If you are planning to take a trip abroad with your family, friends, or maybe just a quiet break on your own, then you need to first find out about where to get the best holiday deals.

As the Jubilee celebrations start this weekend, NICOLA ISEARD recalls some of the Queen's favourite overseas trips during her 60-year reign Destinations for a Queen of hearts

From the GREEN GREEN laziest bike to CITIES CITIES the greenest hotel on the planet, the Black Forest capital is an eco-paradise, discovers ROB CROSSAN

CHARLOTTE CIVIL brings you the latest travel offers.

EMILY FOX is enchanted by the Croatian region with its Venetian and Roman architecture, spectacular coastline and celebrity devotees Travel

MEERA SYAL chats to NICK McGRATH about her holiday memories.

PARTY holiday brands Club 18-30 and 2wentys are going head-to-head this summer to attract the up-for-it clubbing crowds. With gig tickets, blissed-out boat parties, bargain prices and free holidays with group bookings, it's a tough choice. VICKY LISSAMAN gives you a run-down of what's new this summer with the brands that like to have it large.

Need a break from austerity? NICOLA ISEARD rounds up some of the most enticing getaways for less than £500, from glamping to rambling

You can paddle in the sea, pedal on hair-raising roads or pootle around this fab isle

Considered one of the most liveable places on Earth, pretty Nantes on the Loire River is so environmentally friendly even its islands are recycled, as CHRIS BEANLAND discovers