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Best Black Friday travel deals for 2021 and 2022 including holiday deals from TUI, Jet2, Virgin, easyJet, British Airways whether you’re after cheap summer holidays or want a winter getaway
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Black Friday is here and bringing with it heaps of brilliant travel deals, with heaps of major brands like TUI, British Airways, Virgin, easyJet and more taking part.
There’s everything from discounted package holidays to far-flung sun-soaked destinations, cheap European city breaks, and even deals for family holidays in the sunshine.
There’s so much out there, so we’ve done the hard work for you and searched out the best holiday deals to be found this Black Friday from all of the biggest brands.
Check out our top picks below…
(Looking for cheap flights only? We’ve got a separate guide to the best Black Friday flight deals to help you narrow it down).
TUI’s Black Friday deals include up to £200 off holidays and they’re valid for travel dates all the way up to April 30, 2023 to the likes of Greece, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and more.
Prices start from £150pp with deals for winter 2021 holidays, summer 2022 holidays, and winter 2022 holidays.
Check out the full list of TUI’s Black Friday deals – discounts depend on your total booking spend. There’s £100 off minimum £800 spend (use the code BF100), £150 off minimum £2000 spend (use the code BF150) and £200 off bookings minimum £3000 spend (use the code BF200). You can find out more on TUI’s website here.
As there’s a lot to sift through, we’ve rounded up our top pick of TUI’s best summer 2022 deals including the school holiday dates.
British Airways Holidays’ Black Friday deals include appealing destinations such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Prague, Barcelona, Rome and more.
The travel firm is offering three-night breaks to New York from £399pp, Boston from £419pp and Philadelphia from £429pp.
There are also two-night European city breaks from £119pp including Barcelona, Budapest, Lisbon, Milan, Prague, Rome and Venice.
We’ve also rounded up some of BA’s best flight and travel deals you won’t want to miss during the sale.
Jet2’s Black Friday deal offers discounts of £50 per person on holidays, meaning you can find holidays from £140 for two people to the likes of Portugal and Spain.
The discounts include school holidays too, with prices from £460pp for a family of four in August 2022 to the likes of Spain, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Greek Islands, the Canaries, Balearics and more.
You can see all the deals here.
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Mirror Holidays is offering a discount of £50 per person on all holidays, escorted tours and river cruises.
We’re talking holidays to the likes of Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Portugal, escorted tours spanning wanderlust-worthy hotspots like Thailand, Japan and Canada, and river cruises exploring the likes of Portugal, France and Italy.
There are so many dreamy trips and itineraries to choose from – you can find out more on the Mirror Holidays website here.
The deal is valid for holidays of seven nights or more, for adults only.
To claim the deal you’ll just enter the code BF50 at checkout, and make sure to book by 11.59pm on November 30.
Loveholidays is offering up to 40{e9f0aada585b9d73d0d08d3c277fd760092386ec23cac37d50f4b8cd792b062a} off holidays, and there are breaks from as little as £87pp currently available to book.
The deals also include deposits from £29pp to secure your break. You can find out more in Loveholiday’s Black Friday sale.
Virgin Holidays is offering 10{e9f0aada585b9d73d0d08d3c277fd760092386ec23cac37d50f4b8cd792b062a} off all holidays in its Black Friday sale as well as plenty of hotel deals.
The discounts include:
You’ll need to book by November 29 if you want to make use of the discounts, which are valid for travel dates between December 1, 2021 as well as December 31, 2022.
easyJet Holidays’ Black Friday sale has discounts of up to £200 off holidays with the code BLACKFRIDAY.
The sale is valid on over 50 destinations including holiday hotspots such as Spain, Greece and Turkey, with prices from £351pp.
You can get £100 off holidays over £700 or a discount of £200 off holidays over £2,000.
The best part is that the discounts include winter 2021, summer 2022, winter 2022, and even holidays in 2023.
You can see all the deals here.
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First Choice’s Black Friday sale has deals of up to £200 off holidays for travel dates all the way up to April 30, 2023.
