Sweet deals for the over 55s

IT'S A FREE WORLD:OVER 55s can benefit from a range of freebies if they book a hotel break on goldenireland.ie. Packages include free extra nights, free afternoon tea and spa treatments.

Fitzpatricks Castle hotel in Killiney, Co Dublin is offering two nights BB and one dinner plus a third night free for €165pps midweek and €185pps at the weekend.

Ballygarry House Hotel in Tralee, Co Kerry is offering three nights BB, two dinners, a spa treatment, access to its thermal suite and evening entertainment from €189pps.

In the Connemara Coast hotel you get three nights BB and three dinners from €209pps and a fourth night’s accommodation free during September and October.

At the Ramada Da Vinci hotel in Derry rates are from £65pps (€74) if you stay two nights to get a third night free.

The Cusack hotel group’s Meath hotels – the Ardboyne Hotel in Navan, the Castle Arch hotel in Trim, the Newgrange hotel in Navan and the Knightsbrook hotel, Golf and Spa in Trim – are offering midweek activity breaks for over 55s starting at €150pp for two nights BB and two evening meals. Activities include flower arranging, tours of the royal county, gardening tips, dancing, bridge, fishing. and aqua-aerobics.

Catch:offers are subject to availability.

Take note: quote "golden Ireland offer" when booking.

SUNWAY is offering special deals to Orlando, Florida if you pay a €399 deposit for a summer family holiday before the end of this month. Prices start at €549pp, based on two adults and two kids sharing, if you go on May 1st for seven nights. If departing on May 1st, the price includes flights, three-star accommodation and taxes, and the first 50 bookings get two “eat free” passes. The pass allows one child to eat for free for every adult meal bought in around 160 restaurants, mostly in Universal Park, International Drive, Kissimmee, Lake Buena Vista, and the Sand Lake Road areas.

The price goes up to €665pp in June – but if you book now the package includes breakfast daily and shuttle transfers to theme parks, as well as two eat-free passes for kids.

Catch: the eat-free passes are for kids under 11 only and there has to be one paying adult for every free meal.

Take note: see sunway.ie.

IF YOU are travelling to New York, look out for free Tuesday events on NYdailynews.com. These include free admission into some bars and nightclubs, free salsa lessons, free beer, concerts and poetry readings.

Catch: after availing of free Tuesday, the rest of the week is going to seem pricey.

Take note: nydailynews.com.