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Best travel Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for cheap flights, holidays, hotels and cruises
Here’s where to shop the best Cyber Monday 2024 travel deals – with serious savings on flights, hotels and cruises
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Your support makes all the difference.Get prepared to tick iconic destinations off your travel bucket list in 2025 by bagging a bargain on short- and long-haul journeys in the Black Friday sales – whether dreaming of European city breaks or trips to the Caribbean.
While some deals will end late in the evening on Cyber Monday, other discounts are extending over to Travel Tuesday such as Raddison, Yotel and Booking.com. These next few days are your final chance to score discounts on hotel stays, flights and all-inclusive package holidays – and this year is no different. Budget travellers can save hundreds on their next trip with huge travel deals from providers such as British Airways, National Rail, Jet2holidays and Royal Caribbean live now.
We’ve already seen big reductions from the likes of Tui, Sandals and easyJet on package holiday deals, with up to £300 off selected summer trips, city breaks and winter sun getaways from the popular getaway hosts.
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With offers still available on Cyber Monday and some rolling over to Travel Tuesday the next day, we’ll be keeping this guide updated during one of the biggest sales events of the year.
Here is what we know about the top Black Friday travel deals that have landed so far.
Best flight deals
British Airways
Prepare to jetset for less with the British Airways Black Friday sale. Not only are there UK and Europe flights from just £39 each way, but an offer of three nights for the price of two on city breaks to the likes of Barcelona and Prague and discounted deals of up to £300 off on select holiday packages headed for Dubai, Cancun and the USA. The serious savings can be booked until midnight on Cyber Monday, 2 December.
easyJet
Budget airline easyJet is kicking off its Black Friday event with an up to £200 flash sale on package holidays to everywhere from Egypt to Cyprus and Spain when code “BLKFRIDAY” is applied to trips taken before 31 October 2026. With some seats on flights 20 per cent off until 11pm on 2 December, it’s time to book a bargain trip to dreamy destinations worldwide.
Virgin Atlantic
The Black Friday sale at Virgin Atlantic has huge savings on flights until midnight Cyber Monday. You’ll find up to £25 off per person, plus a further £100 off when you spend a minimum of £3,500 per couple or £4,400 per family of four. Flying to Orlando, Tampa or the Caribbean? Save an extra £60 per adult and £45 per child too. There’s also savings to be had on US city breaks, flying from Heathrow or Manchester to New York (from £608pp), Las Vegas (from £680pp) and Los Angeles (from £507pp). Or you can soak up the Sunshine State with package holiday deals to Florida, with savings of up to £210 per family.
Ryanair
To get away for even less, Ryanair is offering selected flights as little as £16.99 in its Cyber Week deals, with winter sun savings to be snapped up to destinations such as Malaga, Grenoble and Faro. The deals will end at midnight, so you better hurry if you want to snap up these deals. The flight dates must be booked between 1 December 2024 and 16 February 2025 for the offer to apply, but also excludes travel during the Christmas period (18 Dec 2024 - 08 Jan 2025).
Air India
Until midnight on Cyber Monday, Air India is offering 20 per cent off select flights to and from India, Europe, Australia, USA, Canada and Southeast Asia. The deal extends even further for students, who will be able to claim 25 per cent off, while seniors will be able to grab a whopping 50 per cent off. If you are planning to fly with the airline before 30 October 2025, this deal could save you a whole load in airfares.
Best hotel deals
Booking.com
Avid travellers can save up to 35 per cent on selected hotel reservations and accommodation with Booking.com’s Black Friday offerings from 21 November until 4 December. The cost-saving stays can be booked for dates between now and 31 December 2025, whether a long weekend away or a week of relaxing beside the beach. Top destinations include Istanbul, Dubai and Rome, which are serving up some of the most Black Friday accommodation deals.
Hard Rock Hotels
Hard Rock’s holiday deals for Black Friday include up to 55 per cent off all-inclusive resorts such as Hard Rock Hotel Cancun, Hard Rock Hotel Los Cabos and Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta, among others. The promotion is available to book until 6 December 2024 for stays taken before 20 December 2025. There’s also up to $200 resort credit per night, free kids’ places, free transfers and late check-out up for grabs.
Hilton Hotels
Savings of up to 50 per cent have hit Hilton stays this sale season with hundreds slashed off hotel rates everywhere from California and Quebec to Mexico and New York. Book now for the best rates at Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach, Tempo by Hilton New York Times Square, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Curio Collection by Hilton, and Hilton Los Cabos.
Yotel
Guests looking to check in to any Yotel hotel before 31 December 2025 will find a 30 per cent discount on room rates this Black Friday. Book before 4 December using promo code “BLACKFRIDAY” for early access to huge savings on city break accommodation in Manchester, Porto, Edinburgh, and San Francisco.
Raddison
From city breaks in Dublin or Amsterdam, to beachside hideaways in Gran Canaria and Turkey, Raddison has locations in hundreds of holiday destinations. This Black Friday guests can unlock up to 35 per cent off relaxing trips away when booking before 4 December. The deal extends to breaks between 12 December 2024 and 31 December 2025. Plus, Raddison Rewards members will also earn 3,000 bonus points per stay.
Best holiday deals
loveholidays
Loveholidays Black Friday promotion is live until 3 December for budget-savvy travellers to basket savings of up to £200 off selected city breaks, £450 off selected long haul holidays, and £350 off selected 5-star escapes. Top picks include seven nights at Tivoli Hotel Aqua Park in Egypt flying from London Gatwick, from £189pp in February 2025. An extra £50 off can also be redeemed when booking through the app with the code “APPBF50” if spending over £1,000.
