The last of the Jan Sales

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#808080" TEXT="#080000" background="044b8573.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>MEDI-MAIL</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEDIMAIL"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="jobs3e.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PURELUXURY.com affiliation">PURE-LUXURY.com affiliation</A>   |   <A HREF="jobs3a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TopTable">Top-Table</A>   |   <A HREF="jobs3b.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Table Talk">Table Talk</A>   |   <B>The last of the Jan Sales</B>   |   <A HREF="jobs69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fashion Tips">Fashion Tips</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#808080" TEXT="#080000" background="045d2083.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="0925e370.png" border=0 width="94" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04605053.jpg"> <div> <I>The last of the Jan Sales</I></div> <bR> <div> Need some sizzling sun? Want a bargain? </div> <bR> <div> We present the best ways to escape this winter of discontent</div> <bR> <div> It's cold, it's dark and there are still six days of January to go. Worse still, it's 63 days before the clocks go forward, another 11 weeks until the first bank holiday of the year and the Christmas credit-card bill is in the post. Your new year's resolutions have fallen off the treadmill and</div> <div> 'ou've just had to endure what men n white coats have officially declared</div> <div> e most depressing week of the year.</div> <div> I wonder you might be feeling sauhtly, er, down. You need an</div> <div> rgency dose of cut-price, low-cost, in-basement sunshine, and the news is, if you think you missed</div> <div> eam of the crop in the travel-</div> <div> 's January sale, you're as wrong as</div> <div> MOD' ere about joining that gym.</div> <bR> <div> Canouan, in the Grenadines, offering free air transfers and a $100-per-night resort credit in a package that originally cost £4,180, but is now priced at £2,785 if you book before February 14, for travel before April 30.</div> <div> Save £431: Kuoni (01306 747002, kuoni.co.uk) has a week at the four-star Coco Reef Resort in Bermuda — not quite the Caribbean, but close enough — for £920. Book now to secure the deal; you'll fly out on February 11.</div> <div> Save £450: an all-inclusive week at</div> <div> Le Sport, on St Lucia, has been reduced from £2,099 to £1,649 by Virgin</div> <div> Holidays (0871 222 5825, virginholidays. corn). Flights are from Gatwick on February 8.</div> <div> Save £425: Harlequin Holidays (0845 277 3397, harlequinholidays.com)</div> <div> has an all-inclusive week at La Source, in Grenada, for £1,829, down from £2,279, with a daily spa treatment thrown in. The offer is valid forstravel until February 28.</div> <div> They're having a scorcher of a summer on the Indian Ocean — it is currently 31C in the Maldives, with a light northeasterly gently rattling the coconut palms. The best deals in this part of the world are for Mauritius and Sri Lanka, but there are bargains on offer in the Seychelles, the Maldives and Goa, too.</div> <div> Save £1,090: a staggering deal from Trailfinders (0845 050 5871, trailfinders. corn), which is offering two weeks for the price of one in the understated luxury of the Oberoi Mauritius. The price is now £1,549 — down from £2,639 — for stays booked before Friday and taken before Apri119.</div> <div> Save £950: book before February 14 and you can have a week at the immeasurably self-indulgent Constance Le Prince Maurice, also on Mauritius, for £1,599, down from £2,549. The offer is valid for travel up to April 2 with Trailfinders (0845 050 5871, trailfinders.com).</div> <div> Save £985: the Maldives have never been cheap, but if you can stretch to it, a seven-night holiday at the</div> <div> five-star Soneva Gili by Six Senses that originally cost £4,034 will be yours</div> <div> for £3,049, with Holidaysplease (0845 365 6565, holidaysplease.co.uk), departing any time before March 27. Save £377: if you can wait until May, Kuoni (01306 747002, kuoni.co.uk) will sell you a week at the Anantara resort, in the Maldives, staying in</div> <div> a Sunrise Beach Villa, for £1,522 — down from £1,899. Book this week for a May 16 departure.</div> <div> Save £590: a seven-night stay at the Constance Lemuria resort, on Anse Georgette, in the Seychelles, now costs £1,945 — down from £2,535 — with ITC Classics (01244 355550, itcclassics.co.uk).</div> <div> But you can get your dose of Indian Ocean sun for much less than that. Thomson (0871 231 4691, thomson. co.uk) has a week in Goa, staying at the Hotel Santa Monica, for £488,</div> <div> departing on March 12; and if you fancy a Sri Lankan bargain, Southall Travel (0870 380 5043, southalltravel. co.uk) has eight nights for the price of four at the five-star Taj Exotica for departures until February 28. You pay just £805.</div> <bR> <div> Thailand is the bargain basement of 2009, with hotels offering free nights, room upgrades and other enticements that add up to nothing less than half-price holidays in a bid to restore confidence following the civil unrest last December.</div> <div> Save £3,562: the Six Senses Destination Spa, in Phuket, is offering what is probably the deal of the year. While variations on this promotion are available through a number of operators, the best offer we can find is with Holidaysplease (0845 365 6565, holidaysplease.co.uk). Book by February 20 and the price of a week, including private pool and butler,</div> <div> drops from £6,047 to £2,485 for trips taken between now and April 13.</div> <div> Save £769: a more affordable deal is on offer at Phuket's other Six Senses Spa, the Evason, on Rawai Beach, where Destinology (0800 634 2866, destinology.co.uk) is offering an eight-night break for just £769 —</div> <div> half price. Book by February 14 for travel before April 2.</div> <div> Save £550: Travelbag (0800 008 7422, travelbag.co.uk) has a 10-night, two-centre break in Bangkok and Ko Samui, with three nights in the</div> <div> capital and seven on the beach at the three-star Nova Samui, from £625.</div> <div> In addition to its obvious charms — gold-plated taps, refrigerated beaches and an indoor ski resort — there's another reason to visit the sunny emirate this winter, as the 13th Dubai Shopping Festival runs until</div> <bR> <div> February 14. Despite this, and the</div> <div> fact that it's peak season, many hotels have slashed their short-break prices by about 40%.</div> <div> Save £635: Thomas Cook (0844 871 6650, thomascook.com) has a bargain short break at the five-star Jumeirah Beach. Three-nights cost £832 — down from £1,467 — for departures up to February 15.</div> <div> Save £320: Trailfinders (0845 050 5871, trailfinders.com) has a four-night power break at the luxury Habtoor Grand Resort & Spa for £759 — reduced from £1,079. The price is valid for stays up to February 15.</div> <div> Save £1,015: not in Dubai, but just around the corner in Oman, where Tropical Locations (0845 277 3310, tropical-locations.com) is offering five nights in a pool villa at the spectacular Zighy Bay for £1,620, reduced from £2,635. Book by February 15 for trips until April 2.</div> <div> )1</div> <div> Save £150: suites at Riad Sharden, in Marrakesh, have been slashed to £90 a night from £140 through Fleerecession (020 7112 0019, fleerecession.com), taking the price of a luxury long</div> <div> weekend down from £420 to £270 during February. Return flights with Ryanair (0871 246 0000, ryanair.com) start at £118.</div> <div> Save a bundle: and finally, a fortnight in Tunisia, half-board, including flights, for — wait for it — £252. That's the deal Co-op Travel (01922 700007, cooptravel.co.uk) is offering at the Hotel Jinene, in Sousse, departing on February 25.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>