a four-night getaway to this five-star oasis from £999pp (including flights from Heathrow). If home shores are more to your liking as summer progresses, there is always the alluring possibility of the “Best of Devon and Cornwall” tour dispensed by Trafalgar (0808 231 6670; trafalgar. com). This six-day group itinerary begins in London, but heads towards the lower tip of the country – via the likes of Bristol, Bath, Exmoor, Tintagel, St Ives and St Michael’s Mount. Wait for the end of this month and the trip will cost you £1,012pp. But if you can make next Friday’s departure (July 12), that number falls to three figures and £985pp.

The French shoreline can be enormously oversubscribed in the summer – but choose your location carefully, and prices can still be competitive. Biarritz, the urban jewel of France’s south-westerly Basque region, has a decadent curve of beach front along the Atlantic – and rooms aplenty if you consult rental service HomeAway (0800 085 3815; homeaway.co.uk). A oneweek stay in a gloriously positioned one-bedroom apartment (property #1736254a) right on La Grande Plage, checking in on Aug 10, will cost £235 per night – or £823pp with two sharing. Getting there? Return flights from Bristol in said week are £146pp, including checked luggage, with easyJet (0330 365 5000; easyjet.com).