Cheap Beach Holidays

Beach holidays have always been a popular choice for Brits as we get to escape the dismal British weather and head off to sunnier climates to enjoy some time relaxing and enjoying ourselves with our families or partners in beachside locations. Traditionally package holidays have tended to offer the most choice as they offer flights, hotels and transfers to beach resorts in places such as Greece, Majorca, and Spain which would otherwise be expensive to get too.

In recent times things have changed and cheap beach holidays can be even cheaper if you are prepared to put in some work yourself and source yourself a bargain flight from your local airport.  Places like Palma in Majorca and Tenerife South are busy airports now served by loads of budget flights throughout the UK.  It could work out cheaper for you to book a flight and then shop around online for a hotel to suit your needs and budget.

This will also give you more flexibility as you will not be stuck with the hotels your travel agent can offer but can choose from any hotel with availability online and could save money as you are cutting out the travel agents commission and booking direct with the hotel.  You may find that your cheap beach holiday can become more luxurious as you could get say a 4 star hotel for the same price as a 3 star through a travel agent.

But when putting together your cheap beach holiday, beware of hidden costs.  The main one to watch out for is transfers.  Although some countries have airports close to the beach resorts and are a short taxi ride away, other places are not so easy to get too and you could end up paying out a fortune in taxi fares when if you had booked a package holiday for a bit more transfers would have been included.

There are some really good websites out there which solve this problem too however.  Sunshine.co.uk have a great range of budget flights and hotels and you can put together your cheap beach holiday yourself bu choosing a flight to suit you then a hotel to match.  But as an added advantage you can also book tranfers in most resorts saving you time and money.

This means you are getting package holiday benefits but paying the price of booking flights and hotels direct.  This works out best for everyone and really can give you the best chance of getting a cheap beach holiday from your local airport.

Sunshine have a fantastic cheap beach holidays from your local airport section.  You can simply choose your local airport and will then be shown all the latest deals from that airport to loads of different destinations. This is especially helpful if you are looking for a cheap beach holiday and you don't really mind where you go.

For example at the time of writing I have tried this seach for a cheap beach holiday from Newcastle airport.  There are loads of options open to me from 7 nights in Ibiza self catering from just £171.82 per person to 7 nights self catering in Tenerife in Los Cristianos from just £237.70.  There really are some bargains to be had.  And if you are looking to travel in the next few weeks you will get even better deals.

So the things to remember when looking for a cheap beach holiday at the cheapest price possible is that there are some great deals out there, it can be cheaper to book a flight and hotel separately yourself but beware of transfer costs.  Or you could use a site like Sunshine.co.uk and get the flights and hotels at great prices and book your transfers online as well.  Cheap beach holidays are becoming cheaper than ever to the extent that many people have started to take more than one beach holiday a year or combining a beach holiday with a city break later in the year.