Under £100

Walk in the Isle of Wight with Wightlink (0870 582 0202) and a £94 deal offering four nights for the price of three. Depart 7 November with ferry crossings and B&B at the Dorset Hotel in Ryde.

Under £200

A chic weekend in Sorrento at the Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria (00 39 081 878 1900). Two nights' B&B, a gourmet dinner and early check-in/late check-out costs £195. Flights not included but available with BA, Alitalia or EasyJet.

Under £300

Depart 6 or 20 November with Inntravel (01653 617908) and get behind the scenes of a real hotel kitchen at the Hotel de France et des Fuchsias in the Normandy fishing port of St Vaast. £232 covers three nights' half-board and Portsmouth-to-Cherbourg crossings with car, cookery lessons and foodie visits.

Under £400

Travel 4 Less (020 7400 7073) has three nights in colonial Philadelphia for £345 staying on a B&B basis at the central Sheraton Society Hill. Flights depart from Heathrow daily; transfers are not included.

Mombasa's Club Hotel Watamu Beach has a week's full-board for £399 departing 15 or 22 November with African Safari Club (0845 345 0014). Included is a one-day safari, direct flights from Gatwick and transfers.

Under £800

A nine-night 'Red Sea Discovery' cruise leaving 1 November visits Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan. The cost is from £729 (saving more than £1,000) which includes all meals, gratuities, programme of talks, flights and transfers. Contact Voyages of Discovery (01444 462150).

· All prices per person based on two sharing.