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Holiday details: 14 nights B&B in Sri Lanka, staying at the 4* Eden Resort & Spa. Located in Beruwela, in the southwest, the resort has tropical gardens, a spa, large swimming pool and fronts on to a beautiful beach.
Price: from £599pp - saving £373pp – B&B, including flights with Gulf Air from London Heathrow and transfers.
Dates: departs October 9 2010; book before August 27, 2010
Book with: Hayes and Jarvis
From 101 Holidays newsdesk
Slash (performing with Fergie), The Smashing Pumpkins, Common and Kid Cudi are amongst the line-up for the 2010 Sunset Strip Music Festival, 26-28 August.
Performances take place in cool West Hollywood venues such as Key Club, The Roxy Theatre, Cat Club and Whisky A Go-Go as well as on two outdoor stages. The festival culminates in a one-day street party on Saturday 28 August.
Tickets for the Sunset Strip Music Festival cost approximately £40 - click here for details.
Hayes & Jarvis is offering a 5-night break at the 4* Andaz West Hollywood, the festival’s official hotel partner, for £1,129 pp (saving £178 pp) departing 25 August. Accommodation, transfers and KLM flights from Heathrow are included. This package cannot be booked online - call 0871 664 0246 to book.
Holiday details: 7 nights – saving £207pp - in Thailand staying at the 4-star Evason Hua Hin & Six Senses Spa located in Pranburi, about 3 hours south of Bangkok. All rooms come with a private balcony, there is a large swimming pool and the spa has 5 outdoor treatment salas surrounded by pretty lotus ponds.
Price: from £499pp – saving £207pp – B&B, based on 2 people sharing, including flights from London Heathrow with Oman Air and transfers
Dates: departs October 10, 2010
Book with: Hayes & Jarvis
Holiday details: 7 nights – saving £300pp – staying at the 3-star Biyadhoo Island Resort in the Maldives. Situated in the South Male Atoll, the resort has its own reef, which is perfect for keen divers. Soak up the ocean views from either a balcony or patio which adjoins every room.
Price: from £849pp – saving £300pp – full board, including return flights with Qatar from London Heathrow. Speedboat transfers extra.
Dates: departs July 9, 2010.
Book with: Hayes and Jarvis
Holiday details: 7 nights staying at the five-star Grand Mauritian in Turtle Bay on the north west corner of Mauritius. Just 15kms from the capital Port-Louis, rooms have a private terrace or balcony and some have views that stretch out along the pristine white sandy beach.
Price: from £1,299pp – saving £852pp – half board, based on 2 sharing, including a Deluxe room with sea view, return British Airways flights from London Heathrow and private transfers.
Dates: departs July 4, 2010.
Book with: Hayes & Jarvis
Holiday details: 7 nights in Sri Lanka, staying at the swish 3-star Tangerine Beach Hotel on the islands southwest coast. Enjoy impressive sea views, coconut gardens, a large swimming pool and colonial style designs.
Price: from £499pp – saving £240pp – including all-inclusive, return Qatar flights from London Heathrow and transfers.
Dates: departs May 9, 2010.
Book with: Hayes & Jarvis (note: the website has not been updated with the latest discounted price. Please phone the company to guarantee this deal).
By 101 Holidays newsdesk
Hayes & Jarvis has slashed more than £800 pp off the cost of selected long-haul holidays. It is also throwing in free upgrades from B&B to half-board.
Bookings must be made by Thursday March 4.
* Save £801 pp, departing May 4. Two weeks at the 4* Kandaburi Resort and Spa on Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, now costs £749 pp.
* Save £853 pp, departing May 15. One week at the 4* Medhufushi Island Resort in the Maldives now costs £899 pp with seaplane transfers.
* Save £440 pp, departing June 28. Four nights at the 5* Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai now costs £599 pp.
All holidays include a free upgrade to half-board, scheduled flights and transfers. More details from Hayes & Jarvis.
By 101 Holidays newsdesk
Starting today, Hayes & Jarvis is offering two adults for the price of one on selected worldwide holidays. There are savings of up to £1,299 for a couple travelling together.
We’ve looked carefully and can’t see any catches - other than bookings must be made by February 19.
A 6-night break in the Big Apple departing on May 4, for example, normally costs £1,098 pp; with one adult free, it now costs the equivalent of £549 pp including 3* hotel accommodation and British Airways flights.
Six nights in Toronto departing September 1 costs £798 pp but is now on sale for £399 pp, including Air Canada flights and accommodation at the 4* Delta Chelsea Hotel.
Departing March 16, a 14-night all inclusive holiday at Almond Smugglers Cove, St Lucia now costs £1,299 pp (down from £2,598 pp) including Virgin Atlantic flights.
This two for one offer also extends to Thailand. A 14-night holiday at the 4* Evason Hua Hin now costs only £499 per person. Departing on May 3, the package includes B&B accommodation and Oman Air flights.
A 14-night holiday from May 3 staying on a B&B basis at the Evason Phuket now costs £699 pp, down from £1,398 pp. Flights are with Thai Airways.
Head to Sri Lanka on June 15 where 14 nights at the 4* Eden Resort & Spa, set on Beruwela beach, now costs £599 pp, down from £1,198 pp. B&B accommodation and Sri Lankan Airlines flights are included.