Key2holidays has Christmas packages all wrapped up

If Christmas without a cardigan appeals, consider one of these packages instead of unwrapping another matching scarf and glove set this year.

Early bookings for Christmas and New Year 2009/10 are going for a song (or a carol) and key2holidays, the specialist online operator, has some real gifts.

Keeping it regal, Egypt does a good line in kings, and 7 nights in the sun in Sharm el Sheikh at Christmas or New Year costs from £699pp person - leaving plenty left over for gold, frankincense and myrrh:-

• Key2holidays is offering 7 nights B&B at the 4 star plus Renaissance Resort in Sharm El Sheikh from just £699 per person. Price includes return flights from Heathrow with British Airways and transfers. Valid for travel from 21 – 28 December or 28 December 2009 – 5 January 2010.

If chocolate plays a starring role in your festive season, basking in an average of 25 degrees while overlooking the Pyramids ought to stave off any cravings for Toblerone and green triangular Quality Street pralines:-

• Key2holidays is offering 5 nights B&B at the 4 star Jolie Ville Luxor Resort and 2 nights B&B at the 4 star Cairo Movenpick Pyramids from just £999pp. Price includes return flights from Heathrow with Egypt Air and transfers. Valid for travel from 22 – 29 December 2009.

Those with more of a ‘bah humbug’ attitude may be appeased to know that in 1969, Fidel Castro removed Christmas from the Cuban calendar as it interfered with the sugar harvest. However, in 1997 he restored the holiday and Cubans now celebrate Christmas with fresh enthusiasm and revelry. Give Christmas or New Year a festive Cuban welcome in the warmth of the Caribbean:-

• A 13 night Cuban multicentre costs £1377pp including 7 nights all-inclusive at the 4 star Sol Rio de Luna-Mares in Guadalavaca, 3 nights B&B at the 4 star Melia Santiago de Cuba in Santiago and 3 nights B&B at the 5 star Melia Cohiba in Havana. Price includes return flights from Gatwick, internal flight from Santiago to Havana and transfers. Valid for travel from 23 December 2009 – 5 January 2010.

Christmas celebrations are very low key throughout the Caribbean, so Grinches who don’t do Christmas might consider Grenada:-

• 7 nights at the Calabash Hotel and Villas, Grenada from £2239pp including return flights from London Gatwick, transfers and B&B accommodation. Upgrade to premium economy class for an additional £205 per person. Valid for departures on 19 December 2009.
Thailand, though predominantly Buddhist, celebrates the holiday season with decorations and Christmas festivities. In Phuket, December is the ‘cool season’, bringing comfortably high temperatures but less humidity. There are still generous savings on a luxury break that will blow your stockings off:-

• 7 nights B&B at the 5 star Banyan Tree, Phuket from just £2945pp (saving £2350 per couple). Price includes return scheduled flights from Heathrow with Thai Airways and accommodation in a Deluxe Villa at Banyan Tree Phuket on a B&B basis. Valid for travel from 22 December 2009 – 06 January 2010.

To spoil yourself with a cracker of a holiday that offers all the excitement of Christmas while keeping the excess pounds off, visit key2holidays.co.uk.