Holidays
Thailand
Imaginative Traveller's Northern Thailand trip has a little of everything: a boat trip along the River Kwai, night-shopping at a bazaar and a hill trek. There are weekly departures from Heathrow or Manchester from 1 September to 8 December and the price, £920, includes flights, transport, 17 nights accommodation and some meals. Tel: 020 8742 8612.
Las Vegas
From your bank manager's point of view three nights in Vegas is probably long enough. Quest Worldwide (020 8546 6000) has a short break at the Stratosphere Hotel from £399 per person, including return flights from Heathrow. The hotel owns the world's highest rollercoaster, 1,000ft above Las Vegas.
Brighton
Families staying at Brighton's only five-star hotel, the De Vere Grand, will be entitled to free tickets to the Monster Creepy Crawlies exhibition at the Brighton Centre next door. The exhibition features massive spiders and beetles, as well as a giant ant tunnel. Weekend Bug Breaks start at £180 for two nights B&B per person. Tel: 01273 224 300.
Antwerp
Experience Antwerp as it was 400 years ago at the Rubens market. Traders in sixteenth-century dress will peddle their wares on 15 August, and you can bag your two-night stay with Shortbreaks (020 8402 0007) for £179 per person. Price includes B&B at the four-star Astrid Park Plaza and all rail travel.
Red Sea
Catering for the diving obsessive and a not-so-keen partner, Regal Holidays (0870 2201 777) is offering five days diving for one and five days snorkelling for the other in the Red Sea from £489 per person. Flights from Gatwick, seven nights' accommodation and transfers are included. Departures on 18 or 25 August.
Mediterranean
Save £467 by cruising round the sights of the Mediterranean for seven days. Departing from Venice on 12, 19 and 26 August, ports of call include Bari, Santorini, Rhodes and Dubrovnik. A twin cabin, flights, transfers and on-board meals is £499 per person from Mediterranean Shipping Cruises (020 7637 2525).
Flights
New Zealand and Australia
If you are planning a trip to New Zealand or Australia consider Travelbag's offer of two free stopovers in Malaysia for return flights on Malaysian Airlines booked by 15 August. You could stay in Penang, Langkawi, Kuantan or Singapore. The deal is for travel between 16 August and 30 November and between 1 January and 31 March 2001. Call 0870 737 7832 for details.
