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How Far Will Your Cash Go; YOU'VE SET A BUDGET AND WANT TO STICK TO IT..HERE ARE THE BEST DEALS FOR YOUR MONEY Less than pounds 100 ITALY YOU won't blow your budget on a week in Italy this September if you stay at Il Salice camping grounds along the Ionian coast. It's great for families with small kids not tied to the school holidays or teenagers enjoying the last few weeks of freedom before work or college. The camp in southern Italy has a large swimming pool, tennis court, bikes for hire plus a bar and restaurant. A week's camping holiday costs pounds 44pp when a family of six stay between September 11 and 25. The price includes Channel crossings - but you'll need to budget for B&Bs driving to and from Italy, which will add about pounds 45pp to the trip. Bookings through Vacansoleil, 08700 778 779, or see the website www.vacansoleil.co.uk COSTA DORADA FOR pounds 48.50pp you can spend a week in a tented campsite at Tarragona on Spain's Costa Dorada, arriving September 3. Stay at Tamarit Park, which has a full kids' entertainment programme from face painting to archery lessons and a dancing school. While kids are supervised, mum and dad can play petanque, ride a horse beside the sea or just snooze on a pool lounger. There are beachside bars and barbecues where you can sizzle a few prawns. Again, you'll need to budget for a hotel overnight in either direction to keep complaints from the backseat to a dull roar. Book through Canvas Holidays, 01383 629000 or see the website at www.canvasholidays.co.uk PARIS BUY lunch in a Left Bank restaurant with your change out of pounds 100 when you book a cheapie break to Paris next month (before August 24). Two nights' B&B at the Espace Champerret Hotel costs pounds 89pp and the price includes Eurostar tickets. The deal is through Eurostar Holidays Direct, call 0870 167 6767 or visit www.eurostar holidaysdirect.co.uk Less than pounds 200 CINNAMON ISLAND SPEND a week on Cinnamon island off the Atlantic coast of Spain and Portugal for just pounds 77pp. Stay in an apartment overlooking the sea, five minutes from the harbour. Make day trips to the mainland, crossing the bridge to the border town of Ayamonte or taking the ferry to Portugal. A week for five in a two-bed, two-bath apartment starts at pounds 385 through holiday-rentals.com (go to www.holiday-rentals and search for property 10176 in the box top-right). Airfares to Faro in the first week of October through www.easyjet.com start from pounds 102pp and hire car will cost pounds 17.80pp - making a total pounds 196.80. TUNISIA BUY leather shoes and handmade carpets in the medina when you spend a week at the Hotel Hill Diar in Sousse for pounds 299. The price includes half-board, so all you'll have to pay for are drinks - and a beer costs only pounds 1.50 in hotel bars. The hotel is on the beach and a short taxi ride from the town centre. The price applies to flights from Bristol or Luton on September 1 or 9 and it includes transfers from the airport through Portland Holidays Direct. Call 08705 002200 or visit www.portland-direct.co.uk FRENCH ALPS WARM up in the sauna or outdoor hot-tub at a chalet in Meribel next month for pounds 120pp. The five-star Chalet Iamato sleeps 10 and has a kids' room with satellite TV, video games and DVDs. There's swimming, riding, tennis and white-water rafting on the doorstep. Or just try the plonk and admire the views of Mont Blanc. A week's stay next month costs pounds 1,200 for 10 people, excluding ferry crossings, through Purple Ski. Call 01494 488 633 or see the website at www.purpleski.com. P&O Dover to Calais return fares for two cars and 10 passengers start from pounds 192 if you book by the end of July (08705 202020). That's an extra pounds 19.20 each, making a total cost of pounds 139.20pp. Less than pounds 500 TOBAGO WATCH the sea turtles crawl up the beach to nest when you swap the gloomy British winter for the Caribbean sunshine of Tobago. Spend a week on this quiet island for pounds 470, flying out of Gatwick anywhere between mid-November and mid- December. Stay at the Turtle Beach resort in Great Courland Bay, which takes its name from its nocturnal guests. The hotel overlooks a mile-long sandy beach. Bookings are through Hayes & Jarvis. Call 0870 8989890 or see the website at www.hayesandjarvis.co.uk CRUISE ON THE MED YOU'LL have a pound left from your budget to blow in the ship's casino when you join a week-long September cruise through