Touring and cruising specialist, Archers Holidays has launched a range of discounts with guaranteed savings across its holiday programme. The earlier a customer books, the higher the discount available which is applicable to the whole booking rather than per person to enable single travellers to take advantage of the savings too. 

Savings include £200 off any North America or Worldwide holiday and £100 off any Europe or North Africa holiday for bookings made between 27 December '14 to 21 January '15.  For bookings made between 22 January and 20 February, savings of at least £120 are available per booking on North America and Worldwide holidays and up to £75 per booking for Europe & North Africa holidays.

Further savings of up to £300 per person are also available on a range of discounted flight supplements for customers wanting to fly direct or with British Airways, United Airlines and Air Canada on selected departure dates* on a choice of popular North American tours and cruises for bookings made before 27 January 2015.

A discounted rate of £49 per car is on offer, representing a saving of over £100 for the popular 'Start in Style'** home pick up service which provides customers with a chauffeur-driven car and assistance with luggage on arrival into the terminal building with the same service offered on the return journey home.  

Sara Gelder, Archers Holidays' Head of Product, commented: “We are confident that our discounts during the traditional peak booking period of January and February will appeal to customers looking for great value packaged tours, ocean and river cruises or twin-centre holidays.  Offering the savings per booking will also mean our single traveller customers can take full advantage of the discounts.”

She added: “To adapt to the changing touring market, our product range has been developed to offer more varied styles of holiday options including leisurely touring options and 'Relax & Explore' holidays to add to the traditional option of classic touring.  We are now able to offer customers a more flexible style of holiday based on a single or twin centre, combined with the choice of doing and seeing as much with a range of optional excursions.  Customers have the option of deciding on arrival what they want to experience and the level of activities or sightseeing they want.”

New tours and cruises for 2015 include:

North America & Worldwide

New flexible touring options include the 8 day 'Hanoi & Ho An' (£1418pp), 5 day 'Dubai' (£1184pp), 15 day 'Sydney, Rock & Reef' (£2842pp) or 15 day 'Highlights of Australia' (£2548pp), 9 day 'Contrasting Costa Rica' (£1402pp) and the 10 day 'Tale of Two Cities – Tokyo & Kyoto' (£2435pp).

New smaller group tours in Asia, Africa & the Middle East have been added with the option of extending the holiday with another tour or cruise to experience the most of a destination. Newly introduced is the 9 day 'Wild & Scenic Sri Lanka' (£1300pp), 16 day 'Enchanting Kerala & Southern India' (£1864pp) and 8 day 'Through The Savannah' (£1835pp).

To add to the choice of themed and worldwide special events available, several new options have been added for 2015.  New winter holidays include the 8 day 'Alaska's Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race (£2153pp), 7 day Yosemite National Park in Winter (£3,553pp) and 8 day 'Yellowstone Winter Wonderland' (£2225pp). Customers interested in experiencing the internationally influenced cuisine of South Africa as well as its famous wines can enjoy the 9 day 'Cape Town & Winelands Culinary Delights' (£2020pp).

New classic tours include the 13 day 'Extraordinary Namibia' (£2761pp) and the 11 day 'A China Experience' (£1533pp), 11 day 'Taste of Thailand' (£1621pp).  New twin centre holidays include the 13 day 'Dubai & Mauritius' (from £2485pp) or 'Dubai & Seychelles (£2235pp). 

Newly featured 'Select by Globus' tours include the 9 day 'Cape Cod & the Islands' (from £1899pp) as well as the 9 day 'Southern Coastal Journey' (£1899pp) from Charleston to Jacksonville to discover the Old South. The tours are operated by sister company Globus and offer a superior touring experience with first class city hotels, more included sightseeing and meals.  These tours can be combined with city stays in Boston or Charleston or a Bahamas cruise.

Europe & North America

New European tours include the 8 day twin centre holiday 'Apulia the Heel of Italy' (from £1067pp)  8 day 'Mystical Albania' (from £873pp) to discover Albania's mountain scenery, stunning coastline and fascinating history as well as the 8 day ' Croatia's Istrian Riviera' (from £804pp)to experience the natural beauty, culture and history of Croatia and Slovenia on this fascinating tour.

New twin-centre options include 6 day 'Iceland & Greenland' (£3150pp) and 5 day 'Berlin, Meissen, Dredsden & Colditz (from £700pp).

With interest still strong for the commemoration of World War I, the four day 'World War I Battlefields' (from £755pp) includes visits to the most famous Belgian and French battlefields including Flanders Fields, Ypres and Somme.

New Ocean & River Cruises

To meet demand for touring and cruising in Australasia, a new 28 day 'Highlights of Australia & New Zealand Cruise' holiday (from £4459pp).  Newly introduced is the 12 day 'Cuban Explorer Cruise' (from £1428pp) to include a seven night cruise aboard the three diamond rated Louis Cristal cruise ship plus a three stay in the vibrant capital city of Havana.

Other new cruises include the 'Gems of Croatia' cruise which offers exclusive departures from the UK, included excursions and an English speaking Cruise Director aboard the four diamond rated Princess Aloha.  The itinerary visits the pretty islands, bays and stone towns of the Croatian coast between Dubrovnik and Split (8 days from £1139pp).

For further details visit www.archersdirect.co.uk  or ring 0800 997 8823

Ends

*the discounted flight supplements are available on selected dates in April, May, June and September 2015.

**Start in Style is available free within a 50 mile radius of departure airport or train station (excess mileage is chargeable at £1.70 per car per mile)

Note to Editors: 

Archers Holidays is associated with the Globus Family of Brands, an international travel company with over 80 years experience of providing touring holidays.  With offices worldwide, the UK tour operator has access to the best choice of land arrangements and excursions and offers the widest choice of escorted tours, cruises, multi-centre holidays and rail journeys.  Archers Holidays is a member of ABTA and is fully bonded with the CAA.

For further press information or images contact: Helen McNaught, Press & PR Manager, Archers Holidays

Tel: (44) 20 8315 4520; Mobile: 07968 418247

Email: hmcnaught@cosmostours.co.uk