Best travel deals January 2024: Flights, holidays and packages

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It’s time to sit up for balmy summer season days and poolside parasol lounging by planning a discount journey within the New Year’s travel gross sales.

Whether a post-Christmas present from you to you or a pick-me-up within the build-up to the doom and gloom of Blue Monday, it’s by no means too early to ebook forward for a 2024 vacation and escape the shackles of winter.

We’ve already seen large travel reductions from British Airways, Tui, Royal Caribbean and easyJet this winter to safe a steal on price-slashed bundle holidays, discounted flights and lodge stays and, if final yr is any indication, there are a lot extra nice low cost codes to come back.

With gives amping up for final week’s beloved Boxing Day reductions and the January gross sales which can be arriving now, price range travellers may save tons of on last-minute cruises and unique all-inclusives.

Here is what we all know in regards to the prime travel deals which have landed this New Year’s Day – and examine again as we add extra gives throughout the sale season constructed for discount travel.

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Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts

Sandals 12 Days of Christmas deals provide financial savings of as much as £150 on dreamy all-inclusive Caribbean holidays when booked earlier than 8 January 2024. Sunseekers trying to jet set to white sands from Jamaica to Curaçao, The Bahamas and Barbados for per week earlier than December 2026 will qualify for the low cost when the code “12DAYS” is quoted at checkout.

Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve

This winter sale season, in case you’re interested in taking a staycation safari, Port Lympne has enormous reductions of as much as 50 per cent off its distinctive lodging and animal experiences. The conservation lodge’s promotion is legitimate till 12 January 2024 on chosen 2024 quick breaks taken between 1 January and 19 July 2024 and the long-lasting lion, tiger and wolf lodges are all featured within the provide.

British Airways

Prepare to jet set for much less with the British Airways annual sale. Not solely are there two-night metropolis breaks as much as grabs from simply £149pp, however discounted flights to over 80 locations and vacation packages to European seashore hotspots from £249pp. Think of lengthy weekends in Lisbon, Munich and Madrid, flights to New York from £356pp and financial savings on far-flung solar till 30 January 2024.

Tui

Right now it can save you as much as £250 in Tui’s Live Happy sale on summer season holidays departing between May and October 2024 utilizing code “SALE”. The bundle low cost for holidaymakers is legitimate till 29 February 2024 with £0 deposits and free child’s locations additionally obtainable on choose Tui getaways. There’s additionally a £300 low cost on choose long-haul Marella Cruises with code “SAIL300” and an extra app-exclusive value slash.

Ryanair

The price range airline is operating a sale for travel between 1 April and 30 September, with flights to locations reminiscent of Krakow and Dublin from as little as £21.99. Trips should be booked earlier than 31 January for one of the best deals.

loveholidays

Loveholidays winter promotion is dwell till 4 February 2024 for budget-savvy travellers to basket financial savings of as much as 25 per cent on chosen motels together with five-star winter solar haunts in Egypt and all-inclusive resorts in Turkey for lower than £350pp. The on-line travel agent’s prime deals from the promotion characteristic per week on the Hotel Rosa Beach Monastir in Tunisia for simply £221pp and seven nights in Albufeira for £205pp.

Jet2Holidays

Lovebirds planning to fly away for Valentine’s Day, look no additional. Jet2Holidays pre-sale on winter getaways consists of simply £60pp deposits to the likes of Tenerife, Lanzarote and the Algarve. MyJet2 account members have much more incentive to ebook now, with reductions for events of two as much as £120 off full-price vacation packages when departing earlier than 31 March 2024.

Eurostar

With metropolis breaks from simply £39.99 this winter, Eurostar guarantees price range journeys to iconic capitals together with Paris, Lille, Brussels and Amsterdam lower than two hours from London St Pancras International – and there are 75,000 discounted seats up for grabs. 

easyJet

Wallet-friendly airline easyJet is kicking off its Big Orange Sale occasion with as much as 20 per cent off flights in 2024. With flights from simply £22.99 every approach in December and January Innsbruck, Milan, Pisa and Antalya are at your fingertips for lower than £50 this winter. There’s additionally a formidable £300 off choose bundle holidays taken earlier than 31 October 2025 to dreamy locations worldwide when code “BIGSALE” is utilized at checkout.

