Less than £200... In September, the Ship and Castle Hotel in St Mawes, Cornwall is offering three-night weekend breaks (Fri-Sun) for £119pp. Based on two sharing, it includes breakfast and dinner each night. Coastand countryhotels.com

Less than £500... Spend five days strolling the shores of Lake Como on a walking trip with uTracks. It departs from Menaggio daily until 31 October and includes B&B hotels with route notes, maps and transfers for £430pp. Flights extra. Utracks.com

Less than £1,000... Cape Verde is an exotic cluster of 10 islands off west Africa. For the price of £999pp, you can see them on a 17-night cruise with Fred Olsen. It departs on the Balmoral from Southampton on 16 Nov for three of the islands, plus Madeira and Tenerife. Fred olsencruises.com