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Holiday details: 7 nights – saving £400 – staying at the beautiful La Capannella, a two-bedroom villa in Tuscany. Situated near the historic town of Lucca, it has its own private pool, outside barbecue and dining area, pergola and french windows leading out onto the large garden.
Price: from £495 per villa – saving £400 - based on 4 people sharing. Flights and car hire extra.
Dates: departures between 15 May and 22 May 2010.
Book with: Vintage Travel.
Holiday details: 7 nights staying at the luxurious 5* Cocoa Island, Maldives (sister hotel to The Metropolitan in London and Parrot Cay in Turks & Caicos). Just 40 minutes by boat from Male, choose from one of the resort’s dhonis or villas overlooking the water. The resort also boasts one of the Maldives’ best scuba-diving centres.
Price: from £1,970 per person B&B – including 2 free nights and US$100 (£68) resort credit per room per night - also including flights and speedboat transfers.
Dates: departures between 1 May and 15 October 2010.
Book with: Bailey Robinson
Holiday details: a last-minute week in Barbados including free tickets to the World Twenty20 cricket final in the legendary and atmospheric Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on May 16.
Price: from £799 pp room-only at Discovery Bay and from £1,099 all-inclusive at the Almond Casuarina Beach Resort. Flights, transfers and match tickets are included plus other discounts and vouchers to use in Barbados.
Dates: various departures up to May 14.
Book with: Tropical Sky
Holiday details: 7 nights during May half-term week in the beautiful village of Morwenstow in North Cornwall, staying at Sunshine Alley. Recently refurbished, this 2-bedroom 17th-century thatched Grade II listed cottage, is close to the sea and cliffs for great walks as well as being handy for the village pub.
Price: from £545 per cottage, on a self catering basis and sleeping up to 4.
Dates: from May 28, 2010 (quote P53 when booking)
Book with: Helpful Holidays
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).
Holiday details: 6 nights on a tour of Provence, staying in 2 and 3 star hotels and travelling by train with stays in Avignon, Nimes and Arles.
Price: from £550pp, including B&B hotel accommodation, return standard class travel on the Eurostar and TGV from St Pancras, Ebbsfleet or Ashford to Avignon and travel between stops. There is a single supplement of £272.
Dates: departures between April and June, 2010.
Book with: French Travel Service
Holiday details: 14 nights at the 4* Medhufushi Island Resort on Meemu, Maldives. This small but perfectly formed island has a blinding white beach and over-water bar, restaurant and spa.
Price: from £1,699 pp - saving £2,000 pp - half board, also including a free upgrade to a water villa, return flights with Qatar Airlines from Gatwick, seaplane transfers and a bottle of Champagne on arrival.
Dates: departures between May 1 to June 30, 2010
Book with: Tropical Sky
Holiday details: 14-nights in Thailand including two nights B&B at the chic 5* Metropolitan Hotel in Bangkok and 12 nights all-inclusive at the Santhiya Resort and Spa on a gorgeous beach on Koh Phangan.
Price: from £1,299 pp, saving £520 pp. Flights with Etihad via Abu Dhabi and transfers are included.
Dates: selected departures between April 16 and July 31, 2010.
Book with: Tropical Sky.