Under £100

Got your stag do sorted? Visit www.ebookers.com for return travel to Amsterdam from £65 and Dublin from £67 including taxes. Flights are with British Airways from Gatwick.

Head to the three-star Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool with Superbreak (01904 641642) from £49 per person per night. Lots of activities for the kids and the price includes dinner and breakfast.

Under £200

Escape to Barcelona on 17 August for two nights' B&B in a two-star hotel, flying from Heathrow. Click on www.teletextholidays.co.uk to book for £175 per person based on two sharing a room.

Two nights' B&B at Hotel Amadeus in Milan is £189 per person this month with ShortBreaks By Air (020 8289 8800). Fly Sunday, Monday or Tuesday from Heathrow to enjoy some quieter shopping.

Under £300

Just £269 will buy a seven night holiday with Modern Hotels (01534 735511) at the Mayfair Hotel in St Helier, Jersey throughout August. Children aged 2 - 11 pay £160 each when sharing with their parents.

Family-friendly chalet Au Coin du Feu (020 7289 6958), in Morzine, France, has one-week stays in August for £295 per person including breakfast, tea and dinner with wine excluding flights. Rafting, horse trekking, mountain biking and canyoning are all bookable locally.

For a quick look at the Sphinx, call ebookers on 0870 043 3957 for the five-star Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel in Cairo for three nights from 21 or 22 August. Price is £279 per person including Heathrow flights.

Under £400

Take a dip in the Red Sea with Regaldive (0870 220 1777) staying at the Amar Sina Hotel in Sharm el Sheikh for seven nights from £379 per person departing 17 August.

Under £500

Asia Direct will fly you to Hong Kong on British Airways for 5 nights B&B at the three-star Stanford View Hotel for £499 per person. Call 0870 889 0824 between 10 August - 3 September for holidays in September.

Under £800

Learn to cook at chalet Ferme de Montagne (00 33 450 753 679) in the French Alpine village of Les Gets. Three day course £585; four nights £795 and seven nights £995 including five-star accommodation, course and meals. Flights extra.

Under £900

Seven all-inclusive nights in Antigua cost from £899 per person with Virgin Holidays (0870 0000870) at the Beach Club. Depart from Gatwick on 13 August.

Under £1,000

Meet the dolphins! Book by 15 August to enjoy this Australian adventure with Travelmood (0870 066 4556) for £999. Stay five nights in three-star accommodation in Perth before flying to Shark Bay for 2 nights to encounter the bottlenose dolphins.