Booking.com

Travellers can save 15 per cent on chosen “New year, new adventure” deals with Booking.com. The provide on lodge holidays to Istanbul, Rome, Dubai and Paris is legitimate for travel between now and 1 April 2024 for these trying to escape winter days for sunnier shores.

P&O Ferries

From now to 29 February P&O Ferries have 20 per cent off of choose lengthy breaks to France as a part of an early reserving provide on journeys from Dover to Calais taken between 1 January and 15 December 2024.

G Adventures

There are large financial savings on nice adventures with G Adventures. Intrepid explorers can save as much as 25 per cent per particular person on small group excursions for choose dates departing earlier than 30 June 2024. Alaskan adventures, Galápagos expeditions and Costa Rican climbing treks to find the continents should be booked earlier than 31 January 2024 to learn from the journey travel group’s beneficiant low cost.

lastminute.com

Lastminute.com’s official sale promotion launched on 20 December for holidaymakers to safe a steal on half-term holidays, Easter lengthy weekends and summer season getaways from as little as £28.50pp per evening. Destinations together with Barcelona, Costa Brava and Ibiza will all price beneath £350pp within the sale and seven luxurious all-inclusive nights in Crete in June will set travellers again simply £399pp.

First Choice

For £250 off your subsequent vacation, First Choice has discounted deals till 29 February for journeys departing between 1 May 2024 and 31 October 2024. Picture Palma for much less, saving on stays on the French Riviera and indulging in New York’s iconic cityscape with out splashing the money this winter on the vacation suppliers’ choose solar, sea and journey getaways.

Newmarket Holidays

There are financial savings of as much as 15 per cent obtainable throughout Newmarket Holidays’ assortment of 38 excursions from now till 15 March. Think African safaris, Northern Light chasing and trekking by means of Costa Rican jungles with itineraries that begin from simply £425pp.

Thomas Cook

Hundreds of latest horizons have vacation reductions for 2024 on Thomas Cook proper now. With deals from £233pp to Egypt’s Red Sea coast, the year-round solar of the Canary Islands and the golden Costa del Sol, your summer season vacation is sorted. Can’t wait that lengthy to fly away? Last-minute winter solar seashore holidays to locations together with Morocco and Mexico presently begin from simply £520pp.

Princess Cruises

There’s an opportunity to set sail for 30 per cent much less with Princess Cruises’ sale on all-inclusive vacation packages to the likes of the Mediterranean, Alaska and Mexico. Selected 2025 departures profit from the beneficiant provide and low deposits from £50pp imply securing your dream floating vacation has by no means been extra budget-friendly.

Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic’s end-of-year deals have landed with enormous financial savings on flights, metropolis breaks and winter getaways from simply £381. Whether jetting to the thrills of Florida, white sands within the Caribbean or the skyscrapers of Dubai, travellers can even save as much as £100 on chosen flights per particular person till 31 January 2024.

Fairmont Hotels

Discounts as much as 25 per cent have landed at collaborating Fairmont Hotels and Resorts together with Canadian château’s, Bermuda seashore golf equipment and Kenyan safari stays. The deal is dwell to ebook till 29 March 2024 for stays by means of 30 April 2024 and members can get pleasure from an extra value lower of 10 per cent as a part of Accor’s loyalty programme.

Ambassador Cruise Line

Ambassador Cruise Line has dropped its Turn of Year promotion with financial savings of as much as 63 per cent on choose sailings and 50 per cent off deals on drinks packages for the 2024/25 season. Itineraries characteristic Iceland, North Africa and Norway and youngsters on multi-generational cruises can even travel for simply £99 onboard Ambience and Ambition voyages departing the UK.

Crystal Ski

Crystal are providing a spread of last-minute deals to numerous European ski resorts in international locations that embrace Bulgaria, Austria and France. Prices begin as little as £345pp for a week-long break in Bankso, with seven nights in Serre Chevalier coming in at £582pp.

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