Lowcostholidays is the fast, smart and cheap way to book your Summer & Winter holidays online. They offer a choice of over 30,000 hand-picked hotels and apartments in the most popular beach, city and long haul destinations, backed up by a lowest price guarantee. They are one of the UK's top DIY online holiday booking sites, offering you the freedom to create your own packaged holiday according to your personal needs. They also offer early booking discounts online. Check these guys out if you recognise a great value deal when you see one!

Thomas Cook are a household name that deliver bargain package holidays to most destinations around the world. They also aim to provide top quality service and amazingly low prices on flights, hotels and cruise deals too! We love that you can read customer reviews before you travel so you know exactly what to expect! The site functionality is excellent with easy searches- and you can even create a shortlist of your favourites. Check out their Deals section for last minute bargains!

Virgin Holidays is the largest, most successful transatlantic tour operator, and the market leader for travel to the USA and the Caribbean. They offer bespoke holiday experiences throughout the world, from Mumbai and Malaysia to Antigua and Alaska, backed up with exclusive travel intelligence and excellent, innovative, customer service.

Ok so Club Med aren't the cheapest but you certainly get what you pay for. They offer the most inclusive luxury holiday experience with exceptional all-inclusive holidays where your every need is catered for. They have a wide range of activities to suit all tastes, including a fantastic range of sports- especially waterports. So, you can indulge in as much sport as you like or simply relax during the day and make the most of the party atmosphere at night. They operate in over 80 destinations worldwide so they should have a 'village' in wherever takes your fancy.

Alpharooms don't just offer hotel rooms- in fact they offer the very best deals on flights, holiday accommodation, transfers, car hire and holiday insurance. Alpharooms allows you to pick and choose from the elements listed above to fully customise your holiday, paying for only the parts of the holiday that you want. With worldwide flight routes, over 25,000 hotels and 130 transfer routes, they have one of the most comprehensive ranges on the internet allowing you to dynamically package a holiday that meets your exact requirements.

At Uni up North? Jet2holidays.com is the North's fastest growing tour operator providing great value holidays from 6 Northern airports flying from Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Blackpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Belfast. They offer a choice of over 17 destinations and a range of accommodation from 3 star self catering apartments up to 5 star all inclusive resorts. They have a fast and flexible booking system, so you can choose the length of your holiday from 1-21 nights. Destinations include the Balearics, Canaries, Mainland Spain, Portugal, Italy, Cyprus, Egypt and Greece. Ski destinations include Italy, Austria and France. Next summer's most popular destinations include Tenerife, Ibiza, Costa del Sol, Menorca, Majorca, The Algarve and Costa del Sol.

With Thomson you can now book your whole holiday or just the bits that suit you - just the flight, your accommodation, or your car hire for example. They have access to over 65,000 hotels, apartments and villas to choose from in over 100 destinations. Thomson flys from 24 UK airports (which is more than British Airways and easyJet combined) so you're guaranteed the best choice of where to travel from, saving you time getting to the airport. They have over 2000 hotel and destination videos online, plus thousands of customer reviews, pod casts and 360 degree images for you to properly research your trip. In addition many of their hotels are located on Google Earth so you can really explore the world from your home. In many destinations you'll have access to a 24-7 holiday line so you can call them anytime for help and advice. Thomson also publish "Your View" scores on all the accommodation, so what you see/read is what you get!