Many travel agencies create package deals which allow people to make their holiday exactly how they want it, cutting out the unnecessary add–ons that have clogged up things up before. One add-on that I always do without is the in flight meal, now I understand that if you’re on a long haul flight but in the range of 2 to 3 hours you either do without or better yet pack a couple of sandwiches for the journey. This won’t save you enough to put a down payment on Buckingham palace but it will knock off around £10 or £20 which could be enough to sway to buy a holiday if it drops below the nearest £100 or so. So although it’s not a massive amount it goes towards getting cheap holiday deals.

Make sure you’re booking up a the most opportune times, the best times to get things sorted are when flights are just released which can be close to a year before you be heading to the airport for your holiday, or pick something up late on which could be just as cheaper or even more so. The advantage of this is that if you book early on the cheaper seats should be available to choose from on a flight. At the other end of the scale companies will be desperate to fill their flights so will offer bargain prices on flight seats when it comes closer to take off.

You need not be a wizard or have to perform a Jedi mind trick to find your way to cheap holiday deals just simply know where to look and more importantly when.