Great Thomas Cook special offers

Thomas Cook have just announced some pretty interesting special offers for August 2009. Take a look at the holiday deals below which include some pretty big discounts.

Just click on any of these deals to take a closer look.

Last minute holidays are now an automatic 10% off, and as you can see from the list below, Thomas Cook offer a far wider range of holidays than you might think as well as offering worldwide hotel bookings and eurostar travel bookings to Europe and Disneyland Paris.

They are already discounting their skiing holidays for 2009/2010 and offering good discounts on summer 2010 holidays with savings of up to £300.

Thomas Cook can also let you build you own holiday, choosing your own flights and accommodation which may enable you to save money and if you just fancy a good nosey at a fantastic range of holiday destinations, take a look at Thomas Cook TV at the bottom link.

Save up to 10% on last minute holidays With holidays available from only £150pp
Summer 2010 on sale now Save up to £300 on Summer 2010 holidays!
Winter 09 Holidays Prices start from £224, with hundreds of flights are available with no supplements
Greece Holidays Find the cheapest flights, hotels & holidays in Greece.
Amazing Algarve Offers Algarve Breaks from £89
Amazing Cyprus Summer Deals Beautiful destinations, fusing the very best of the East and West, you can save ua guranteed 5% on Cyprus
Lanzarote – beautiful spanish sun at a beautiful price! Resorts such as Costa Teguise, Puerto Del Carmen, Playa Blanca and Puerto Calero are hugely popular with holidaymakers, offering a mix of lively nightlife and relaxing holiday in the sun, taking in the island’s beautiful scenery.
Family Friendly Fun in Majorca Flight + Hotel deals start from £107 to Majorca this summer
Build your Own / Dynamic Packages Flight + Hotel = Flexibility + money saved. Prices start from £89
Hotels 30,000 hotels in 116 countries from just £1pppn
Flights to over 150 airports with Easyjet, BA and more Prices start from £85pp
Eurostar breaks Eurostar breaks with hotels to Paris, Lille, Disneyland Resort Paris, Brussels, Bruges or Antwerp.
Ski Holidays From Beginner to Expert, whatever the budget, Thomas Cook sell the holiday for you.
Clubbing Holidays The Cheapest holidays to the most happening places; Club 18-30 offer all the fun, for an unrivalled price. Get on board and make September 09, the best month of your best summer!
Save Money on Active Holidays When you want a little more from your holiday; book Neilson Active. With optional activities everyday of your holiday, the price of your holiday covers tuition for every level of ability and offers you an unrivalled experience in stunning locations around the world
Watch Free Videos featuring lots of great holiday destinations Want to get a little taste before you travel? Thomas Cook TV has an array of free video’s so that you can get a flavour of what to expect!

Olympic Holidays  specialise in low cost package holidays to Greece, Cyprus, Croatia, Turkey and the Canary Islands (amongst others). Their prices are definitely amongst the lowest and they do really great special offers all year round. Right now they are having an all inclusive holiday sale to all resorts with Greece from £399 all inclusive, and Egypt from £329 all inclusive. Hit the advanced search link below to go to their search box now.

Olympic Holidays Advanced Search for package holidays in Summer 2009

Thanks to Mamma Mia, Greece has never been so popular, and with good reason. Also, try and consider some areas that you might be less familiar with, including Cyprus and Croatia because both are beautiful with great holidays to be had cheaply.

Jet2Holidays offer great value package holidays to all major European holiday and beach resorts and are currently offering up to 50% off holidays booked within the next two weeks. There has been some debate as to whether or not last minute holidays were going to be cheaper than holidays booked in advance this year and it looks like last minute holidays are the way to go if you are flexible about which holiday resort you want to go to.

Save up to 50% at jet2holidays

Prices currently start at under £200 per person per week, with holidays to Greece, Spain, Croatia, Majorca, Turkey, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Portugal Algarve, Cyprus, Costa Del Sol, Menorca, in fact, every top package holiday destination you can think of.

You can book with a deposit of as little £50 per person, and Jet2Holidays are fully ABTA bonded. Click the swimming pool to the left to find out more.

For some of us, getting a pair of sunglasses is only part of the story because if you normally wear glasses or even contact lenses, then you may need to get your sunglasses fitted with prescription lenses so you can really relax on your holidays. Contact lenses can dry out easily on a hot beach, and prescription sunglasses can really make your holiday experience a lot more comfortable, and that means maximum relaxation for you.

Our favorite online supplier of sunglasses with prescription lenses is Best4Glasses. They have a fantastic range of styish frames at stunning low prices, all of which can be fitted with tinted or photochromatic lenses and with UV protection. Their prices are far cheaper than high street opticians. What’s more, all their glasses and sunglasses come with a no quibble guarantee so if you’re not happy for any reason, they will give you a full refund.

As if their prices aren’t low enough, we got a unique 10% discount code which is valid for a limited period which you can use to save even more on your order. Simple enter this code when you checkout: AFWC10.

Best4Glasses also sell very cheap regular prescription glasses online so why not get yourself a new pair for the evening, and a new pair for braving the sunshine while you’re on holiday. Regular prescription glasses start at a crazy £10 per pair! Take a look and save yourself some serious cash by planning ahead and buying your prescription glasses or sunglasses online.

UK P&P is FREE as well, so there are no hidden charges.

