Now we’re talking Turkey! At long last one of Brits’ favourite short haul holiday destinations is back in the game for early autumn breaks.
In late September and early October it’s still lovely weather at around 25C and offers excellent hotels at great prices. How about a five-star all-inclusive week for under £300 per person or a four-star self-catering sat for just over £160? Fabulous value!
The sea’s at its warmest too, it’s friendly with great food, and loads to see and do if you want to get off your sunlounger. Perfect!
The latest Twitter-fed travel rules changes from Transport Secretary Grant ’S-hapless’ Shapps actually made some sense for once, with a massive simplification of the hated, baffling Government traffic light travel system.
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Hopefully, now we will have the straightforward clarity of a ROW Go/red No Go policy, it’s an end to the ridiculous, costly scramble home when a country went to quarantine status.
Add in the opening up of ROW hotspots such as Egypt, the Maldives, Kenya and Sri Lanka and we’ve got a winter sunshine winner.
Plus, in another huge bonus, there’s going to be an end to the outrageously expensive PCR tests for double jabbers (another great reason to get vaccinated!).
The Government allowed a shameless free-for-all with cowboy testing firms fleecing hundreds of thousands of Brits, so a very welcome step.
While there’s a jumbo jet load of good news for the travelling public, it’s also more progress for the battered UK travel industry.
It needs every crumb of comfort it can get after a catastrophic 18 months, during which it has been shamefully ignored by the Government and strangled by a morass of red tape.
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Furloughs are due to end soon and 70% of holiday firms anticipate redundancies.
We’re in for a frantic weekend of booking holidays to Turkey right through to half-term. Anyone for a cold Efes?
NB: as soon as you book a holiday - and an ATOL protected package is the best way to go - make sure you take out suitable insurance.
What is out there
TURKEY
Antalya from £320: five-star Club Paradiso Hotel, Alanya, all-inclusive. Stansted on October 1. travelsupermarket.com
Dalaman from £277: four-star Club Viva Hotel, Marmaris, all-inclusive. Manchester or Leeds Bradford on October 3. travelsupermarket.com
Antalya from £639: five-star Side Star Elegance, all-inclusive. Bristol on October 1. jet2holidays.com
Antalya from £583: four-star Pegasos Royal, Alanya, all-inclusive. Birmingham on October 6. tui.co.uk
Dalaman from £796: five-star TUI SENSATORI Barut Fethiye, all-inclusive. Glasgow on October 7. tui.co.uk
Dalaman from £429: four-star Mirage World Hotel, Icmeler, all-inclusive.
Luton on October 10. easyjet.com/en/holidays
Dalaman from £519: five-star Ideal Prime Beach, Marmaris, all-inclusive.
Liverpool on October 15. easyjet.com/en/holidays
Antalya from £323.93: four-star Melissa Residence & Spa, Kemer, all-inclusive. Stansted on October 8. thomascook.com
Antalya from £355: five-star Eftalia Ocean Hotel, Alanya, all-inclusive. Leeds Bradford on October 12. Book by September 30. travelrepublic.co.uk
Antalya from £294: five-star White City Resort Hotel & Spa, Alanya, all-inclusive. Newcastle on October 4. Book by September 30. travelrepublic.co.uk
Dalaman from £163: four-star Club Turquoise, Marmaris, self-catering. Stansted on October 6. Book by September 30. travelrepublic.co.uk
Dalaman from £380: five-star Green Nature Diamond Hotel, Marmaris, all-inclusive. Leeds Bradford on October 14. Book by September 30. travelrepublic.co.uk
MALDIVES
Maldives from £1,777: four-star Adaaran Select Hudhuranfushi, North Male Atoll, 10 nights, all-inclusive. Heathrow on October 5. travelsupermarket.com
Maldives from £1,930: four-star Adaaran Club Rannalhi, South Male Atoll, 10 nights, all-inclusive. Manchester on October 8. travelsupermarket.com
Maldives from £1,424: four-star Paradise Island Resort & Spa, North Male Atoll, half-board. Gatwick on November 5. tui.co.uk
Maldives from £1,899: five-star Cocoon Maldives, Lhaviyani Atoll, all-inclusive. Heathrow on selected dates in October. Book by September 30. travelbag.co.uk
EGYPT
Hurghada from £377: five-star Serenity Makadi Beach, all-inclusive. Bristol on October 12. Book by September 30. travelrepublic.co.uk
Sharm El Sheikh from £363: five-star Xperience Sea Breeze Resort, all-inclusive. Manchester on October 10. Book by Sept 30. travelrepublic.co.uk
*Prices are per person for seven nights and based on two sharing unless otherwise stated and correct at time of publication.
- Compiled by MARJORIE YUE, Deputy Travel Editor
