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Deal of the Day: 25% off France ski holiday

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012


 

 

 

 

Holiday details:  There are some great ski deals available at the moment, including this one to France.

Stay for 7 nights in Méribel at the Chalethotel Tarentaise. After a day’s skiing relax your muscles in the sauna, your mind in the lounge and bar, or treat yourself to some extra pampering at the beauty salon.

If you fancy hitting the town, Méribel’s nightlife is easily accessible with a free bus service.

Price: £695 pp including flights from London Gatwick, transfers and half-board accommodation.

Date: 22 January 2012

Book with: Mark Warner

It’s not too late – family summer holiday deals

Monday, July 4th, 2011

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From 101 Holidays newsdesk

It’s not too late if you want to find a summer holiday for the family, whether you fancy something close to home or further afield. We’ve scoured the market to find some great holidays, all with availability for July and/or August.

1. Glamping in Somerset

You don’t have to fly to Africa to stay in a safari tent. Swallowtail Hill, in Rye, Somerset, offers The Tent by the Pond and Tent by the Wood, each with comfortable beds and quirky furnishings. Cook over your own fire pit, feed the animals on the nearby farm or try your hand at tractor driving. From £90 per night for up to four in July and August. Contact Canopy & Stars

2. Working farm in Sidmouth, Devon

Harris Farm is a thatched 17th century listed farmhouse on a working farm where you can help feed the calves and watch the milking. Relax – there’s a hot tub, swimming pool and sauna on site too. One week for up to 7 people from 13 August costs £1,585 self-catering. Contact Farm & Cottage Holidays

3. Family hotel in Watergate Bay, Cornwall

Sands Resort might have been built for children – there are indoor and outdoor pools, tennis, crazy golf, adventure play areas and even a maze. Add to that early evening visits from the local Aquarium and zoo, a beach on your doorstep and three-course dinners from £11 and you have family heaven. One week from 23 July reduced by 10% to £1,506 for a family of four on a BB basis. Contact Sands Resort, Cornwall

4. Portugal beach club

The Ocean Club Beach Resort on the Algarve is ideal for families with younger children with child care for ages 2 years and over plus a free drop-in crèche each evening. Depart 23 July for one week; a two-bedroom apartment costs £2,960, a saving of £1,022, for a family of four on a half-board basis including flights and transfers. Contact Mark Warner

5. Walking in the Austrian Tyrol

Perhaps the ultimate outdoorsy holiday, step out en famille for a gentle walking holiday across the Leutasch Valley, staying in three family-friendly 4 star hotels en route. One week in August costs £2,110 for two adults and two children staying in two rooms on a half-board basis. Flights and transfers extra. Contact Inntravel

6. Holiday village in the Vendee

Les Mas de St Hilaire is a family-friendly holiday village just 650m from a safe sandy beach. There’s an on-site heated pool and paddling pool plus, nearby, the Planete Sauvage Safari Park and water sports in Notre Dame de Monts. One week from 30 July costs approximately £820 for up to five people sharing a two-bedroom villa. Contact Wake up in France

7. Volunteering in Costa Rica

Tour the jaw-dropping sites and sights of Costa Rica whilst also lending a hand in a local animal conservation project. 14 days departing in August costs £8,080 for two adults and two children including luxury hotels, all transport, most meals, guides and activities plus a donation to the local conservation project. Contact Hands Up Holidays

8. Safari and beach

Head to the Madikwe and Waterberg Game Reserves in South Africa for thrilling malaria-free safari adventures, including the chance to spot wildlife on horseback, make bows and arrows and wallow in the pool back at your luxury camp. Then wash off the dust with a luxurious stay at a family resort in Mauritius. 11 nights from 31 July or 2 August costs £11,650 including all flights, transfers, accommodation and full-board safaris. Contact Aardvark Safaris

