CRUISES

Save 40-53 per cent on the cost of a Galapagos cruise before June 30 with Journey Latin America (020-8747 8315, www.journeylatinamerica.co.uk). The price, including domestic flights in Ecuador, park entrance fees and seven nights' full-board costs £1,780pp. Cabins are assigned lucky-dip style; you'll save £2,042 on a first-class cabin and £1,199 on a basic cabin. Last Frontiers (01296 653000, www.lastfrontiers.com) also has half-price Galapagos cruises for travel by the end of February. The eight-day cruises cost £1,583pp, down from £3,166. The prices exclude international air fares.

Sail through the Suez Canal with Hebridean International Cruises (01756 704704, www.hebridean.co.uk) and visit Libya's World Heritage Sites. An all-inclusive 11-night cruise including flights, tips and excursions departing April 20 costs £5,174pp, a 40 per cent discount.

Oceania Cruises (01344 772344, www.oceaniacruises.co.uk) has a 12-night Mediterranean cruise aboard Insignia from $1,811, down from $3,791pp departing November 3. Book by January 31.

ADVENTURE

Spot the big five at the Amakhala Game Reserve in Eastern Cape with Bushbaby Travel (01252 792984, www.bushbaby.travel), which has a two-for-one deal for travel before March. A four-night all-inclusive safari costs £320pp during South Africa's high season, but excludes air fares.

Audley Travel has 25 per cent off the five-star Banyan Tree properties in China's Yunnan Province until the end of March, with a week's stay at £1,700pp, including flights and excursions. Details: 01993 838000, www.audleytravel.com

Save 37 per cent on the price of a seven-night holiday at the five-star Fairmont Scottsdale, Arizona. Departures May 21-September 4 cost £739pp, including flights, room only and car rental with BA Holidays (0844 4930758, www.ba.com).

BEACH

Save 60 per cent - £3,562pp - on a seven-night holiday in Thailand at the Six Senses Destination Spa Phuket with Kuoni (01306 747008, www.kuoni.co.uk). The price is now £2,485pp with flights, full board and two spa treatments a day.

Book one trip this month to the Seychelles for travel before April 30 and a second person stays half price at the Constance Lemuria on Praslin, with a discounted airfare. The cost for seven nights' B&B is from £1,995pp, saving £825pp, with Elegant Resorts (01244 897516, www.elegantresorts.co.uk).

Couples resort Sandals (0800 742742, www.sandals.co.uk) has cut 40 per cent from the cost of holidays at its Grande St Lucian property. The all-inclusive holiday, including flights, costs £1,656pp.

Stay two weeks for the price of one at Half Moon, Jamaica. The price of £1,380pp includes flights and room-only accommodation with ITC Classics (01244 355527, www.itcclassics.co.uk).

Take the family to Mauritius for Easter, where Le Prince Maurice has seven nights for the price of four. A week's B&B with flights costs £1,690pp. Book with Bushbaby Travel (01252 792984, www.bushbaby.travel).

HOTELS

Tallinn's luxurious Three Sisters Hotel has three-night B&B stays before March 31 for £185pp, down from £339pp with Baltic Holidays (0161 8605248, www.balticholidays.com).

The Mandarin Oriental, New York (www.mandarinoriental.com) is offering a three-night B&B suite package for £3,765 for two people, half the normal price, for stays until April 30. Fly on Virgin Atlantic, which has an upper-class sale, with fares to New York cut by 40 per cent to £1,099 return. Book before January 27 for travel until September on 08705 747747, www.virginatlantic.com.

Hilton has half-price B&B weekend breaks taken before August, meaning that you can stay on Park Lane from £150 a night, Dubai from £84, Salalah in Oman from £82 and Kuala Lumpur from £66. Book at www.hilton.co.uk before January 31.

BEST OF THE CHEAP DEALS

Check into the Tudor Fawsley Hall (01327 892000, www.fawsleyhall.com) in Northamptonshire for £69.95pp half board, down from £175pp.

Voyages of Discovery (01444 462150, www.voyagesof discovery.co.uk ) has increased its early-booking discounts on ex-UK cruises to at least 50 per cent. Prices start at £599pp on the eight-day Norwegian Fjords voyage departing Harwich on May 24.

Unless stated, all prices are based on two people travelling together.

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