Cheap Winter Sun Holidays All Inclusive: The £2,292 Week
Eight all-inclusive winter weeks priced hotel by hotel, with the board basis, the dates and the bits that sit outside the wristband.
Quick Answer
- 🏝️ For a family of four, the cheapest published all-inclusive Canaries winter week is Fuerteventura Princess: £2,292 for seven nights, flights and transfers in, departing 13 February 2027 (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel).
- 💷 The eight weeks below run £378 to £915 per person, two adults, flights and transfers in (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel).
- 🔎 One headline price here turns out to be five nights, half board, adults-only.
- 🛂 Three destinations take money after you land: two a tax at the hotel desk, one a fee no package covers.
- 🧭 Skip this if you're a couple or still picking the island: our Canary Islands guide ranks them by kid age.
- 🧮 The family budget calculator turns a per-person lead-in into a four-person number.
- 📍 Below: the board-basis table showing what the label covers, and, under "December vs January vs February Half Term", what one hotel adds by February.
Most families pick the destination, then hunt its cheapest headline. Try it the other way round: board basis moves your number more than the beach does, and the cheapest lead-in below, £378 per person, buys a week all inclusive in Tunisia on 6 December 2026 (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). Start with the table, then price your dates in the calculator.
Cheap Winter Sun Holidays All Inclusive: What a Family of Four Really Pays
Family of four means two adults and two kids, roughly 6 and 10, in one room. One of the eight weeks carries a seller-published four-person total; the other seven are quoted per person, and the table says so.
| Hotel | Destination | Board basis | Dates priced (7 nights) | 2+2 week total, flights and transfers in | Per-night equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuerteventura Princess | Fuerteventura | All Inclusive | 13 Feb 2027 | £2,292 (2+2) | £327 a night for four |
| Royal Thalassa Monastir | Monastir, Tunisia | All Inclusive | 6 Dec 2026 | Not published (£378pp) | £54pp a night |
| Globales Costa Tropical | Fuerteventura | All Inclusive | 29 Nov 2026 | Not published (£466pp) | £67pp a night |
| Hotel Flamingo Oasis | Benidorm, Costa Blanca | All Inclusive | 15 Dec 2026 | Not published (£509pp) | £73pp a night |
| Sindbad Club | Hurghada, Egypt | All Inclusive | 30 Nov 2026 | Not published (£574pp) | £82pp a night |
| TUI SUNEO El Trebol | Costa Teguise, Lanzarote | All Inclusive | 3 Dec 2026 | Not published (£597pp) | £85pp a night |
| Jaz Makadi Oasis Club | Hurghada, Egypt | All Inclusive | 30 Nov 2026 | Not published (£736pp) | £105pp a night |
| Hotel Riu Touareg | Boa Vista, Cape Verde | All Inclusive | 1 Dec 2026 | Not published (£915pp) | £131pp a night |
| The only published family-of-four total is £2,292; the other seven rows are quoted per person. All eight depart "selected UK airports" and none states a flight time; TUI's own destination pages put London to the Canaries at around four to four and a half hours, the Costa Blanca at around two and a half, and Hurghada and Boa Vista at around six (as of September 2026, source: TUI). Re-verified 3 September 2026 (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). | |||||
The 8 Best-Value All-Inclusive Winter Sun Hotels, Ranked
Ranked on published evidence: board basis off the seller's listing, seven nights, flights and transfers in, a dated winter departure.
Budget band
Globales Costa Tropical, Fuerteventura
The cheap one. £466 per person, from 29 November 2026 (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). The catch: it flies before schools break up. Check current rates against it.
Hotel Flamingo Oasis, Benidorm
The mainland one. £509 per person, from 15 December 2026 (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). The catch: Alicante averages a 17.7C December maximum against 22.0C at Fuerteventura (as of September 2026, source: AEMET). A pool you look at.
TUI SUNEO El Trebol, Costa Teguise
Lanzarote, early December. £597 per person, from 3 December 2026 (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). The catch: 20kg each, the tightest luggage line here, shared with Benidorm.
Mid-range band
Sindbad Club, Hurghada
Red Sea heat. £574 per person, from 30 November 2026 (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). The catch: Hurghada sits outside the Sinai visa waiver, so all four pay at the kiosk.
Jaz Makadi Oasis Club, Hurghada
The step up. £736 per person, from 30 November 2026 (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). The catch: insurance from £71 per person, against £38 on the Globales Costa Tropical row.
Royal Thalassa Monastir, Tunisia
The cheapest per-person lead-in on the list. £378 per person, from 6 December 2026, with no deposit and nine monthly payments of £42 per person (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). The catch: local tax is billed at the property, and winter here is mild. Price, not tan.
Worth the splurge
Fuerteventura Princess
The pick, the only Canaries week published as a four-person figure. £2,292 for two adults and two children, from 13 February 2027 (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). February maxima there average 21.0C (as of September 2026, source: AEMET). The catch: it sits in the February break, which is why it is the dearest Canaries row. Check current rates on Expedia, then book the cheaper column.
Hotel Riu Touareg, Boa Vista
Warmest, priciest. £915 per person, from 1 December 2026 (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). The catch: £16 per person of tax at the property, plus an entry form and security fee.
How a From £431pp Headline Becomes £2,292
Take the cheapest hotel on one winter sun shelf. The card reads "From £431pp" with a £25 saving. Open it: half board, five nights, 7 February 2027, two adults, adults-only hotel (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). Four of those does not exist as a product. Nor do the lunches or the children.
It repeats. A "From £795pp" Tenerife card is ten nights half board; a "From £640pp" Gran Canaria card departs 16 March 2027, which is not winter (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). Read four line items: nights, board, party, date.