Majorca has a lot of beautiful beaches and resorts which retain their Spanish heritage, along with, it must be said, a lot of Anglicised resorts with plenty of British bars and facilities for Brits abroad. That’s why Majorca is one of the top destinations for UK travellers looking for a great beach holiday, especially when on a budget.

The bay at Puerto Pollensa

Majorca also has some lovely hidden gems, and one we wanted to bring to your attention is the gorgeous resort of Puerto Pollensa which lies on the north west coast of Majorca. It’s a beautiful and relatively underdeveloped port village with really superb beaches, and plenty of wonderful restaurants serving authentic Spanish food. I’ve personally been there several times on family holidays and it’s one of our favorite resorts because it is quiet (no noisy nightlife, discos, British bars), and it feels very very safe. There’s a lovely promenade and pine walk which takes you right along the sea front, and a wonderful range of accomodation from self catering apartments and small hotels right through to large out of town compexes offering all inclusive deals. We had some of the best Majorcan food imaginable, some lovely local stews, and also the obligatory Paella, which was better than anything we’ve ever had anywhere else and probably half the price of a London tapas bar.

Pollensa town the walk to the chapel

Puerto Pollensa (Port de Pollenca) is also a short bus ride away from Pollensa town itself which is an amazing fortified Roman town full of fantastic windy roads full of quality shops (not just your regular tourist shops either as this is a town lived in by wealthy Majorcans) and a long stone pathway which leads to an ancient chapel called the Mare de Déu del Peu de la Creu (Mother of God at the Foot of the Cross). The views at the top of the pathway are absolutely breathtaking.

Puerto Pollensa is not for young groups of friends looking for exciting nightlife, it’s for couples, singles and families who want a peaceful holiday away from the mad crowds. It also isn’t the cheapest resort in terms of food and drink prices, but the fact that things cost a little more may actually be one of the factors that have allowed it to retain its character and not be overrun by the masses. It’s very smart and extremely well maintained. The town square is immaculate and so are the beaches.

As well as Pollensa town, it’s also possible to travel to other nearby places of interest. Alcudia is just along the coast and it has a lovely old town full of character as well as a resort area with plenty of British bars and cafes if that’s what you’re after.

I stayed in two very different places. One was a small Hotel complex called Flora Apartments which was about a five minute walk from the beach front. Flora was excellent. It was cheap, very clean, and well maintained. The facilities were perfectly adequate (we weren’t planning on staying in our rooms all week) and it had its own small pool area and bar, though little in the way of entertainment. However, we were travelling with a small child so that didn’t matter, in fact it was better for us to have some peace and quiet in the evening. It was also full of couples and families, which meant there were no groups of drunks rampaging through the hotel in the early hours, a problem that now afflicts many hotels and complexes across Europe.

The next time we stayed in Club Del Sol, a larger resort which offered all inclusive options and had a bigger pool area and a kids club. It also had

Pine Walk Puerto Pollensa

a mini disco and entertainment in the evenings, but it was a good 20 minute walk from Puerto Pollensa itself – fine if your children are in prams and can be pushed along the roadside by the grown ups, but not so good if they have to walk. There are buses though, and a taxi should only cost around 5 Euros. We stayed bed and breakfast, though many went for the all inclusive option. We found the food to be very good, and we had dinner there once or twice and that was also good. The entertainment was also good, and there was an arcade, table tennis, and other activities on offer. I’d definitely recommend it, and it was very cheap as well.

If you speak to someone who has been to Puerto Pollensa the chances are, that their eyes will glaze over and they’ll start to wax lyrical about the sheer loveliness of the place. The friendly locals, the pine walk, the delicious local food and the beautiful  beaches. Many people who go there return again and again because it becomes a favorite holiday resort and it has a large almost fan base in the UK because its the sort of place that you think you’re never going to find these days due to mass tourism. People tend to feel that it’s somewhere that they’ve discovered that’s all theirs, their secret holiday resort. I really recommend it and I’m sure it will work it’s magic on you in just the same way.

There are some seriously good package holiday deals to Puerto Pollensa in June and July, and even in August, when the school holidays kick in, you can still find good deals because everyone is fighting for your holiday custom this year.

If you are looking for a high quality beach holiday that’s stylish, classy and not over run with British influence, then take a look at Puerto Pollensa now. You really won’t regret it, nor will you ever forget it.

Find out more about your next holiday to the wonderful resort of Puerto Pollensa.

Puerto Pollensa beach

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Package holidays take the strain out of taking a holiday, and for many people, especially if you have children, that’s generally the idea. They normally consist of a flight from the airport of your choice, a transfer from the airport to your holiday accommodation, and often you will benefit from some onsite assistance from a holiday company representative who can give information and advice once you’re there.

Very large savings are to be had by booking direct with the tour operators. Our unique search engine cuts through the nonsense and delivers great results and includes discount package holidays deals to all the main resorts, flying from all airports across the UK. Whether you are looking for a secluded bay in Skopelos, or a mad party scene in Benidorm, we have the technology to make it happen. Some package holidays include also free child places. All board basis are covered from self catering to bed and breakfast to half board full board or even all inclusive.

Remember though, package holidays are discounted for a limited period only to get them sold. Once they’re gone they’re gone so if you find a great price, you can’t count on it still being here tomorrow.