Under £200

Wales: Snowdon Lodge (01766 515354, snowdonlodge.co.uk) has an August Bank Holiday Special (Friday-Monday) of £62pp for three nights' B&B plus BBQ. Four-poster beds £3pp extra. Activities available include pony trekking, climbing, gorge scrambling and abseiling.

Leeds: The four-star Park Plaza (0845 6349998 quote 'Launch', parkplaza.com) opens August 11. Until September 11, it has a special offer of £65 per room per night B&B with a bottle of champagne and strawberries on arrival.

UK: From August 16 or 23, Pontin's (08705 331199, pontins.com) has a week's half-board in one-bedroom apartments in Blackpool and Suffolk for £198 per adult (saving £100). Half price for up to two children sharing. Free children's activities including abseiling, stunt kite flying and go-karting.

Rhodes: Departing August 23, Olympic Holidays (0870 429 4242, olympicholidays.com) has 14 nights' self-catering for £199pp (saving £245) including Gatwick flights and transfers.

Under £400

Jersey: For the rest of August, Modern Hotels (01534 735511) has seven nights' B&B at the Mayfair Hotel in St Helier for £269pp (saving £170) including Gatwick flights and transfers. Children (2-11) £160 sharing with parents.

Italy: Departing August 30, seven nights' self-catering at the Casanova apartments in Tuscany costs £270pp (four sharing) saving £100, including Gatwick flights and car hire. Manchester flights £50 extra. Crystal Italy (0870 8880233, crystalitaly.co.uk).

Finland: Catch the midnight sun at the Helsinki Festival (helsinkifestival.fi/english/). Departing August 22, Travel scene (020-8424 9648, travelscene.co.uk) has three nights' B&B at the five-star Hotel Radisson SAS Plaza from £290pp (saving £75) including BA flights from Heathrow.

Estonia: For Friday departures between August 16 and September 12, Scandinavia Freestyle (020-8846 2622) has three nights' B&B for the price of two at the four-star Radisson SAS hotel in Tallin. £365pp including Gatwick flights.

Under £1,000

Spain: Departing August 23, seven nights' self-catering in Calabella Apartments, Nerja, costs £549pp (saving £290) including Gatwick flights, transfers and welcome food hamper. The Real Spain (020-8686 3638, therealspain.org.uk).

France: Departing August 25, seven nights' self-catering in a two-bedroom holiday home in the Dordogne costs a total of £592 (saving £100) for two adults and three children, including Dover-Calais crossing for car and passengers. Eurocamp (0870 3667552, eurocamp.co.uk).

Greece: Departing August 23, Ionian Island Holidays (020-8459 0777, ionianislandholidays.com) has two weeks' self-catering for the price of one on Ithaka or Kefallonia. £595pp including Gatwick or Manchester flights, transfers, car hire and welcome hamper.

Cruise: Departing Harwich on August 22, Voyages of Discovery (01444 462150, voyagesofdiscovery.com) has a nine-night 'Historic Gardens, Houses and Castles' cruise visiting the Orkneys, Oban, Isle of Man, Dublin, Cobh, Isles of Scilly and Guernsey from £699pp (saving up to £1,160), including all meals and entertainment and free parking at Harwich or complimentary travel from London.

Thailand: Book by September 30 for departures until October 30 and Austravel (0870 1662070, austravel.com) has 10 nights' room-only at the three-star Cape Panwa Hotel, Phuket, plus four nights at the Asia Hotel, Bangkok, from £845pp (saving £314), including Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester or Birmingham flights and transfers.

Australia: In September, Travelmood (08700 664556, travelmood.com) has five nights at the three-star City Stay Apartment Hotel in Perth plus two nights in a garden villa at Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort from £999pp including Emirates flights from Gatwick. Book by August 15.

Over £1,000

New Zealand: Book by August 31 for travel before October 31 and two weeks in a choice of accommodation in different locations costs £1,157pp (saving up to £334) including Air New Zealand flights from Heathrow and car hire. Talpacific Holidays (020-8288 8400, talpacific.com).

Singapore/Malaysia: In September, Magic of the Orient (01293 537700, magicofthe orient.com) has five nights' B&B at the Raffles Hotel plus three nights' free B&B at the five-star Tanjung Rhu on Langkawi for £1,295pp including scheduled flights and private transfers.

Cyprus: Departing August 20, two weeks' self-catering for a family of four at the Ta Palatia villas in Kholiis costs a total of £2,020 (saving £590) including Gatwick or Luton flights and car hire. Sunvil Holidays (020-8568 4499, sunvil.co.uk).

· Per-person prices are based on two sharing except where stated. Many of the listed companies have other special offers available.