Remote cottages for couples, close to Dartmoor, are on offer with Toad Hall Cottages and include The Bothy near Crediton and Owl Cottage near Rattery. Prices start at £130 for three nights and £185 for a week. 0870-077 7345

Farmhouses offering B&B close to the newlyopened Squirrel Safari park, near Newport, Isle of Wight, are on offer with Red Funnel. Prices for two-night breaks start at £69, including a car-ferry crossing from Southampton to East Cowes. 0870-444 8890

Signs of Christmas will be evident in Jersey, but you don’t have to indulge in tax-free shopping. Modern Hotels offers three nights’ B&B in St Helier for £69, with FastCat crossings from Weymouth on December 6 and 13; One Step Holidays offers two-night breaks by ferry from £79 and by air from £115 for the next month. 01534735511/ 0870-1203091

Hotel Felix, Cambridge, a new townhouse hotel with 52 artistic, individually designed bedrooms opens next week with an introductory rate of £58 for B&B. The hotel has a high-class restaurant and café bar. 01223 277977

SHORT HAUL

Apartments in the centre of Les Deux Alpes, the high-altitude French resort which opens on November 30 and should be ready for early season skiing, are on offer with Peak Retreats. Prices start at £182 for a week, including a ski pass, entry to the pool and ice rink and a Channel crossing for car and passengers - but are based on four travelling together. 0870-770 0408

A week’s half-board in a three-star hotel on Tenerife is available for £255, a £100 saving, with Just Tenerife, including flights from Gatwick on November 26, December 3 and 10. 020-8515 4789

If you want to get away from it all for as long and cheaply as possible, Unijet offers three week’s self-catering at the four-star Eleni Holiday Village, Paphos, Cyprus, for £199, flying from Stansted on November 27. 0870-533 6336

Djerba is one of the most pleasant parts of Tunisia and Wigmore Holidays offers deals at a five-star hotel on the island with a wide range of health and fitness activities. Fly from Gatwick or Heathrow between December 3 and 16 and a week’s B&B costs £599. 020-7836 4999

LONG HAUL

Beat this if you can: a fortnight in the Dominican Republic, in two or three-star accommodation for £185, with a flight from Gatwick on November 28, available with www.cheapflights.co.uk

Another good bargain is a week in Vermont for £389, with flights from Heathrow, car hire and B&B at the Holiday Inn, Killington. There is the chance to ski on slopes within a 20-minute drive and to shop at the Manchester Outlet Mall. The deal with Virgin Holidays is available between December 1 and 19. 0870-990 4210

Two six-day dive packs for the price of one, £150, are on offer with holidays to Sharm el Sheikh on the Red Sea with Regaldive between November 24 and December 15. The holidays cost £189 for a week at the Amar Sina Hotel and flights from Gatwick. 0870-220 1777

All prices on this page are per person and based on two sharing a room unless stated otherwise.