Top travel deals: 11 awesome offers we love this week

Fantastic offers, including half-price Caribbean and family deals in Thailand

Hand-picked by our experts, these are the week's best travel deals, including family fun, foodie escapes and UK-stays. 

1. For affordable Asia: Sri Lanka for £849

Save up to £650 per couple on a seven-night break in Sri Lanka. Book by 15 September with Travelbag and pay £849pp for a week at the 4-star Club Hotel Dolphin in Waikkal on the eastern side of the island. The price includes flights from Glasgow and a free upgrade to a superior sea view room, and it’s based on selected September departures.

2. For family fun: Thailand for £499 including flights

Book by 15 September and you can save £100 per family on a holiday to Pattaya in Thailand. Netflights has an eight-night break at the 4-star Centara Pattaya Hotel from £499pp for departures in November. The price includes flights and breakfast, and it’s based on two adults and two children under 11 travelling together.

3. For a French hideaway: £187 off a villa in Provence

Discover the quiet side of Provence with a week in Le Pastre, a gorgeous three-bedroom villa with its own pool near the village of Montfuron. Vintage Travel is offering seven nights’ rental for £1,683, a saving of £187, for either 15 or 22 September. For a two-week booking, the price is £1,495 per week.

4. For a foodie break: three-nights in Lisbon for £274

Explore Portugal’s capital on a three-night break with Opodo and discover Lisbon’s food and wine scene. For £274pp, you get three nights’ B&B at the 3-star Hotel Dom Carlos Park, including flights from Manchester, for a 25 September departure.

5. For late-summer sun: Canary Islands for £362

Catch the sun in Fuerteventura on a seven-night break with eDreams. It’s offering a room-only week at the 3-star harbourside JM Puerto Rosario from £362pp, which includes flights from Stansted and leaves 25 September.

6. For an all-inclusive deal: half-price luxury Grenada

Book by 7 September and save 50% off a luxurious stay at the 5-star Sandals La Source in Grenada. DialAFlight is offering an all-inclusive seven-night break from £1,759pp on Grenada’s beautiful Pink Gin Beach, where you’ll have a choice of nine restaurants and numerous pools. The price includes Gatwick flights and transfers and is valid for departures next April to June.

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7. For rural relaxation: save £300 on a Devon cottage

Move quickly to book one of the cottages at Compton Pool Farm in Devon with Premier Cottages. A four-night stay in the four-bedroom Ambrook cottage on 4 September now costs £890, a saving of £300. The 14-acre farm dates from the 12th century and has plenty to keep people entertained, with an indoor pool, tennis courts, games rooms and lake fishing.

8. For a Greek idyll: one-third off a Kefalonia apartment

Save £212 off a week’s holiday at the Anemona Apartments on the Ionian island of Kefalonia. Sunvil is offering seven nights’ self-catering in a studio for £409pp, including Gatwick flights and transfers. You’ll be surrounded by lush gardens and orchards, and the beach and cafés of Katelios are just a 10-minute walk away.

9. For an English coastal escape: three nights for two in Eastbourne

Treat yourself to old-fashioned seaside luxury at the 5-star Grand Hotel in Eastbourne, which is just steps away from the beach and features a spa and outdoor pool. Visit in September and you get three nights for two, costing £240pp including breakfast. Book over the phone on 01323 412345. 

10. For a Balearic break: save £476 on Mallorca

Prestige Holidays is offering a savings of £476 per couple on a seven-night break at the 5-star Blau Privilege Porto Petro Beach Resort on Mallorca’s southeastern coast. The price of £1,049pp includes Luton flights, breakfast and transfers, and it’s for a 16 September departure. You’ll have indoor and outdoor pools, a beach just seconds away, a spa and a choice of restaurants.

11. For half-price luxury: 5-star Mexico for £1,229

Save up to 55% on a holiday in Cancun by booking now for next May. My Caribbean Holiday has a seven-night all-inclusive holiday at the 5-star Finest Playa Mujeres by Excellence Resorts from £1,229 if you book by 9 September. It’s for a 24 May departure, and the price includes Gatwick flights and transfers.