Package holidays are now available in the most popular destinations, and many smaller islands and further flung places are being added to a growing list of package holiday destinations.

Package holidays take the stress out of organising your own hotel, your own flights because it’s all done for you.

Package holiday deals are now available in the most popular destinations – Spain, Greece, Portugal, Turkey – and also to more unusual locations such as Goa, The Caribbean and The Red Sea. In fact, you can go pretty much anywhere on a package holiday these days.

Package holidays can help you save money too. The number of cheap holidays available on the market has changed the way we take our holidays. Indeed, so many of us now find it so easy and affordable to go abroad that traditional holidays in the UK have suffered as a result. Instead of a British beach, many people find it more enticing to go on a package holiday to a small Caribbean island, the hot sun of the Spanish Costas, an isle in the Indian Ocean and the exotic Far East.

To get the best out of package holidays it is useful to have an idea of where you want to go or when you want to go, or both. To make real savings it is advisable to avoid travelling during the peak season, though for those with children this is not always possible. Remember that the law of supply and demand applies and prices will be higher when demand is higher.

You can also make savings if you are not too particular about your destination. Scanning the prices might bag you a cheaper deal and take you somewhere you had never thought of going before – but which will probably turn out to be just as rewarding.

The list of destinations for package holidays grows longer every year, so there is bound to be somewhere that appeals to you and your family. It’s no longer just the major locations, but the smaller islands and further flung places that come into play.

The joy is in the choosing – let someone else do the organising.