We do try to add as many dates in those periods as we can, as we know quite a few of our customers do want to travel at those times. It's more difficult to create a holiday at these times because families are all travelling too, so flight and hotel prices are higher and fewer rooms are available.

I expect that Golden West date was dropped because it wasn't popular last year or because prices for flights or hotels had risen and made it too expensive.

If you haven't done so already, you can use the website to search by date. The homepage allows you to enter your date range, e.g. 1 July to 1 September, and search. This might show you a couple of dates you have missed.

Kind regards

Olly, your editor

I know a lot of people tease us teachers about our long holidays (and I am really grateful for them) but because I have to be back in school for GCSE and A level results, I'm can only go on holiday late July to mid August.

I'd happily pay a higher price for a good holiday at that time eg Cilento, Lake Garda, etc

Looking forward to the 2013 brochure!