Spain, Greece, Turkey, and Portugal are just some of the holiday hotspots included whether you’re after last minute winter 2021 getaways or looking to get ahead for summer 2022 holidays.
Check out the full list of First Choice’s Black Friday deals – discounts depend on your total booking spend. There’s £100 off minimum £800 spend (use the code BLK100), £150 off minimum £2000 spend (use the code BLK150) and £200 off bookings minimum £3000 spend (use the code BLK200).
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“It’s difficult to assess the damage of any specific asset, but having said that, we know without access to places like the Okanagan or points in between, that’s really hurt a lot of tourism businesses,” he said.
Both hotels and ski hills saw immediate cancellations following the storms, he said.
The floods compounded losses to the industry caused by wildfires this summer and the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
BC Parks said several parks in the Fraser Valley were damaged in the storms, including Cultus Lake, Sasquatch and Golden Ears provincial parks.
Video shared online shows huge concrete blocks strewn at an entrance to the historic Othello Tunnels in Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park, as well as wood debris and washed-out trails.
Canadian Pacific Railway built the tunnels through a granite canyon as part of a railway linking the Kootenays with the coast in the early 1900s. The tracks are long gone and it has become a popular hiking destination with spectacular views outside Hope, B.C.
Rob Wilson, BC Parks area supervisor for the south Fraser, said a geotechnical assessment will be the first step toward understanding the damage. The timeline for repairs is unknown and it isn’t a top priority, given more urgent demands to support critical infrastructure and residents affected by flooding.
“Impacts are extensive,” he said, noting the access road to the tunnels has also been destroyed.
“We have yet to gain a fulsome picture of how extensive it is.”
Wilson asked the public to use caution when accessing trail systems after the storms and avoid parks that are closed.
Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, B.C., was already prepared for an unusual holiday season with a disproportionate number of bookings from Lower Mainland residents due to the pandemic.
“We’re coming up to our most important season of the year and what we’re finding now is about 50 to 55 per cent of our mountain accommodation bookings are from the Lower Mainland for the Christmas-New Year’s period,” senior vice-president Michael Ballingall said.
“That’s way above average.”
In a typical year, about 80 per cent of bookings would come from Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Ontario, while the Lower Mainland would make up the remainder.
Unfortunately, with non-essential travel banned on major highways damaged by flooding, about 25 of 30 per cent of the bookings have been cancelled since the storms, he said.
The company is encouraging Lower Mainland residents to travel via the United States, but Ballingall said he feels for those who are facing more severe personal consequences than his industry.
“There are so many unfortunate reasons out there, we have customers from the Fraser Valley that have been flooded out. Every customer we’re dealing with has a different reason they can’t come,” he said.
The travel cancellations mean hotels and restaurants, which can see 35 to 40 per cent of revenue earned during the holiday period, are also seeing a dip, Ballingall said.
Both Ballingall and Judas said they have received regular communication from the government about recovery and highway reopening plans.
“We understand business as normal is not going to happen this Christmas and we just hope people are recovering. There’s so much loss out there,” Ballingall added.
Transportation Minister Rob Fleming said Thursday that B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway could reopen sooner than expected in early January if the weather co-operates.
The highway, which connects the Lower Mainland to the Interior and is a major trucking route, had more than 130 kilometres of roadway damage and five bridges wash away.
However, the Transportation Ministry said until the Coquihalla can reopen, Highways 3 and 99 would remain restricted to essential travel for the holidays.
Judas said airlines have added routes to help move people between the Lower Mainland and the Interior with the routes closed to non-essential travel.
The false perception that everything is closed for business can also be damaging, he added. As an example, he said the airport in Abbotsford, B.C., has remained operational.
Recovery will move smoothly when there’s as much predictability as possible, Judas said, adding he’s been satisfied with the government’s communications.
“It’s working together with industry and government and all the other players to try and figure out a path forward,” he said.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 12, 2021.
Amy Smart, The Canadian Press