Where to find… mystery holidays

Surprise Me will book you a mystery European city break: just give them your preferred dates and departure airport. A week before you leave they’ll send you a weather forecast, followed by a scratch card, a few days later, telling you where you’re going (from £85 for three days; srprs.me). Mystery Break has 50 destinations in Europe, with themes such as “cultural” and “romantic”. You can exclude places you’ve been to already (from £225 for two nights; www.mysterybreak.co.uk). Magical Mystery Tours are based in the US, and can include long-distance flights. You will fill in a detailed questionnaire (from £800 for a weekend, including a £200 research fee; magical-mystery-tours.com). Wix Squared After a phone conversation about your likes and dislikes, you get a choice of three countries. To keep the mystery going on arrival, you can have your itinerary sent day by day (from £1,000 excluding flights; wixsquared.com).