Hi,
We really would like a week away after the wedding as its very rare we get time alone (those with kids will understand this!)
The children will be 8 & 5 and both be at school with my Mum looking after them
Just cant seem to find a beach holiday, for a week in September (we are not fussy on dates) under £2000!
We ideally would like to spend no more than £1k!
Has anyone else found themselves in this predicament?

Most places that are doing cheapish holidays aren't taking bookings yet so I've been looking for this year as a guestimate price. Any country in particular?
Try ice lolly they are quite cheap.

I didn't realise it was Sept 2013, doh!!

Most search's stop by april 2013, maybes your just best looking at this years Septembers prices & writing down an idea/average! x

i would say turkey, spain, malta (malt is a beautiful place) and some hotels are tucked away enough for you too feel really alone but still have all the excitement and bussle of a busy place ....

also try egypt! :)

also i would suggest tellytext holidays... i booked a holiday for me and my hubby to be a while back to turkey and it cost £450 for the both of us all inclusive 5 star hotel !! with transfer!

also i know you said not to far away me and hubby to be went to america in november .. to florida had flights and a ten person villa for in total 1100 :) you just need to keep looking but i do advised teletext ... got my hen weekend in magaluf for 3 nights 4 full days all inclusive hotel for less then 200 with flights!! :)

good luck and let us know how you get on!! :) xx

i got engaged in malta! haha i went in june and it was lush!!

and we hired a speed boat (no lisence required) even though the hubby to be is a sailor so he took control lol

and went and visited the smaller islands around, gozo and another one! they are perfect honeymoon destinations... we was going to go there for our honeymoon! but as hubby to be spent most of last year between malta and libya he didnt want to go back around their for honeymoon lol...

so we decided on a place his never been!! (which is hard as his in the navy) and we decided on thailand but it was over 3 grand and we got fifty per cent off so was ment to be 6 grand! lol xx

oh ibiza is amazing and beautiful me and hubby to be went there and stayed in the quiet part of ibiza :) glad its all inclusive because ibiza is pretty pricey lol x

I love travelsupermarket

So glad your sorted hun & we could help... sounds gorgeous x

i would say Turkey or Egypt as they are cheap to get to especially Turkey and are not in the euro so not as expensive when you are there.

i have been to both and i def prefer Turkey and the flight time for both isnt too bad xx

Does the £1k include spending money? If so, it will be trickier, but still do-able. It's my birthday in Sept and we're looking at going away for a week, and I've found self-catered 7 night breaks to the following destinations for under £230 p: Portugal; Costa del Sol; Majorca; Turkey; Greece; Canary Islands. I've also found 7 nights B&B in Morocco for about £330 pp, and 7 nights all inc in Egypt for around £400 pp.

My advice would be to check out price comparison sites like travelsupermarket, as well as the major tour operators like Thomas Cook, and also price up flights and accommodation yourself (eg check out Easy Jet for flights, then search travelsupermarket for accommodation).

It's def doable; if you spend say £250 on a week's 4* self catered accommodation in somewhere like Spain, that will leave you with £250 spending money which will be more than enough; we went last year for 3 nights and spend just £100, and for that we bought food and drink and toiletries for our apartment, ate out all 3 nights, and drank out too.

Just to give you an idea..
Me & My partner are getting married abroad and we booked the holiday seperatly to the wedding but anyway we have paid £965 fo two weeks in cyprus. Bearing in mind thats for two of us for two weeks i was over the moon.

Look around for prices hun, & good luck :)

We went to a 4* in Turkey for 14 nights £350per person, all inclusive - absolute bargain and had an amazing time but we booked 3 weeks before we were going so sometimes pays to wait if your not fussy where and that was through Teletext holidays. This year we are looking at Sharm for a week, all inclusive for about £500 each. There are some bargains out there or maybe wait until next January as also of places have sales on xxx

we're going to Tunisia 5 star all inclusive for £1056 12th September, just go into the travel agent and tell em how much you have to spend what you expect for that money and they will find something that fits your dates as well

That wasnt teletext holidays fault - surely it was the travel companys fault !!

O i see what you mean - to be fair i wouldnt trust any travel company nowadays as Thomson were facing trouble last year so you never know. I always book on a credit card and then pay it straight off so at least your credit company will cover you if the company goes bust or make sure you got travel insurance.

well, we did pay by credit card but they refused to pay out unless the CAA refused to pay out and i had written proof.
I kept ringing them and writing and eventually i got the flight cost back which was £400 but i was still down £1000! and my credit card wouldnt pay out which is annoying

so many travel companies have gone bust and the thing with teletext holiday companies is normally they are out sourcing so the flights/accomodation is with different companies and they put it together if that makes sense and if one part goes bust you lose the other bit as well


hope i have explained that properly xx

try travel republic

turkey is quite cheap :) and HOT!!

prices are FAB!!

Bet you can't wait hun