Xmas sun / warm weather holiday ?

[ledz]

Hi all
Looking at going away for 10 days this Xmas 8h max flight times
Approximate 17 to 27th dec
We have done canaries / Cape Verde so somewhere different
Any other ideas for sort of guaranteeing sunny weather and 25% at least

Edited by ledz on Monday 28th September 19:08

Edited by ledz on Monday 28th September 19:43

[belleair302]

Turks and Caicos Islands.

[oilslick]

How long are you prepared to fly for?

[ledz]

7 or 8 hour flight max I’d say

[SlackBladder]

Cuba?

[JimmyConwayNW]

I went dubai on Xmas day last year. It was a good heat, and surprisingly, everywhere was incredibly decked out for xmas.

May be some fairly good deals on offer this year?

[a311]

If 7 to 8 hours is genuinely your limit I'd probably look at The Gambia. December is dry season and you're much more likely to get properly hot weather around 30 degrees rather than just hoping for low to mid 20s.

Oman would be another option if you want more to see and do, although it'll generally be a bit cooler.

Egypt would normally fit the brief as well. I've done Marsa Alam over Christmas and it was sunny but quite windy, although personally with the current situation in the region I wouldn't be considering the Red Sea at the moment.

The problem at Christmas is that if you want reliably hot rather than hopefully warm, you're pretty much at the limit of what you can reach from the UK in 7 or 8 hours.

[ledz]

How fars Barbados ?
My mates going for new year Said it’s normally 30 odd degrees

[craig1912]

SlackBladder said:

Cuba?

No direct flights

[craig1912]

ledz said:

How fars Barbados ?
My mates going for new year Said it s normally 30 odd degrees

We are in Antigua in December , 30 ish.

Barbados is 8 ish hours.

We have been to Antigua at Christmas and it was great.

[Prisoner 24601]

Abu Dhabi!! The Grand Mosque, The Lagoons, Guggenheim, The Louvre.

Etihad Airways package deal. Or BA Holidays?

[gotoPzero]

Which airport is near you?

Thats the main question here.

[belleair302]

Oman is stunning and offers so much for a family or a couple.

[ledz]

gotoPzero said:

Which airport is near you?

Thats the main question here.

Midlands based. So bhx & ema

[Griffith4ever]

Goa? it's at the top end of your flight time, but, it's fab, cheap, hot, amazing food, peaceful (pick the right beach to stay at - Patnem for us). BA do a good premium economy to Delhi.

[shirt]

JimmyConwayNW said:

I went dubai on Xmas day last year. It was a good heat, and surprisingly, everywhere was incredibly decked out for xmas.

May be some fairly good deals on offer this year?

There will be fantastic deals. Check out sir bani yas island, a break between there and Abu Dhabi would be a good holiday.

I’ve spent the last 2 new years Xmas/NY in India and will likely head there again this year. Rajasthan though not the coast. Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur would be my choices, there’s a fantastic hotel chain (Raas) who have properties in all 3 and have a package starting from Jaipur with transfers between them.

[gotoPzero]

ledz said:

gotoPzero said:

Which airport is near you?

Thats the main question here.

Midlands based. So bhx & ema

Think you are going to be limited to Barbados and Puntacana with TUI. I dont know if TUI are operating a PUJ service this year.

I think your only other option would be Jamaica but its well through the 8 hours limit and more like 10 and a bit.

Would be closer to 8 on the way back though if that helps.

So those 3 going west.

If you want to go east then your only option is Dubai really or somewhere in that neighbourhood.

[Digga]

ledz said:

How fars Barbados ?
My mates going for new year Said it s normally 30 odd degrees

Wife's birthday is mid December, so we've done Barbados at that time. It gets very expensive/busy for Christmas. I remember flying out on the last Saturday - IIRC 22nd - and on the evening before, we were on a rooftop bar in Oystins and the private jets were flocking in from all over. When our plane home took off, the pj's were stacked all over the airport.