Cheap holidays are more popular than ever now due to the current economic climate.  With this in mind here is a beginner’s guide to cheap holidays that can help you to get the holiday you want at a vastly reduced price.

If someone says to you "Cheap holidays" what do you  instantly think of?  Is it a grubby 2  star apartment in the middle of nowhere or a relaxing holiday that is just what  you are looking for?  Anyone who has  never been on a cheap holiday before might be a little concerned about booking  one (especially if they have heard some of the 80s horror stories about them)  but there really is no need to worry.  Thankfully  times have changed, and so have the cheap holidays that are now on offer.  With this in mind here is a beginner's guide  to cheap holidays that can help you to get the holiday you want at a vastly  reduced price.

Cheap holidays are often offered by travel agents as the  departure gets nearer and the full quota for the holiday has not been met. If  you are prepared to wait a little you could get up to 50%, or sometimes even  more off the price of a holiday to destinations all over the world.

Cheap holidays don't mean cheap accommodation or resort.  Holidaymakers who take advantage of low price holidays experience exactly the  same holiday as those who pay full price for the same holiday.

Be prepared to do a little research when you are looking for  cheap holidays, most travel agents will want you to book full price holidays  and try to steer you towards them. However, if you have a limited budget for  your holiday stick to your guns and you will be able to find a holiday that is  perfect for you and your bank balance.

If you are quite adventurous you could even book time off  work, pack your suitcase and head down to your local travel agent or go online  and see what cheap holidays there are which depart in the next few days. Doing  this can get you some amazing discounts – but you need to be ready to go  literally anywhere in the world as there is no saying which cheap holidays will  be available. So if you are looking for a particular type of holiday this might  not be the best option for you.

Set a budget for the amount that you are looking to spend on  cheap holidays and stick to it. If you go way over budget your cheap holiday  might not work out to be as cheap as you had originally planned.

If you don't find anything suitable at first, keep trying.  Cheap holidays become available at a moment's notice and sometimes you have to  keep looking to find the best holiday deal for you.

Remember that cheap holidays give you exactly the same as a  full price holiday and no one knows that you got your holiday cheaper than they  did – unless you want to tell them that is!

So now that you have a little more information on how to  look for and get cheap holidays the only thing left for you to do is grab your  suntan lotion.