Where is the best place to book foreign holidays/hotels for a cheap price?
Posted by AnalysisSweet3708@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 19 comments
My parents are struggling to find a holiday for a reasonable price preferably all inclusive and near the beach. All the sites they use are seemingly overpriced to a large degree and/or confusing for them to understand. Any recommendations on sites?
non-hyphenated_@reddit
If all the sites are overpriced, then that's the new price
AnalysisSweet3708@reddit (OP)
I told them that but they won’t have it lol
Lenniel@reddit
I only use TUI or Jet2, heard too many horror stories about other sites. I have a friend who uses easyJet holidays with no issue.
Unfortunately everything is much more expensive now, it’s why we’re going to Mexico this summer as it was the same price as Greece for our family of 5.
AnalysisSweet3708@reddit (OP)
Do you know the best sites for holidays that aren’t all inclusive ones? The same sites?
cbaotl@reddit
Honestly there is no one answer for this. TUI is a good shout but not always the cheapest. I have found booking separate with booking.com + skyscanner the best option a lot of the time.
Bizarrely this year my best option was to book my flights and hotel through TUI, but separately (so not a package deal). Ended up being around £500 cheaper than the package they were offering
Standard-Still-8128@reddit
We've used easyJet holidays last few years, never a problem great hotels an everything is included in the price baggage an transfers
YOF626@reddit
I always go with Jet2 Holidays but I don't think there are many cheap holidays anymore.
jojobarto@reddit
Book now and you can save £50 per person. That's £200 for a family of four!
BeatificBanana@reddit
When you say the sites they use are overpriced to a large degree - overpriced in relation to what? Like what are you comparing those prices to, to come to the conclusion that they're overpriced?
OxfordBlue2@reddit
When do they want to travel?
JoeDaStudd@reddit
It's probably less about the sites your looking on and more about the dates and countries your looking at.
Overtime the cheap countries become more expensive as they get popular and if it's during any peak season prices shoot up.
What dates are they looking at, what kind of flight time and what budget?
tmr89@reddit
Find accommodation on Booking.com and buy your own flights. A lot cheaper
Curiousinsomeways@reddit
Not always plus you don't have the legal protection.
Violet351@reddit
They were talking about this on the Radio last week. All inclusive is in high demand atm so they can get premium prices for it
UK-CRA_97478194@reddit
Onthebeach.com or holiday pirates or Expedia (book as a package; flights and hotel and transport for the best offer). Also google discount codes.
RealRefrigerator3129@reddit
I've used Onthebeach multiple times- only issue I've had with them was getting a refund for a COVID-cancelled holiday, but it went through eventually.
Otherwise, Jet2 are usually pretty decent price-wise. Unfortunately, there's not alot of magic tricks to save huge amounts- going at the start and end of season outside of school holidays, of course.
TheChaosUnicorn@reddit
There are lots of websites out there for budget package holidays, for example Icelolly, Love Holidays, On the Beach. I’ve never actually booked on any of these but I have browsed and you can get some very cheap deals.
Cultural_Tank_6947@reddit
If their last experience of booking holidays was pre-pandemic, the world is different and easily 50% (or even greater) more expensive.
If what they are after is an all inclusive, then just use the usual suspects - TUI or whatever. Or walk down to a local travel agent, give them the budget, approx dates and preferred locations and let the agent come up with stuff. Might be the only remaining use case of travel agents.
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