9. All-inclusive family resort in Jamaica

What more could kids want – a kids camp, crafts studio, Caribbean Adventures with Sesame Street®, XBOX 360® Games Garage, Pirates Island Waterpark, Trench Town teen lounge and Liquid nightclub for under 21s. It’s all included at Beaches Negril Resort & Spa. 7 nights from 2 August costs £5,860 for two adults and two children (saving 30%) on an all-inclusive basis, with scheduled flights from Gatwick. Contact Beaches Resorts

10. Peru

Make like Paddington Bear and head to Peru for an amazing adventure. Visit Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, Colca Canyon and the Sacred Valley on this tailormade family holiday of a lifetime. Departing in August (various dates available), 15 nights costs from £4,600 per adult and £2,000 per child including all flights and transport in Peru, guiding and full board hotel accommodation. Flights to Peru extra. Contact Dehouche

Deal of the Day: watersports holiday in Egypt

Monday, December 6th, 2010

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Holiday details: Mark Warner is offering a week in Egypt’s 5* beachfront Intercontinental Abu Soma, where guests can enjoy sailing, windsurfing, fitness, kayaking and more as part of the package price. The temperature there is currently around 27C (81F)!

Price: £525 pp including half-board accommodation, watersports, flights from Gatwick and transfers (£595 pp departing 14 January)

Departs: 10 December 2010

Book with: Mark Warner

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Deal of the Day: skiing in Val d’Isère for £469 pp

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Holiday details: Mark Warner is offering an incredible deal on a week at Chalethotel Moris, Val d’Isère. Ideally situated in the centre of town, everything is on your doorstep: the Solaise and Bellevarde lifts are a short walk away and the popular Morris pub is just around the corner.

Price: £469 pp including flights, transfers and half-board accommodation.

Date: seven nights departing on 12 December 2010, subject to availability.

Book with: Mark Warner

Deal of the Day: 25% off a week in Turkey

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

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Holiday details: Head to the Aegean for some autumn warmth. Mark Warner is offering 25% off an all inclusive week on Turkey’s Aegean coast. Stay at the 4* Sea Garden Beach Resort, with a choice of 7 restaurants, 2 pools, a tennis centre and watersports.

Price: £495 pp all-inclusive for 7 nights including flights and transfers. Save £150 pp.

Dates: departs Gatwick on October 3 (£535 departing October 10)

Book with: Mark Warner

Deal of the Day: 40% off tennis week in Greece

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

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Holiday details: Mark Warner is offering a week’s tennis holiday with coaching from two British Davis Cup tennis pros, Danny Sapsford and James Auckland at the San Agostino Beach Resort in Greece.

Price: £529 pp half-board, a saving of 40%, including flights from Gatwick and transfers plus a week of tennis playing, coaching and workshops (£399 pp for non tennis players).

Dates: departs September 25

Book with: Mark Warner

Tennis course in Greece with British Davis Cup stars

Monday, April 19th, 2010

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By Kate Leahy

Mark Warner, the activity holiday specialist, is hosting a Specialist Tennis Week on the Greek island of Kos with coaching from two British Davis Cup players, Danny Sapsford and James Auckland.

The week begins on May 12 at Lakitira Beach Resort, which has 11 courts and a tennis coaching programme endorsed by the Lawn Tennis Association.

The trip includes 6 hours coaching a day, a 45-minute private lesson, tennis clinics, doubles and match play workshops, a pro-amateur tournament playing with a pro and against a pro, speed serve competitions and the use of the latest tennis equipment.

Time off the court can be spent sunbathing by the pool or enjoying one of the many watersports on offer, including windsurfing, sailing, kayaking and scuba diving. Much of the evening entertainment is pre-arranged, with a tennis quiz night.

The 7-night break costs from £475pp – with £130 supplement for the tennis week – and includes flights, transfers, half board 4-star accommodation, sailing and windsurfing tuition and childcare for the over 2’s. Flights depart 12th May, 2010.

For anyone who misses out this time, there is another Specialist Tennis Week at San Agostino Beach Resort on the island, scheduled for 25 September, 2010.

Book with: Mark Warner

Mark Warner holiday competition

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

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By 101 Holidays newsdesk

Activity holiday specialist, Mark Warner, is running a Countdown to Summertime competition each day this week in the lead up to British Summertime from March 28.

