Your complete guide to BREXIT bargains
Glorious family holidays and luxury breaks at half price — all because of EU chaos. Now Escape presents...
Easter holiday prices drop 50% over Brexit fears DailyMail, February23
TheRe may be lots of uncertainty in the air, but one thing is clear — deals are for the taking over the easter break. Brexit day is meant to be March 29, and it seems that people are hedging their bets when it comes to holidays.
That’s understandable, but caution does not always pay off because prices are tumbling by up to 50 per cent.
Factor in resorts going the extra mile to keep tourists sweet and — whisper it — the days following our withdrawal could well be the canniest time to travel this year.
DUBAI SUN RUN HALF PRICE
Holidaying on another continent is a surefire way to forget the UK’s new status on this one. And it doesn’t hurt that temperatures in dubai regularly exceed 30c over easter. Check into the glitzy five-star Fairmont The Palm for hot days, cool nights and zero politics.
BOOK IT: Six nights half-board at Fairmont The Palm costs £4,338 (saving 42 per cent) based on a family of four sharing. departs gatwick on April 9. Travelrepublic.co.uk, 0208 974 7200.
GREEK TREAT 40 PER CENT OFF
Greece’S tourism industry is firing on all cylinders again. Switch off your news feed and breathe out at Katia’s house, a one-bedroom villa with a private pool perched on the hillside in Kalamakia, on the far-flung hellenic island of Alonissos.
BOOK IT: A seven-night self- catering stay at Katia’s house now costs £569pp — reduced
from £936pp. Price includes flights from Manchester on May 3 and car hire, gicthevillacollection.com, 020 8232 9780.
FIVE-STAR ALGARVE HALF PRICE
Blow the Brexit cobwebs away on the breezy Algarve, where April temperatures hover at 20c. with nearly 50 per cent off, a room at the five- star Epic Sana Algarve, which has five pools, overlooking Falesia beach, could be just the ticket.
BOOK IT: A seven-night B&B stay, departing from luton on April 19, now costs £600pp — down from £1,115pp — with loveholidays.com, 0203 870 6844.
CARIBBEAN CRUISE SAVING £700 PER CABIN
Wave adieu to the European political maelstrom on a Caribbean cruise, where dinner conversation is more likely to revolve around the sunsets and cocktails.
BOOK IT: Departing Miami on April 20, the Celebrity Equinox has stops including the Cayman Islands and Cozumel. Cruise and flights to Miami now cost £ 1,914pp,
celebritycruises.co.uk, 0800 441 4054.
MOUNTAIN HIGH HALF PRICE
Before the muddy shoulder season kicks in, enjoy one last hurrah in the Alps, where Easter ski deals have been plunging in price, with big resorts in the French mountains awash with late deals.
BOOK IT: Skibeat is offering a week fullycatered at Chalet Arpette, in la Plagne, where it is still snowing, for £499pp — down from £819pp. Includes flights from Gatwick on March 30, skibeat.co.uk, 01273 855100.
CANARIES GOING CHEAP 40 PER CENT OFF
Swap the UK spring for the Canary Islands’ perpetual summer by jetting out to the balmy volcanic lands of Gran Canaria. How does the four- star Taurito Princess, allinclusive and beach-side, on the south-east coast, sound?
BOOK IT: A week’s all-inclusive stay, based on two sharing a twin room, now costs £573pp, including flights on April 8 from Birmingham with holidayhypermarket.co.
uk, 0800 916 5100.
BERMUDA, BABY 25 PER CENT OFF
North Atlantic idyll Bermuda is less than eight hours’ flight from the UK and promises decent spring sunshine, beautiful beaches and easy-on-the-eye architecture in capital Hamilton. The ‘pink palace’, the Fairmont Princess, makes for a soul soothing base.
BOOK IT: A week’s holiday, flying from london Gatwick on April 18, costs from £1,996pp — a saving of £683pp — based on two sharing room- only accommodation. Book by April 1, prestige holidays.co.uk, 01425 480400.
SARDINIA IN STYLE 25 PER CENT OFF
Sardinia at Easter is a savvy move, for the crowds generally don’t arrive until early summer. Explore the rugged, pre-historic hinterland and beaches that woo at first glance from the comfort of the familyfriendly Chia laguna resort in the island’s south.
BOOK IT: wexas Travel has half-board week-long stays over the Easter holidays at Chia laguna resort for £845pp. Price includes flights to Cagliari from Gatwick, transfers and UK lounge access, wexas. com, 0207 838 5892.
CUT-PRICE CYPRUS ONE THIRD OFF
Our love affair with Aphrodite’s Isle is unlikely to be sullied by our EU departure. Four hours in the sky equals glorious Easter sun — about 23c — when you land. A raft of all-inclusive deals are making Cyprus terrific value.
BOOK IT: First Choice has week-long, allinclusive stays at the Holiday village
Aliathon in Paphos for £777pp, based on four sharing. Flights depart from Birmingham on April 10, firstchoice.co.uk, 0203 451 2720.
FRENCH FANCY HALF PRICE
Do your bit for Anglo-French relations and escape to a French holiday park for the school break. raise a glass to new beginnings at the five- star La Croix Du Vieux Pont in the Champagne region. Children will love the activities including archery, trampolining and go-karting.
BOOK IT: Al Fresco Holidays has seven-night breaks. Staying at the La Croix du Vieux Pont mobile homes for £193 — saving 50 per cent — departing on April 6. Ferries from Dover to Calais from £153 per car, alfresco
holidays. com, 0161 332 8900.
DELICIOUS MAURITIUS 30 PER CENT OFF
The Indian ocean isle, dubbed ‘heaven’ by Mark Twain, is great value in 2019, with many operators dealing in sterling. How to spend a week? Mosey around botanical gardens, serene fishing villages and the dramatic mountainous interior.
BOOK IT: Seven nights at fivestar Shanti Maurice in April costs from £1,730pp, based on four sharing. Price includes breakfast, flights and private transfers, scottdunn. com, 020 8682 5020.
SKI AUSTRIA ONE THIRD OFF
April in Austria’s loftier resorts, including Zell am See, promises glorious blue- sky skiing. The best bit? When you’re done with the snowy peaks, enjoy a glass of something cold in the brilliant sunshine.
BOOK IT: Iglu Ski has seven-night half-board breaks to Zell am See departing March 30. Stay at four-star Hotel Lebzelter from just £496pp — saving £244pp. Price includes flights from Gatwick to Salzburg and transfers to the resort, igluski.com, 020 3131 6872.
SCANDI SAILING 60 PER CENT OFF
European holidays at sea look set to glide on unaffected by Brexit and leaving from a Uk port means you’ll dodge any airport logjams.
With all-inclusive on board, too, there’s even more bang for your buck. The best cruise deal we found? A nine-night adultonly return sail from Poole to norway, with stops including Dunkirk, rosendal and Bergen.
BOOK IT: nine nights onboard Cruise and Maritime’s Astoria costs from £485pp — saving £885pp — based on two sharing and departing from Poole on April 13, planetcruise. com, 0808 278 8504.
THAI TIME 40 PER CENT OFF
Take advantage of the second longest school holiday of the year with a sojourn to the Far east. Spa brand Six Senses is offering a hefty discount on its resort in Samui, Thailand.
BOOK IT: Seven nights in an ocean pool villa suite now costs £ 8,895 per family of four — saving £3,105 — plus children stay and dine free. Price includes flights from the UK and private transfers, turquoiseholidays.co.uk, 01494 678400.