Travel Counsellors - a Bolton-based independent travel company employing experienced consultants who work from home - currently has some special Stateside deals. A three-night package to New York costs £432pp for departures until the end of February, including return flights on Virgin Atlantic and room-only at the three-star New Yorker hotel. Or you can book five nights in Vegas until early April from £670 including flights on American Airlines and a room at the Luxor Hotel.

0800 1958852, travelcounsellors.com.