British Isles

Save up to £92pp enjoying the Highlands scenery of Royal Deeside and the village of Braemar with WA Shearings. The five-day break leaves on July 16 and includes four nights’ B&B at the Invercauld Arms Hotel in Braemar, a whisky tasting at the Glenlivet Distillery and coach travel from the East Midlands. Book by June 22. Details: 01942 824824 quoting ref: PLA 723, www.washearings.com.

Take your seats in the new open-air theatre at Kilworth House in Leicestershire and stay overnight on June 27 for £81pp. The price includes tickets to the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance with preshow dinner and breakfast. Book with Pride of Britain Hotels. Details: 0800 0893929, www.prideofbritainhotels.com.

Take a two-night weekend break at Ty Mawr Mansion, a five-star country house hotel in West Wales for £279pp. The price includes breakfast and a bottle of champagne. The restaurant at the hotel sources most of its food from nearby growers. Details: 01570 470033, www.tymawrmansion.co.uk.

Shoreline Cottages has a choice of period cottages for families on the North Yorkshire coast in Whitby. For example, Spring Vale is a ten-minute walk from the sea and is available from July 29 or August 19 and 26 from £675 a week sleeping four. Details: 0113-244 8410, www.shoreline-cottages.com.

Short haul

Spend a week in Malta for £295pp staying at small, family-friendly two-star Roma Hotel on the Sliema seafront. Through Malta Direct the price includes half board and flights from Heathrow on June 26. Details: 0845 6040035, www.maltadirect.com.

Stay for seven nights and pay for five on a break to the InterContinental Aphrodite Hills in Cyprus. The resort is a 20-minute drive from Paphos and overlooks Aphrodite’s Rock. Cost is from £732pp, with flights from Gatwick, and runs until July 21. Book with Abercrombie & Kent. Details: 0845 6182213, www.abercrombiekent.co.uk.

Save up to £150pp on a Nile cruise with The Classic Traveller. A week on the five-star MS RA I in a balcony cabin costs from £399pp for full board, private moorings at Aswan and Luxor, excursions and flights from Gatwick, leaving on July 16. Details: 0800 9885843, www.theclassictraveller.co.uk.

Long haul

Shop till you drop in Hong Kong with return flights on offer at £297 with Opodo. Book by June 21 for travel until the end of August, leaving from Manchester. Details: 0871 2770090, www.opodo.co.uk.

Owners’ Syndicate has cut 25 per cent off the price of a week’s rental of the Villa Maxamillion on the Costa del Sol. Six can share the house for £1,465 a week in June and £2,260 in July and August. Details: 020-7381 7491, www.ownerssyndicate.com .