Let rip down Route 66Don your leathers and take a 15-day trip down Route 66 from €2,427pp. Price includes accommodation and bike rental but not flights. American Holidays, tel: 01-673 3804
Mountain to climbTackle Mount Kilimanjaro with gohop.ie. Tours from Ireland,including flights, accommodation, meals and fees, from €2,390pps, tel: 01-241 2389
Galway goes ContinentalDo your Christmas shopping in Galway this year at the Continental Market on Eyre Square. Stay in the Meyrick Hotel for two nights, with dinner one evening, from €125pps. Tel: 091-564041, hotelmeyrick.ie
Christmas at the Red SeaSpend Christmas between the Red Sea and Sinai in the new Club Med resort . Departing Dublin December 20th, all-inclusive is from €2,099 (adult) and €1,179 (child). Tel: 01-288 6828, clubmedsunway.ie
Music in the CanariesThe Canary Islands Music Festival in Gran Canaria runs for four weeks from January 13th ( festivalcanarias.com). A week in the Gloria Palace Amadores all-inclusive costs €885pps. Tel: 01-514 0314, thomascook.ie
Party nightsChristmas party nights in the Newpark Hotel Kilkenny on Fridays and Saturdays in December from €79pps, including accommodation, reception and dinner.Tel: 056-776 0515