Booking a holiday away on the cheap?

[LeperousDust]

Right so i've got a lot of people around me wanting to go away this year and general consensus is Ayia Napa, for many obvious reasons. Or really probably anywhere of a similar (stupid :p) nature. Now i'm not a fan of paying over the odds, like i did last year badly, and if i leave it totally up to someone else odds are that'll happen again this year!

What/where/how should i be looking to book around june-ish? Me thinks i need to talk to Leon possibly hoping he has some inside knowledge stored up in his head from his travel agent days! ;D

Only real things are, around a week, and as cheap as sensibly possible i'd assume i'm looking at £300 figure really though. My mates booked all inclusive (always a bad idea i know) last year for over £400 and then they basically, and predictably ate out almost every night.

Year before that i did manage flights to Tenerife for £200 and we managed to sneak an extra person in per room saving hotel costs, but this was with other more devious friends :p

[Kitten]

look at holiday-lettings.co.uk, they usually have some stupidly cheap apartments on there (we paid £99 for a week in Spain) and then book sleazyjet flights for a pittance. Cost us £200 for the two of us and as it's an apartment plenty of opportunity to make beans on toast or noodles every night and stock up on beer before you go out. Easy :)

[LeperousDust]

Hmmm gonna have a snoop around now, seems like a perfect solution! Cheers Kitten :)

[Kitten]

Good luck! If you need any help searching give me a shout, we're quite good at tracking down the bargains!

[Grandad]

Ayia Napa is not cheap, it is not cheap to get there and is certainly not cheap once there

having said that I really like the place as long as you avoid peak season

[BBx]

Have you tried: http://www.onthebeach.co.uk/

Was looking on there last night for a short break end of May for the girlies.

BB x

[Kitten]

I thought Ayia Napa was really easy to get to from the airport (Larnaca), and Cyprus prices were really low - obviously bit higher in the touristy areas, but nothing expensive.

Oooh BBx, will check that site out.

[Grandad]

I thought Ayia Napa was really easy to get to from the airport (Larnaca), and Cyprus prices were really low - obviously bit higher in the touristy areas, but nothing expensive.

Oooh BBx, will check that site out.

Things must have improved then as drinks prices were above UK prices when I last went though that was about 6-8 yrs ago

good news as I am off there in a few weeks :)

[Kitten]

excellent! You'll have to do a reccy & see if it's changed :D

[LeperousDust]

Woo no results as of yet, but flights can be had from £160 to £300ish direct depending on manchester of glasgow airport, cheaper from manc by far but its out that way for quite a few up here obv... Bus is 10 euro return from airport to ayia napa. Where to stay is the biggest sticking point right now.

On one had there are villa's (cheers kitten ;)) for say £600 for the week that sleeps 6 on just hopefully minutes away from nissi beach which i think is good enough easily. This is without really looking around though, i'm overwhelmed by travel sites atm for apartments/hotels/villas all at different rates with different room occupancies and different locations etc. etc... Loads of different review sites all giving different opinions! But were getting somewhere now :)

[Grandad]

excellent! You'll have to do a reccy & see if it's changed :D

will do

staying just outside at the Nissi Beach hotel, not one I would have picked ( pool small, out of town and rooms look dated ) but it's a group of us for a wedding so I had no say in it

[LeperousDust]

Girls sorted it package style, haha, £384 for a week with £75 deposit. 'Spose its not that bad a package deal and it cuts the hassle...? Its hard to beat that price by much, and when you think that includes airport transfers and some form of abta insurance it all adds up fairly quickly :)