I'm gonna take the family away next month, anybody got any recommendations for somewhere nice and warm in February and any good holiday sites to book one

Don't even think about anywhere in Europe.

Hope this helps.

Gonna go to Florida later in year or defo next year, i just want a relaxing holiday for a week

Was gonna book Canary islands but what with the euro against the pound it will cosat a small fortune

have a look at tunissia port el kantoui should be warmish and with a exchange rate of approx 2.4td/£ it is also a closed currency so you cant get it until you get there.
hotel kanta in p.e.k. is canny and right next to the marina

I don't know if i'm being a bit overprotective but i feel uneasy about taking my 13 year old daughter and 2 boys aged 9 and 4 to Tunisia, is that wrong ?

been there 3/4 times never a problem,with my lad (he's now 16, but was between 10 and 14), have heard that young girls get alot of attention, but don't they every where?

yes port el kantoui is a purpose built resort and not a typical tunissian place we have been 3 times and not had/seen anything to worry about
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic- ... taoui.html

if you go take a cheap bottle of single malt whisky, aldi type, for the hotel manager, guranteed room upgrade...

and good tip to your waiter on first night ,treat you like royalty rest of stay

Not sure Tunisia in February meets the "nice and warm" criterion. When I went there one December you wouldn't exactly have called the atmosphere balmy.

Maybe Cyprus would be ok in Feb the closest I have been there is late November or April and both times of the year it was nice, here is the website I have had some real bargains from like a fortnight in Brazil for 1,200 quid for 4 of us.

http://www.travelrepublic.co.uk/

is that 3 or 4 times or 3 quarters of a time in which case you never made it ?

I heard its warm in Inverness at that time of the year....??

Try Asia
Kuala lumper,
thialand (dont believe all you here)
south america (a place called Busios, google it)
Boracay (phillapines)

or Skeggy (the jocks love it)

Skegness is hell on earth
what a horrible place

i'll see your skeggy and raise you BOGNOR REGIS
what a fooking shit hole

Lanzarote's ok in feb , weathers always been good for me5 times in feb only 4 hours away...Florida pished down i was there ..Cyprus still a bit cold i think....

this time of year all the canary isles are warm but the price tends to reflect this
more so with the euro so thats why i went for tunissia

In concurrence, after the initial outlay of the flights South East Asia must be the cheapest place to go holiday in the world. For a family I'd suggest somewhere like Koh Samui (which is like paradise) in Thailand where you can stay a very decent hotel for £10-£12 or even cheaper Vietnam where you pay even less for accommodation and the least I've ever payed for a beer (less than 20p in some places). In nearly two weeks in Vietnam I reckon I spent less than £200 and I was pissed every night Even in 'expensive' resteraunts you are looking at a £5 bill for scran and drinks!

Fook I need a holiday

Its not the terrorists i am worried about, that could happen in any country.

Its reports you hear of children being snatched being taking to Tunisia and Morocco

ok then - Ayr!!!
Beat that!!

ok you asked for it



barry island

game set and match to me i believe

Egypt is hot all year round.

If you're going anywhere in Europe then go all inclusive otherwise you'll be skint for the rest of the year.

Sharm El Sheik Egypt. 5 hours out of Newcastle. The main resort is Naama Bay and is purpose built but is still good for restaraunts and shopping. The diving and snorkelling is excellent. Currency is the Egyptian Pound. Should br quite hot too.

How about a cruise along the South coast stopping at Lovely Hastings ,Chic Worthing and breathtaking Littlehampton ..

Everything is 30% more expensive in bars, restaurants etc because of the Euro while All inclusive prices are about the same. If you stay somewhere that has a few restaurants and bars and you don't have to pay for a meal or drink all week then you'll more than make up the money than if you went self catering and still have a decent holiday.

All very well and good.

But I don't see how this would make you skint for the rest of the year just cos a beer in the sun costs a few pence more?

All-inclusive is a defo now in Europe....Made a pretty good living out of the Brits in the past have the "Oilys " "greasys" . Wonder how they will fair this year and in the future ..

If you're taking a family away for a couple of weeks you'd probably be looking at a few hundred quid more than this time last year purely on spending money.

I was trying to make the point that self catering family holidays are now extremely expensive since the pound has plummeted. I didn't think it was too hard to understand......even Sussex got the jist!

Depends where you go.

Where we go it's not that "touristy" and not overpriced. And the locals are nice enough folk that I wouldn't call them "greasys" or "oilys" whatever those nice terms mean.

OK, so the exchange rate aint great at the moment, but so what. It's only money, either pay it or stay home. Or go to some dodgy arabland and eatspunky food and risk being blown up.

And where do you go Ripper ?

Ayamonte. Lovely little spot, beautiful beach at Isla Canela just down the road and plenty of really good golf courses around too. About half hour drive from Faro.

Or....don't get priced out by the poor pound, still go away to Europe and have a good holiday.

Sorry mate it's not for me i like fish and chips ,currys and Gary lineker bars ..

Tel Aviv is nice this time of year, good free fireworks display also.

we found the same last year we stayed at a place called los montesinos between alicante and murcia but because it is not a tourist resort the prices were spot on 2 chinese banquets with wine or beer for 22€

I drove from Newhaven to Rye in September, the car refused to stop.

Portugals out for me .. too many " Pork and Cheese " live where i do..Tunisia would be too much like Morrocco, where i had the shits most day's and the hassle of thousands of beggars...Why does everybody who goes too Turkey get severe heatstroke ?....That leaves Bulgaria ... hookers outside the hotel ? ..

Going by the replies so far, might I suggest you dump a ton of sand in the dining room and turn the heating up for a week.

Newhaven forgot to mention this place,probably the most depressing place on earth ..

let me get back to you on that one

I absolutely loved KL but I'd hardly consider it a place for a family holiday.

Looked at few sites last October when the Kids where off school for a week .Same holiday for me the missus , and our youngest whose still at school , 450 quid cheaper to go on the Tuesday than the Friday ..Only three days off school ..

What did your teacher say to you when you got back?