Neil Steedman compiles a list of Top Travel Deals from tour operators, airlines, cruise lines, and bed banks.
TOUR OPERATORS
G Adventures is offering 15% off selected Galapagos tours, including onboard the new ship, Eden. Book by 11th November 2018 for travel up to February 2019.
Insight Vacations is offering a 10% early payment discount for Europe & Britain 2019 bookings paid in full by 28th February 2019. New itineraries include the Greek Island Hopper, Greek Island Stays, and Northern Lights in Scandinavia.
Sunway offers include: Mexico: seven nights all-inclusive at Club Med Cancun from €1,740pp, departing 9th December 2018; Lanzarote: seven nights self-catering at the 2+-star Puertocarmen Apartments, from €349pp, departing 3rd November 2018; seven nights self-catering at the 2+-star Oasis Apartments from €399pp, departing 3rd November 2018; Norway: eight-night no-fly ex-Dublin cruise onboard Celebrity Reflection from €1,209pp, departing 26th May 2019.
Topflight Italian deals for summer 2019 from Dublin include: Lake Garda, Desenzano, Lake Garda: seven nights bed&breakfast at the 4-star Hotel Villa Maria from €758pps, departing 27th April 2019; Lake Garda, Malcesine: seven nights half-board at the 4-star Hotel Majestic Palace, from €869pps, departing 11th May 2019; Sorrento: seven nights half-board at the 4+-star Hotel Bristol, from €1,169pps, departing 14th April 2019; seven nights bed&breakfast at the 4-star Hotel Astoria, from €869pps, departing 12th May 2019; Lake Garda, Malcesine: seven nights half-board at the 4-star Hotel Majestic Palace, from €869pps, departing 11th May 2019.
TUI Ireland has the following ex-Dublin offers: Mexico: save €100 per booking on Mexico holidays (minimum spend €1,500) departing 3rd June – 15th July 2019 with code Mexico100; Gran Canaria: seven nights self-catering in the 3-star Monte Feliz, Bahia Feliz, from €369pps, departing 17th January 2019; Tenerife: seven nights self-catering in the 2-star Las Piramides Resort, Playa De Las Americas, from €419pps, departing 11th January 2019; seven nights all-inclusive in the 3-star Catalonia Punta Del Rey Las Caletillas, from €499pps, departing 1st February 2019; Lanzarote: seven nights self-catering in the 2-star San Marcial Apartments, Matagorda, from €349pps, departing 13th January 2019; seven nights self-catering in the 2-star Lanzarote Paradise Club, Costa Teguise, from €369pps, departing 10th February 2019; Gran Canaria: seven nights self-catering in the 3-star Cay Beach Princess Bungalows, Maspalomas, from €479pps, departing 7th February 2019; Paphos: seven nights self-catering in the 3-star and 4-star Riu Helios Bay, for a family of two adults and one child from €1,379 with free child place, departing 29th May 2019.
AIRLINES
Aer Lingus has the following return fares from Dublin for travel between 1st November 2018 and 31st March 2019: New York or Newark, €320; Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington DC, €340; Chicago, €360; Miami, €380; Orlando, €400; Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, €420; Hartford, €442; and from August 2019: Montreal, €480; Minneapolis, €500.
Air France has Economy Class fare offers to Paris from €98 from Dublin and from €128 from Cork, including taxes and charges.
CRUISE LINES
Royal Caribbean International is offering seven-night cruise-only prices of €729pp for Northern Europe onboard Independence of the Seas from 18th May 2019; €749pp for Barcelona to Venice onboard Rhapsody of the Seas from 11th May 2019; €819pp for Greek Isles onboard Rhapsody of the Seas from 25th May 2019; €819pp for Western Mediterranean onboard Jewel of the Seas from 25th August 2019; €919pp for Western Mediterranean onboard Oasis of the Seas from 2nd or 16th June 2019; and €979pp for Greece & Croatia onboard Rhapsody of the Seas from 27th July 2019.
Uniworld is offering an eight-day Castles Along the Rhine river cruise from Amsterdam to Basel from €2,599pp departing 24th March 2019 onboard the SS Antoinette – or €2,999 from Basel to Amsterdam departing 14th April 2019.
BED BANKS
BookaBed December rates in Malta include a 3-star Villagg Tal-Fanal self-catering apartment from €25pppn; the 4-star Solana Hotel & Spa room only from €12pppn; the 4-star db Seabank Resort from €39pppn all-inclusive; and the 5-star Grand Hotel Excelsior from €49pppn room only. December rates in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, include the 1-star Turquesa Playa Apartamentos from €29pppn room only; a 3-star Castle Harbour Hotel self-catering studio from €35pppn; a 4-star Diamante Suites junior suite room only from €29pppn; and the 4-star Blue Sea Interpalace bed&breakfast from €25pppn.
