IT'S A FREE WORLD:TRAILFINDERS has some tempting offers in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, including discounted hotel rates, free nights and free green fees at golf courses.
At the five-star Sandy Lane, in Barbados, seven nights costs from €2,749. This includes flights from Dublin, Cork or Shannon with Virgin, all taxes and charges, return private transfers, daily breakfast, a body massage per adult per stay and four free rounds of golf per person at the Country Club championship course. The offer is valid for departures from September 1st to 24th.
In the four-star Dreams Tulum Resort and Spa, Mexico, seven nights all-in starts from €1,299. This includes flights from Dublin to Cancun, all taxes and charges, return transfers, and a free round of golf per person per day at the Riviera Maya Golf Club. This is valid for selected departures between September 1st and October 20th.
Catch: make the most of your free breakfast in Sandy Lane as sauteéd Dover sole at its L'Acajou restaurant costs around €79 and speciality ice cream is a mere €14.
Take note: trailfinders.ie.
HEATHROWExpress between central London and the airport is extending its offer of a 25 per cent discount to include first class return tickets and also adding free travel for kids until September 4th. This offer is aimed at travellers flying from the airport and tourists coming in to visit London.
Catch: valid for booking and travel until September 4th and only applies to tickets bought online. Up to three kids can travel with one adult.
Take note: see heathrowexpress.com.
BOOK Aroom with a view at the Polurrian Bay Hotel in Cornwall and get five nights for the price of four if you book before August 15th. The hotel is on the Lizard Peninsula and the southwest coastal path runs through the property leading to the hotel's own sandy beach.
Kids under 12 stay free year round, too, when sharing their parents’ room. Facilities include complimentary childcare, two pools and spa.
Sea view rooms cost from £160 a night with breakfast (based on two adults sharing).
Catch: not all the rooms are suitable to take cots and extra beds for children. Breakfast is only free for kids under two, and £5 to £7.50 up to age 11.
Take note: polurrianhotel.com.
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