the Med on the liner Discovery. The cruise, from Southampton to Lisbon, Cadiz, Almeria and Nice costs pounds 499pp when two of you share an outside cabin. The fare includes full board, entertainment, tips and coach tickets between London's Victoria Station and the port. Book through Voyages of Discovery... call 01444 462150 or see www.voyagesofdiscovery.com PATTAYA PACK an empty suitcase and shop for loads of silks and spices and other exotic goodies when you spend a week on the beach at Pattaya in Thailand. Spend eight nights at this unashamedly touristy resort for pounds 459 during September, staying at the three-star Asia Hotel. The price includes flights from London on Qatar Airways via Doha in the Middle East between September 3 and 21. The holiday through Travelbag must be booked by August 23, call 0870 814 6544 or take a look at the website at www.travelbag.co.uk JOHANNESBURG SOUTH Africa's Kruger National Park is a mere springbok hop away from the city of Johannesburg, where you can spend five nights for pounds 489pp. The holiday price gives you bed and breakfast at the three-star Park Plaza Hotel and flights on Dutch airline KLM from London via Amsterdam. Travel before the end of September and book through www. ebookers.com or call 0870 814 6024. SHARM EL SHEIKH LEARN to dive or snorkel when you spend a week in a Nubian-style resort at Sharm el Sheikh on Egypt's Red Sea coast. Take a boat to the Ras Mohamed National Park or a camel ride into the desert. A week's B&B at the Sonesta Club is pounds 299 between December 16 and 22 with flights from Gatwick. Book through Hayes and Jarvis, call 0870 8989890, www.hayesandjarvis.co.uk Less than pounds 300 LITHUANIA SPEND three nights in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius for pounds 277. The break through Fregata Travel, with flights from Gatwick on Fridays, is for three nights' B&B at the three-star Hotel Europa City. Call 020 7247 8484 or visit www. fregatatravel.co.uk MOROCCO SEE fire-eaters, jugglers and tumblers perform as the sun goes down on Jemaa el Fna Square when you spend two nights in Marrakesh for pounds 269pp. Buy a love potion, have your fortune told and buy handfuls of freshly-roasted almonds from tiny stalls. The short-break price covers two nights' B&B at the Hotel Akabar and flights from Gatwick early October through www.ebookers.com or call 0870 814 6024. ST PETERSBURG EXPLORE the grand palaces of the Tsars on a pounds 295 break to the historic Russian city of St Petersburg. Stop for coffee in a traditional bar like the one now known as Prival.com, which was a famous hangout for actors and writers in the Twenties. The price gives you four nights' B&B at the four-star Hotel Pribaltiyskaya on the western outskirts of the city, flying from Gatwick on August 20 or 24. Also included are transfers and a guidebook through Voyages Jules Verne. Call 0845 166 7035. Less than pounds 400 BULGARIA SPEND a week with all meals, drinks, sports and entertainment free at the all-inclusive Bulgaria Hotel Excelsior near the famous Golden Sands promenade for pounds 385pp. Leaving Gatwick on September 14 through Portland Holidays Direct, call 08705 002200 or visit www.portland-direct.co.uk SAN FRANCISCO TAKE advantage of the best dollar exchange rate in years to book a four-night break to San Francisco for pounds 399. The holiday includes four nights at the three-star Metropolis Hotel with flights from Heathrow during November through Bon Voyage, call 0800 316 0194 or visit the website at www.bon-voyage.co.uk DUBAI SHOP in the souks and join a dune-buggy tour into the Sahara when you spend five nights in Dubai for pounds 399. Visit when it's really hot next month or January to March. The price includes scheduled flights from Heathrow and B&B at the four-star Quality Horizon Hotel. Book through City Vacations, call 0870 2420241 or visit www.cityvacations.net. SHANGHAI YOU'LL get oodles of noodles for your money during a week in Shanghai, China, for pounds 395. Stay at the three-star Pearl Hotel in the Xintiandi quarter, visit temples and markets and eat well for very little. Includes flights from London on December 7 or 14 with six nights' B&B, taxes, and a guide through Voyages Jules Verne. Call 0845 166 7035. LAS VEGAS THIS pounds 399 trip through America Direct (0870 889 0827 www.americadirect.co.uk) gives you three nights at the Arthurian-themed Excalibur Hotel. The price includes scheduled United Airlines' flights from Heathrow. Source: Sunday Mirror Home