Under £300

Enjoy a free fourth night in Budapest when you combine a three-night B&B stay at the four-star Astoria with return British Airways flights from Gatwick or Heathrow. The trip, with Onlinetravel.com (0870 887 0100), costs £209 (based on two sharing), and is valid for departures in July and August.

Under £400

Hotel Athénée Paris (00 33 153 676665) offers Observer readers their 'summer flavours package'. Between 15 July and 20 August, for £380 per night you get a superior room, continental breakfast, and a free cocktail.

Individual Travellers (08700 773773; www.indiv-travellers.com) offers a stay in a village house in Andalucia for £355 a week, including car hire. The villa is in the mountain village of Gaucin close to the sandy beaches of Estepona. The discount applies to July and August departure dates.

Under £900

Five nights' stay at the Sodwana Bay Lodge in South Africa's Eastern Cape in a four-star chalet costs £899, including return flights and breakfast, with Voyana (0871 271 5204; www.voyana.com/africa). The price includes car hire and five scuba dives.

Under £1,300

A 12-night family break on the Côte d'Azur costs £1,201 with Canvas Holidays (01383 629 000; www.canvasholidays.co.uk) departing on 25 July. The price includes Dover-Calais midweek ferry crossing for a car and passengers and accommodation in a mobile home at St Aygulf. There are on-site sport facilities and evening entertainment.