How to book: DIY holidays are when you book flights and hotels separately and are required to make payments to various suppliers. You will need to click the separate booking buttons which can be found above (blue buttons) and make individual payments to each of the respective suppliers. You should always check that the prices are the same and/or similar to the prices displayed on our screen shots, to ensure that the components of the offer have not gone up in price. If the listed dates or airports do not suit you, or you want to extend or shorten your stay, just go ahead and tweak the search according to your own preferences! This may, however lead to the price increasing. Additionally, the hotels and flights we have used are only an example of what package can be created, and you always have the option to select a cheaper or more expensive hotel to suit your budget.
We chose departure from Gatwick on 16 April flying to Split returning from Dubrovnik to Gatwick on the 23 April 2016, but there are several dates and airports possible (listed below!)
Itinerary Overview:
16 - 19 April: Fly to Split, stay 3 x nights
19 - 21 April: Drive to Makarska, stay 2 x nights
21 - 23 April: Drive to Dubrovnik, stay 2 x nights and fly back to the UK
Offer Details:
Travel duration: 7 nights
Example date: 16th – 23rd April 2016
Flights from Gatwick to Split – Dubrovnik to Gatwick
Hotels (4 - 5 /5 on TripAdvisor)
Board basis – Breakfast
Car hire with fully covered insurance
Based on 2 adults sharing
Price breakdown for 2 adults sharing:
Flights – £146 / 2 = £73 per person
Hotels – £228.56 / 2 = £114.28 per person
Car hire – £104.74 / 2 = £52.37 per person
Total cost of holiday £479.30 / 2 = £239.65 per person
**Luggage with easyJet can be added for £17 per bag at time of purchase.
**Luggage with Norwegian can be added for £20 per bag at time of purchase.
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Transfers
If you are looking for transfers, a great cheap solution is Hoppa.com, they in general have the cheap transfers and we often have exclusive codes which can knock anywhere up to 20% off your bookings. They have a range of options from shared shuttles to private taxis in a host of destinations including all major European hot spots.
Attractions
If you are looking for some cheap attraction tickets we highly recommend you check out Attractiontix and 365 tickets, they have very competitive rates on theme parks, local attractions, tours and tickets. Always have a look at TripAdvisor when planning your holiday to find out what's hot and what's not when it comes to all the local attractions.
12 comments
DeltaPapaOscar
28 Dec 15#12
Makarska may look beautiful but its not that brilliant. It's just a basic holiday town with a small, nice old town.
whatyadoinsucka
27 Dec 15#11
Definately a holiday for summer July is usually great weather
ps. Why drive the coastline when you can get a ferry from split to Bol or hvar and then onto kotor and onto Dubrovnik
Or many other of the Islands
kikboy
22 Dec 15#9
here you go
Marzipan123
20 Dec 15#8
Average temp in Dubrovnik is 12 Celsius (7 min 16 max) in April, I prefer a bit wormer holidays.
filip737 to Marzipan123
22 Dec 15#10
it will most likely be warmer than that, they have had a warm year (even the winter )
banterchicken
20 Dec 15#7
I went to split for two weeks this year and it's a brilliant city
u0421793
20 Dec 15#6
Well spotted.
gringo1804
20 Dec 15#5
Indeed! I remember having some very nice meals along that stretch of coast.
farfromout
20 Dec 15#4
I agree with the plitvice comment. Stunning place. If you find that you've got extra time whilst in dubrovnik, Kotor is about 90 minutes drive into montenegro. Fantastic place, I recommend you visit and take a bit of a hike up to the fortress. Stunning views of a beautiful area.
Sephiroth
20 Dec 152#2
This certainly looks like a good deal. You could do it without car hire too if you don't drive as the bus service in Croatia is really good.
I highly recommend you fit in a day trip to Plitvice while you're in Croatia. It's possibly the most beautiful place in the country and is what attracted me to book a trip there myself next year. With that itinerary you'd do it from Split.
Makarska looks beautiful, I hadn't even considered it for my own trip so might have to fit it in now!
gringo1804
19 Dec 154#1
The last time I explored this stretch of coast was in 1994, in a white-painted Land Rover. It would be nice to see it in a different context.
roehampton to gringo1804
20 Dec 15#3
The stretch between Split and Dubrovnik in 1994 were still a holiday for the people in white painted land rovers
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We chose departure from Gatwick on 16 April flying to Split returning from Dubrovnik to Gatwick on the 23 April 2016, but there are several dates and airports possible (listed below!)
Itinerary Overview:
16 - 19 April: Fly to Split, stay 3 x nights
19 - 21 April: Drive to Makarska, stay 2 x nights
21 - 23 April: Drive to Dubrovnik, stay 2 x nights and fly back to the UK
Offer Details:
Travel duration: 7 nights
Example date: 16th – 23rd April 2016
Flights from Gatwick to Split – Dubrovnik to Gatwick
Hotels (4 - 5 /5 on TripAdvisor)
Board basis – Breakfast
Car hire with fully covered insurance
Based on 2 adults sharing
Price breakdown for 2 adults sharing:
Flights – £146 / 2 = £73 per person
Hotels – £228.56 / 2 = £114.28 per person
Car hire – £104.74 / 2 = £52.37 per person
Total cost of holiday £479.30 / 2 = £239.65 per person
**Luggage with easyJet can be added for £17 per bag at time of purchase.
**Luggage with Norwegian can be added for £20 per bag at time of purchase.
* * *
Transfers
If you are looking for transfers, a great cheap solution is Hoppa.com, they in general have the cheap transfers and we often have exclusive codes which can knock anywhere up to 20% off your bookings. They have a range of options from shared shuttles to private taxis in a host of destinations including all major European hot spots.
Attractions
If you are looking for some cheap attraction tickets we highly recommend you check out Attractiontix and 365 tickets, they have very competitive rates on theme parks, local attractions, tours and tickets. Always have a look at TripAdvisor when planning your holiday to find out what's hot and what's not when it comes to all the local attractions.
12 comments
ps. Why drive the coastline when you can get a ferry from split to Bol or hvar and then onto kotor and onto Dubrovnik
Or many other of the Islands
I highly recommend you fit in a day trip to Plitvice while you're in Croatia. It's possibly the most beautiful place in the country and is what attracted me to book a trip there myself next year. With that itinerary you'd do it from Split.
Makarska looks beautiful, I hadn't even considered it for my own trip so might have to fit it in now!