Prizes include a Champneys’ spa break, Musto sailing jackets, a Sony e-book, swimhut.com vouchers, Head tennis rackets and Oregon Scientific UV readers.

The top prize, to be drawn on Sunday March 28, is a Mark Warner holiday for four to the San Lucianu Resort in Corsica. As well as childcare facilities, the resort offers sailing, windsurfing, tennis, mountain biking, guided walks, fitness classes and relaxing spa treatments.

Click here to enter and for full terms and conditions.

Save £300 skiing with Mark Warner

Monday, February 1st, 2010

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By 101 Holidays newsdesk

Mark Warner has slashed £300 off the cost of a week’s skiing in Val d’Isere, Tignes and La Plagne.

Departing on Sunday February 7, a week in a Mark Warner Chalethotel now costs £499 pp including flights, transfers and accommodation with breakfast, high tea and dinner with wine.

On piste conditions are currently described by the Ski Club of Great Britain as “excellent” in all 3 resorts with around 20 cms of fresh snow falling over the weekend.

Perfect conditions and a great price. What are you waiting for?

Sri Lanka holidays: save £400

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

From the 101 Holidays newsdesk

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This week we’ve found two great deals to Sri Lanka and some other autumnal treats.

Save £403 at Eden Resort & Spa, Sri Lanka

Departing on October 29, Hayes & Jarvis is offering 10 nights at the 4* Eden Resort & Spa, set on Beruwela, one of the best Sri Lanka’s beaches, for £549 pp. The price, a saving of £403 pp, includes 10 nights’ accommodation on a B&B basis, transfers and return flights with Qatar Airways from London Heathrow.

A week in Sri Lanka from £599 half-board

Save £120 pp on a week’s stay with Tropical Sky at the 3* Hotel Seashells Negombo, departing on selected dates until October 23. An attractive fishing port with a wide stretch of beach, Negombo is under an hour away from the airport. The price, from £599 pp, includes flights from Heathrow with Qatar Airways, transfers and half-board accommodation in an ocean-view room.

25% off kite-surfing in Egypt

Mark Warner is offering a week’s half-board at the 5* Abu Soma Hotel in Hurghada for £599 pp, departing Gatwick on October 15. Windsurfing, canoeing and sailing are included in the price; one of the best places to learn the sport, pre-booked British Kite-Surfing Association courses for beginners through to experienced kite-surfers cost from £51 (25% off). Departures are available throughout the winter; courses must be pre-cooked by November 9.

Save £676 on tour of Rockies, Vancouver and Niagara

Departing on November 22, Jetsave is offering a 15-day tour Canadian Winter Wonderland escorted tour for £1,299 per person. Travel from Toronto to Vancouver on board the Canadian, a luxurious train, with 4 nights in Jasper en route and followed by 4 nights in Vancouver. The price includes Air Canada flights Heathrow, accommodation in hotels and aboard the Canadian, and an experienced tour director.

Half term on the Costa Brava

PCI Holidays is offering 15% off villa rental on the Costa Brava throughout October, including half-term week. Close to Pals, Villa Blanca sleeps up to 6 in 3 bedrooms with a shared pool and is a short walk from shops, restaurants, a tennis club, golf course and the beach. Rental for 7 nights from October 24 costs £470; flights to Girona currently cost around £195 pp.

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August special offers

Friday, July 24th, 2009

From: 101 Holidays newsdesk

With such poor weather in July, we’ve struggled to find as many great offers this week as sun-seekers abandon plans for a ‘staycation’ and book up what remains of the summer availability in the Med. That said, we’ve managed to track down some August deals.

Vintage Travel is offering £500 off a week’s villa rental from August 2 on the island of Kefalonia. Sleeping up to 6 in a 3-bedroom house with private pool, a week’s stay at Villa Aetos now costs £1,595. Aetos is situated near the village of Vassilikades on the Erissos peninsula in the north of Kefalonia and has fantastic sea views from the terraces and gardens.  Flights and car hire extra. 

