Istanbul UNDER £200pp | Madeira fr om £248pp | Porto from £136pp ✈

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Check out this deal we found on Luxury Escapes. A week at the stunning Angsana Velavaru with half-board meals. Travel is NOT included but we found direct flights with Virgin from £739pp here on Skyscanner so you could package this up for about £1700pp.

From sprawling beaches to lunar-like landscapes, holidays to Cape Verde line up stellar scenery – not to mention the year-round sunshine.

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Check out this crazy price for a winter-sun holiday to Playa del Carmen, Mexico from £859pp. You'll get twelve nights with direct BA flights and a stay at the well-rated 4-star Senses Quinta Avenida By Artisan Adults Only near the beach. The hotel has a lush rooftop pool, too.

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We've found a cosy 2-night break in North Devo with daily breakfast and a 2-course dinner for just £120pp from October right the way up to next summer. You'll also get a refreshing welcome cocktail on arrival and save a whopping 51% off the regular price.

Check out this DIY package for a festive escape to Istanbul. You can snap up flights with Turkish Airlines from Gatwick for £158pp departing on the 3rd of December and returning on the 6th and we found some great deals for accommodation, staying in 4* or 5* hotels from as little as £26 per night with breakfast included. Don't forget to book your accommodation .

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London might not be your first choice when considering a Christmas Market break, but it actually has some fantastic options - Southbank, Covent Garden, Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square to name a few! Stay overnight at a Travelodge in Liverpool Street in December, starting from JUST £50 per night. The best prices are for Sunday night stays, but £25pp for a London stay in December is pretty impressive!

Holidays in Barbados serve up the Caribbean with a twist. Expect sweet-but-spicy cuisine, free-flowing rum, and a British-style love for cricket

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Check out this 8-night Thailand deasl with half-board meals (breakfast + lunch OR dinner), nightly free-flow drinks, a massage per adult and return transfers. The accommodation costs £519 in total - or £260pp. You can add flights, which takes the total to £1,382 - or £691pp!

A show-stopping safari through Kenya's most emblematic and wildlife-rich national parks, including Amboseli, Lake Naivasha and the eternal Maasai Mara.

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Check out this deal from Luxury Escapes for an all-inclusive week in the Maldives with transfers and extras. Flights are not included but we found flights with Qatar from £632pp here on Skyscanner so you could package this up for about £1550pp.

It's not just the year-round sunshine that makes holidays to the Canary Islands so popular – it's also the sand dunes, the volcanoes, and the cutting-edge art.

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We've found a week at a top-rated 4-star Dubai hotel from JUST £529pp. It's a crazy-good price and, best of all, you can travel in May - when temperatures are a bit cooler - for the same price as travelling in June - when it gets unbearably hot!

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Check out this 2-night London city break we found on Luxury Escapes. For less than £75pp per night, you can head to the capitol between November and March next year for two nights with daily breakfast included. Steps away from London’s most iconic landmarks, you'll also enjoy impressive views from the Sky Bar terrace.

It's that time of year again, so it's time to book in a festive show, as Elf the Musical is going on tour! From the end of this month through to December, Elf the Musical will visit Aberdeen, Birmingham, Brighton, Glasgow, Leeds, Hull and Newcastle and we found tickets on Wowcher for under £30.

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Fancy a night behind bars? We found a great deal for an overnight stay in a luxury converted jail in Cornwall FROM £189 for two people. The 4* Bodmin Jail Hotel offers unique and historic accommodation and this deal from Trivago is CHEAPER than we've been able to find elsewhere and over £60 CHEAPER than booking direct. Includes breakfast.

Holidays to St Lucia are all about intrepid adventures, storybook scenery and downtime on the beach. This real-life Treasure Island combines jungles, volcanoes and secluded sandy coves. You can also use code LH75 to save an extra £75pp on long-haul holidays like these.

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Head to Porto for the festivities this winter. A 2-night break, staying at the highly-rated 4* Hotel One Shot Palácio Cedofeita, is less than £90pp (based o two sharing) and we found return flights on Skyscanner from £46pp, so you could snap up this festive mini-break for just £136pp. Don't forget to book your flights

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Check out this classic tour of Egypt, including the pyramids, a full-board Nile Cruise, the ancient temples of Luxor and stays in Cairo. This 7-night trip from Exoticca includes flights, transfers and 6 different excursions.

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This deal from Luxury Escapes is for the accommodation portion only. Travel is NOT included but on Skyscanner, we found 1-stop flights with Etihad for about £720pp (15-hrs) or Air China with a longer layover (24+ hrs) from £422pp. So you could grab this package for just over £1k.

Holidays to Madeira give you an access-all-areas pass to some of the best scenery in Europe – cue botanical gardens, soaring mountains and rugged, wind-swept beaches.

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Jet off to Sardinia for five nights and stay at a cosy aparthotel in the rugged countryside from just £179 in April! It makes the perfect launchpad for exploring the stunning Sardinian coast with a very reasonable price tag.

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Check out this deal from Luxury Escapes for a 5-night Dubai break. Staying at the 5* Marriott Resort Palm Jumeirah with daily breakfast and nightly dinner at a selection of over 100 different restaurants PLUS two kids can stay and eat for FREE with two paying adults! Flights are not included, but you can snap them up on Skyscanner from about £200pp in July.

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Check out this super cute staycation at Woodlakes Park in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. There's a choice of accommodation for two or four people and each lodge comes with a private hot tub. Included in your booking is a bottle of Prosecco, a box of chocolates, and access to the petting zoo onsite.

Check out this DIY package for a festive escape to Istanbul. We found some great deals for accommodation, staying in 4* or 5* hotels from as little as £26 per night with breakfast included, from the 3rd of December to the 6th and you can snap up flights with Turkish Airlines from Gatwick for £158pp. Don't forget to book your flights.

Most Christmas markets start at the end of November and run through to New Year. Check local tourist information for your chosen destination for exact operating dates.

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Check out this 2-night winter city break we found on Luxury Escapes. You'll stay in a LUSH 18th-Century Palazzo with stunning views over the Grand Canal from its very own rooftop terrace with daily breakfast. Flights are NOT included, but we found return flights departing 10th December from £73pp on Skyscanner so you could package this up for just over £200pp.

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Check out this classic tour of Jordan including a visit to the legendary lost city of Petra, one of the 7 Wonders of the World and an overnight stay in the Wadi Rum Desert! We found this on Exoticca and it includes flights, transfers, half-board meals and a whopping 9 excursions.