Expedia
Members of Expedia can sign in to save 30 per cent or more on selected hotels from New York to Dubai when they book before 4 December in the holiday provider’s biggest travel sale of the year. Holidays with nights in spacious suites and elegant apartments are bookable for travel until 15 December 2025 as part of the Black Friday deal.
Tui
With savings on package holidays, Marella Cruises and Tui River Cruises for eight days this cyber sale season, you won’t want to miss Tui’s Black Friday deals that end midnight. Holidaymakers can save up to £300 on bookings from 1 January 2025 to 31 October 2026 using code “BLKFRI” as part of the promotion live until the end of 2 December. There’s also a 10 per cent web discount on all return flights, £300 off of selected Marella Cruises with “BFSAIL300” and money off Tui River Cruises when “BFRIVER” is applied at checkout.
Sandals Resorts
Sandals Black Friday deals have landed with savings of up to £100 on dreamy all-inclusive Caribbean holidays when booked before midnight on Cyber Monday. Sunseekers looking to jet set to white sands at 17 properties from Jamaica to Curaçao, The Bahamas and Barbados for a week before the end of 2027 will qualify for the discount when the code“BF100” is applied at checkout.
Intrepid Travel
For a once-in-a-lifetime small group adventure at a much smaller price point, Intrepid Travel’s annual Cyber Sale is offering up to 20 per cent off selected adventures when booking before 5 December. Explorers can save hundreds on a Sri Lankan food adventure, a family holiday to Peru and a picturesque pedal through Provence when travelling between 1 December 2024 and 30 September 2025 as part of the promotion. For those who want to tick Antarctica off their bucket list, Intrepid is also discounting its expedition cruises by up to 35 per cent. Intrepid is more generous than most, extending its deals to 5 December.
Jet2holidays
Holidaymakers keen to bag a bargain will love the Jet2holidays series of Black Friday promotions featuring up to £200 off on all holidays for couples with a myJet2 account, with getaways available from the Algarve to Tenerife. The operator is also discounting winter holidays and summer vacations with up to £100pp off, as well as providing the chance to book a city break from as little as £169pp. The sale ends at midnight on Travel Tuesday.
Best rail deals
Interrail by National Rail
Railfans keen for a summer on the tracks in 2025 are probably prepping to book their next interrailing adventure. Interrail by National Rail’s Black Friday savings of 25 per cent on Interrail Global Passes and selected One Country Passes are sure to get the wheels rolling. The deal is available until 17 December, with seven-day adult passes, previously £324, costing just £243 for travel up to 11 months from the purchase date.
LeShuttle
Self-drive travel under the Channel this winter starts from just £47 each way in LeShuttle’s Black Friday sale. Those who sign up for a free account before 2 December can fill their boots with ski slopes, Christmas shopping and markets without pesky luggage restrictions and for a fraction of the price with travel up until 31 March 2025.
Best ski deals
Heidi
Looking to book your next ski trip during Black Friday? Heidi’s annual sale is back. Offering a discount of £50pp, you can save on trips of varied lengths, including weekend and week-long breaks, and destinations from the mountain resorts of Bulgaria to the pistes of Vallorcine, France. The deal ends at midnight on Travel Tuesday.
Contiki
Travellers between 18 and 35 can save big this cyber sale season with 25 per cent shaved off 125 Contiki escapes for 2024. Live until 5 December for travel between 1 January and 31 December 2025, the discount features a bucket list worth of European favourites, including savings on ski weeks in Austria and New Zealand.
Crystal Ski
Until 2 December, Crystal Ski is offering £75 off per person off any ski holiday booked through them – yes, that’s any date, any resort and any stay with the code “BF75”. Choose from luxury ski vacations, complete with spa facilities, indoor pools and seven-course evening meals to nightlife party destinations right next to the slopes
Best cruise deals
Virgin Voyages
To sail into savings, Virgin Voyages has discounted select cruises to as little as £79 per person per night on Cyber Monday, such as journeys around the Caribbean, Florida, USA and European destinations like Dubrovnik, Greek islands, Barcelona and Rome. In other deals, there is also 80 per cent off a second person joining you on your holiday, plus free drinks up for grabs.
Royal Caribbean
Seafaring travellers can save up to £640pp on Royal Caribbean cruises with kids cruising from £99. The penny-saving promotion is live from 9 November through 9 December and includes sailings on Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Star of the Seas, debuting August 2025.
P&O Cruises
Passengers can save up to £640 on sailings with P&O Cruises until 3 December. Prices start from £299 per person for a Belgium getaway departing from Southampton on 3 April 2025.
Celestyal
Celestyal’s cruise fares are being cut by a maximum of £1290 per person in its Black Friday sale. Passengers can embark on seven-night cruises starting at £319 per person. The Black Friday deals apply to 65 itineraries on the line’s Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf routes but the offer is only valid between 25 November and 3 December.
Cunard
Cunard has launched saver fares from £599 per person. The promotion is available until midnight on 5 December 2024 for sailings between March 2025 and January 2026. The Black Friday deal applies to its whole fleet so you could sail on its newest ship Queen Anne from Southampton to Hamburg, Rotterdam, and Zeebrugge or to the Norwegian Fjords.
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