Long-Haul Escapes

Orlando, Dubai, the Maldives, Bangkok and the Caribbean don’t come up as often as European short-hops, but real fares do surface. These are the long-haul routes currently showing genuine, recently-seen prices from UK airports.

New York

New York

New York earns the hype, the museums (the Met, MoMA), Central Park, and a different neighbourhood’s worth of food and atmosphere every few blocks make it a city that rewards a longer stay..

£358 from London, return
Miami

Miami

Miami pairs Art Deco South Beach with a genuinely distinct Cuban food and culture scene in Little Havana, plus year-round warmth that makes it a real winter-sun alternative to Europe..

£382 from London, return
Punta Cana

Punta Cana

Punta Cana is the Dominican Republic’s purpose-built all-inclusive coast, miles of white-sand beach backed by resorts built specifically for doing very little, very well..

£415 from London, return
Cancun

Cancun

Cancun’s Hotel Zone is Mexico’s classic all-inclusive beach strip, turquoise Caribbean water and white sand, with the ancient Mayan ruins of the Yucatan a short trip inland..

£429 from London, return
Orlando

Orlando

Orlando is built around its theme parks, Walt Disney World and Universal Studios headline, but there’s enough between them for a full week without repeating a day, and both run genuine off-peak deals outside US summer and Christmas..

£434 from London, return
Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town combines a proper city break (Table Mountain, the waterfront, a real food and wine scene) with beaches and wildlife within easy reach, a different kind of long-haul trip to the Caribbean or Asia..

£435 from London, return
Barbados

Barbados

Barbados combines calm Caribbean-side beaches with a livelier Atlantic coast, plus a food and rum scene (this is where rum was first distilled) that stands out even by Caribbean standards..

£518 from London, return
Montego Bay

Montego Bay

Montego Bay is Jamaica’s main resort coast, reggae’s home turf, genuinely good jerk food, and beaches (Doctor’s Cave among them) that are consistently rated among the Caribbean’s best..

£653 from London, return