Travel: last minute deals and travel tips

www.flexibletrips.ie is a branch of the Thomas Cook Group, which includes Panorama, Sunworld and Direct Holidays. The beauty with Flexibletrips.ie is that you can book any many days away as you want and you also get really good hotel and apartment deals because they are part of such a large group.
You are not restricted to a one week or two week holidays. They will be using schedule services from the main airlines and some charters.

• During August they have four nights in Palma de Majorca for from €286pps including luggage, taxes, etc.
• Or two weeks in Arenal, half board in a four star hotel from 970pps. And a city break in Prague from 22nd three nights from €357pps.
• A similar type of holiday package is now also available with Aer Lingus, where they have teamed up with Clickandgo.com and are offering holiday packages on the aerlingus.com website. Holidays on the site in August are a week in the Gran Canaria Mayaguez Apartments near the beach from 389pps based on three and a week in the Corona Cedral Apartments from €399pps based on three sharing.
• A Half Board Family Hotel Holiday - San Agustin in the 3* Hotel Beverly Park from €1,389 for 2 + 1 child.

Deals from other Tour Operators include:

• Falconholidays.ie – Corfu on August 12 from Dublin from 450pps
• Panoramaholidays.ie – Crete, SC, Piskapiano based on from Cork, 485pps
• Sunworld.ie – Zakynthos from 445pps 20/8 and Lanzarote from Cork on 20/8 375pps on 3 sharing.
• Sunway.ie – from Dublin to Bulgaria Sunny Beach 459pps, Tunisia 469pps, Sicily 649pps.
• Topflight.ie – Varandas Apartments, Albufeira, Portugal next week from 599pps
• WingsAbroad.ie – Turkey Specialists. New company this year and they own all their own hotels and accommodation., 439-599pps from Dublin and Cork
• DirectHolidays.ie – Playa de Las Americas, 469pps All-Inclusive in Costa Adeje 569pps on 20/8.
• JoeWalshTours.ie – Estoril Eden Hotel – 574 B&B or Naples for 99 one way on Aug 8.
• Combine a pilgrimage and sun holiday on 14/8 from Knock to Medjugorje and Dubrovnik from Knock for 774pps.
• CroatiaTours.ie – Aug 13, five-star Hotel Croatia, in Cavtat, 840pps. Or 27 Aug Apartment in Old Town Dubrovnik, 640pps, flights 370 incl. baggage and tax, one week or two.
• AbbeyTravel.ie – Antalya, Turkey charter 299
• Crystal Alfresco, www.crystalholidays.ie – Mobile homes in Lake Garda for the last week of August from €399 including flights, transfers and accom.
• Frenchholidaycentre.ie – Take the ferry from Rosslare or Cork for a 6 nights family holiday in Brittany from €1,500 or 12 nights from €2,265.