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Also in Kefalonia, SunIsle Holidays is offering free car hire worth over £200 at the Metaxatos Studios during August. One week costs £263 pp based on 2 sharing; flights are not included. Located close to both a secluded sandy beach and the tavernas of Lassi, each apartment has a sea-facing private terrace and use of a shared pool.

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Departing August 28, PCI Holidays is offering 20% off the cost of a week’s rental at Villa Coral in the harbour resort of Llafranc on the Costa Brava. Now costing £1,688 for up to 8 people (a saving of £422), this 4-bedroom villa has a private pool and is within walking distance of the charming Llafranc beach and village. The nearest airport is Gerona (flights not included).

Anatolian Sky is offering a week from August 31 at the 3* Prince of Caunos hotel in Dalyan from £529 pp on a B&B basis, a saving of £170 pp. This charming family-run hotel, with its tranquil riverside setting, is a short walk from the centre of Dalyan, 40 minutes by boat to Iztuzu beach and a 25-minute walk to the Caunos ruins. 

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Long Travel has availability in Sicily on various dates departing in August, staying at Villa Tommaso from £277 pp per week and Villa Alfredo from £230 pp per week including a hire car. Villa Tommaso (pictured left) is an old castle, a short walk from the hilltop town of Castelbuono while Villa Alfredo (centre and right) is a group of farmworkers’ houses on a farm (which also produces great organic olive oil).

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Mark Warner has a saving of £410 pp at the San Lucianu Beach Resort in Corsica. Activities on offer include sailing, windsurfing, tennis, canoeing, fitness programme and children’s clubs. One week full-board departing Gatwick on August 1, 8, 15 or 22 costs £898 pp.

Half price summer deals

Friday, July 10th, 2009

From the 101 Newsdesk

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If you’re missing the sunshine and crave heat, Mark Warner has done it again with an incredible half-price holiday in Egypt. Departing July 16, a week half-board at the 5* Intercontinental Abu Soma hotel on the Red Sea now costs £548 pp with a single supplement of only £125. Sailing, windsurfing, canoeing and kitesurfing are all included as is half-day child care for children from 2 yrs, a full day children’s club for 6-17yr olds and an evening creche service. RYA sailing and windsurfing courses are available and it’s a great place to learn to dive too; there’s a PADI scuba centre on site (extra charge). 

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Anatolian Sky is offering 2 weeks for the price of 1 at the 4* Ottoman Residence hotel departing Manchester on August 24. 14 nights now costs £635 pp on a b&b basis. Set amongst lush gardens and orange groves on the Azmak River, this 34-room hotel has been built in the Mugla style and is a short walk from the long sandy beach of Akyaka, a charming fishing village which has thus far escaped the crowds.

Departing on July 18, Vintage Travel has slashed over £1,200 off the price of a week’s rental of Son Real, a 6-bedroom house in a magnificent rural setting close to Sencelles in Mallorca. A week now costs £1,295 for 12 or £1,095 for a party of up to 8. Set in no less than 17 acres of oak wood and orange groves, this secluded house has a private pool with a separate children’s section; nearby Sencelles is a 20-minute stroll away and offers a few shops, bars and a Michelin-recommended restaurant. Flights and hire car are not included in the price. 

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Closer to home, Classic Cottages has discounted a range of cottages in Cornwall this summer. A week from July 17 for up to 12 in the magnificent antique-stuffed Trewidden House, close to Penzance, now costs £2,369, a saving of over £1,000. Departing July 24, a week for 2 at cosy Menhay (top right), a few miles south of Padstow, now costs £524, a saving of £130. Click here for other special offers in the West Country this summer.

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If you want to wait until the school holidays are over, Jetsave is offering 9 nights from September 24 on Key West in the Florida Keys for £1,191 pp room only, a saving of £478 pp. The price includes return flights from Heathrow to Miami, accommodation for 9 nights in the 5* Hyatt Key West hotel and a hire car.