Take a late escape

Departin Gatwick this Sunday, Worldwide Journeys (0870 7093020; www.wwj.uk.com) has a week in St Lucia at the three-star Royal St Lucian Hotel for £989pp room only, including flights.

Seven nights in Jamaica at the Sandals Royal Caribbean resort in Montego Bay cost £1,269pp (based on one couple sharing, over-18s only), including all food and drinks, watersports, some excursions and flights from Gatwick this Monday. Call 020 7259 1840.

Mex appeal: departing Gatwick this Monday, Kuoni (01306 747000; www.kuoni.co.uk) has seven nights in Cancun at the Tucancun Beach Resort for £912pp, including all meals, local drinks, some watersports and flights.

A seven-night ski package to Breckenridge in the US costs £579pp (extra nights £15pp per night) in a catered ski chalet, including breakfast, afternoon tea, three-course evening meals with wine and flights from Gatwick on Tuesday. Call Crystal Holidays (0870 848 7000; www.crystalski.co.uk).

Departing Heathrow on Thursday, five nights in Bangkok cost £421pp B&B, at the two-star Hotel New Rotel near Chinatown, including flights. Call usit CAMPUS (0870 240 1010).

Ski Heavenly in California. Ski Safari (020 7740 1221) has seven nights' room only at the three-star Viking Motor Lodge for £525pp, including flights from Heathrow to San Francisco and car hire. Daily departures next week.

See Peru in eight days with Destination South America (01285 885333) on its In and Out Peru itinerary, which visits Lima, Machu Picchu, Cusco and other key sites, for £1,600pp, including accommodation, some meals, transfers and flights from Heathrow. Daily departures next week.

Five nights in Los Angeles cost £579pp with Online Travel Company (0870 8870100; www.otcuk.com), room only at Le Reve Hotel (near Sunset Boulevard and Beverly Hills), which has a health club and rooftop pool. Includes BA flights from Heathrow, daily departures until 6 April.

Cruise the Caribbean aboard Festival Cruises' Mistral: a seven-night round trip from Guadeloupe, visiting St Maarten, Tortola, Dominica and St Barths, costs £895pp in a superior outside cabin, including all meals/entertainment on board, port charges and flights from Heathrow via Paris to Guadeloupe on 30 March. Call 020 7734 0005; www.festivalcruises.com.

Lunn Poly Direct (0870 333 4400) has seven nights in Barbados for £399pp based on two sharing self-catering accommodation (allocated on arrival), including flights from Gatwick on Sunday 1 April.

China on the horizon: departing 2 April, Jade Travel (020 7734 7721) has an eight-day trip to Beijing and Shanghai for £1,343pp, room only, with daily tours and lunch, air transfers and flights from Heathrow.