All Inclusive, "All Inclusive Light" and Half Board: The Label Trap
"All inclusive light" is the phrase parents meet on forums and in small print, and no glossary behind this table defines it (as of September 2026, sources: Hays Travel, Holiday Hypermarket).
| Board basis | Meals | Local drinks | Branded drinks | Snacks | Hays Travel's published wording, quoted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Half board | Breakfast and one main meal | Free at breakfast only | Charged | Not defined | "Coffee, tea and fruit juices are normally provided free of charge at breakfast, other soft and alcoholic drinks usually incur an additional cost" |
| Full board | Breakfast, lunch and dinner | Free at breakfast only | Charged | Not defined | "Drinks are not usually included, although selected breakfast drinks such as tea, coffee, fruit juice and water are typically available at no extra charge" |
| All inclusive | "Unlimited food" | Included | Not defined | Included | "Unlimited food, beverages, sports activities and day and night entertainment" |
| "Not defined" means the seller publishes no definition. Neither seller defines a la carte access anywhere. Holiday Hypermarket words half board the same way, an option that excludes drinks except for basics such as tea and juice: half board and full board differ by one meal, not by drinks (as of September 2026, sources: Hays Travel, Holiday Hypermarket). | |||||
Our guide to what all inclusive includes puts a family spend against that gap, and the case for and against all-inclusive resorts says when the wristband stops paying.
December vs January vs February Half Term: When the Same Hotel Costs £62pp More
| Flamingo Oasis, all inclusive, 7 nights, 2 adults | Departure priced | Rate | Difference against early December |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early December | 15 December 2026 | £509 per person | Baseline |
| Mid January | None priced | Not published | Not published |
| February half term band | 9 February 2027 | £571 per person | £62 per person, about 12 per cent |
| Both are TUI packages sold through Hays Travel, seven nights all inclusive with transfers, two adults sharing, published side by side on 3 September (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). | |||
£62 a head is less than half-term folklore suggests. For your council's dates see our UK school holidays guide; the booking-by-month guide covers the release cycle.
Where Do Brits Go for Winter Sun and Which Is Cheapest on a Budget?
Winter all-inclusive stock concentrates on the Canaries, the Spanish mainland coasts, Egypt's Red Sea and Cape Verde, and they supply every row above except the Tunisian one. The Algarve is the outlier: not one all-inclusive card on its page (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel).
Cheapest depends which cheap you mean. On all-inclusive package price Tunisia leads at £378 per person, with the Canaries from £466 to £597 in early December. On the ground the Algarve has the cheapest resort basket, £58.95 for eight typical tourist items (as of September 2026, source: Post Office Travel Money). Score bed and breakfast lead-ins across a wider list and another name comes first: our winter sun destinations guide ranks 14 and puts Madeira top, a basket this page does not price.
Last-Minute All-Inclusive Winter Sun: What Is Left in November
Quite a lot, and the cheapest sun of the season. Six of the eight weeks above depart between 29 November and 6 December 2026, the cheapest rates among them (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel).
Late deals flip to four-person pricing too: an Albufeira apartment week for two adults and two kids showed at £1,078 self catering, a Majorca all-inclusive week at £1,455 for four (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). The agent's definition: "A last-minute booking could mean a month or a matter of weeks before departure, but you could also book within days of travel if you're open to a range of options" (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel).
Transfers, Tourist Taxes and the Airport Question
Every package above includes return transfers, the thing a hotel-only booking leaves you solving at midnight with two tired kids. Taxes work differently: the seller quotes some and still collects them at the property, and one is not in the package.
Canaries: all three rows carry the seller's no-local-tax line. Cape Verde: the £16 per person is quoted in the price and still "to be paid at the property", plus an entry form and security fee filed five days ahead or you pay double. Tunisia: billed at the property too, with no amount published on the current listing (as of September 2026, source: Hays Travel). Egypt: an airport visa costs 30 US dollars, cash only, and only Sharm El Sheikh, Dahab, Nuweiba and Taba stays under 15 days are exempt. Hurghada is not on that list, so all four of you pay (as of September 2026, source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office).
None of the eight names an airport: all say "selected UK airports", so confirm yours before building a transfer buffer.
Which Cheap Winter Sun Hotel Is Right for Your Family?
Two under 7 and a hard budget cap: the Fuerteventura late-November week. Nobody in reception cares that your youngest missed three days of Year 2.
School-locked with primary-age kids: the February Canaries week is the one priced for four, so you can budget it without guessing. Flexible on destination: Tunisia is cheaper. Teens who won't leave the room before noon: the Red Sea for the diving, or Benidorm for the strip.
Our take
Fuerteventura Princess at £2,292 is the pick, dearest Canaries row and all, because it is the only Canaries winter week anyone has priced for four. Royal Thalassa Monastir is the cheapest per-person route at £378 in early December, and wins outright if winter warmth matters less than winter money.
Then run it through the visual itinerary builder so the transfer lands where you expect.
Frequently Asked Questions
Data Sources and Verification
Every package rate on this page was fetched from the seller's own listing on 2 September 2026, the eight-hotel table re-verified on 3 September 2026, with the board basis, departure date, duration, party composition and transfer inclusion read off the same page as the price. Climate figures are national met service normals, not resort marketing. Entry and tax rules come from UK government travel advice.
- Hays Travel
- TUI flight destination pages
- Holiday Hypermarket
- AEMET, Spanish State Meteorological Agency
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Post Office Travel Money
Package rates are lead-in prices that move daily and were correct when checked on 2 and 3 September 2026. Re-check the board basis, duration and party composition on the seller's page before you book.