Its a great price- I am going the same day and paid 950 albeit that is to Orlando as we are going to Disney for a week before heading down to Naples again so you got an incredible price there for school hols. I live near Leeds myself. If you have not been to Naples before here are some tips:
1) Good places to stay, you can stay in one of the many hotels downtown, or on the Tamiami Trail. We normally take a villa. Probably been to Naples a dozen times, and really like Lely resort. 15 min drive to central Naples, but about same to Marco Island. If you get a villa with Players Club access- wow that is a great country club on the Lely Resort. We usually use Naplesvillarentals.com who are based in UK.
2) Beach around pier at Naples very nice. Great to watch fishing on peer. You nearly always see dolphins.
3) Some great restaurants in Naples- hundreds of them. For lower priced, the Bonefish Grill, Carabbas, Olive Garden and Longhorn always good. There is a particularly good Outback right outside Lely resort and one in the centre on Tamiami trail, opposite Carabbas. For a really nice treat go to the original Tommy Bahamas in Old Town. This is one of my favourite restaurants, lovely atmosphere with band on an evening.
4) Have a trip up to Sanibel and Fort Myers if you get time.
5) Go to Tangers outlets on the way up to Fort Myers (half hour drive from Naples) this is one of the best outlet malls I have been to in USA and I have been to a lot across 20 states. Abercrombie shirts for £15 for example.
6) Also up near Fort Myers is a place called Gulf Coast Town Centre- some good restaurants in there and it is near the Tangier outlet so can combine a trip to Fort Myers and Sanibel with an afternoon at outlet mall and a meal here.
7) Also in this area is the Corkscrew Sanctuary- boardwalks through conservation areas.
:sunglasses: Laudermilk Beach in Naples is a cracker.
9) Trip to Marco worth it- there is a beach called Tigertail. Park up and wade over a lagoon to a virtually deserted beach with sharks teeth and sand dollars.

Enjoy. I have been to all the areas you are going and as you can guess Naples is by far my favourite. It is the richest city in US per capita and it shows. The Old Town is lovely.

A few years back had to sue Delta as they delayed us 12 hours due to a plane breakdown and failed to pay delayed flight compensation.

Correct, the Virgin A330 got struck on the way into Atlanta to pick us up.
No virgin staff about, the Virgin guy at the airport was clearly Delta.
Waited hours for the to announce it woul'dnt fly, then they only secured 20 rooms for 200+ people
Found our own hotel and were told to come back at 12.00 the following day.
Staff at check in didn't arrive until 1.30pm, who then announced the whole flight was cancelled and that 60 spaces were available on the scheduled flight that night - luckily we were at the front of the queue.
Remaining people had to take flights all over europe and then into britain.
Flight was due to leave at 6.00, didnt take off until 9.00 - excuse, cleaning was taking longer than expected.
When our bags were offloaded they were left on the runway and soaked, we are still missing one which we expect in the next day or so.
Not great - it was a work trip not pleasue, finally got home at 1.00pm Sunday rather than 9.00am on Saturday.

We did this last year with Thomas Cook and kept an eye on their site to grab an upgrade to Premium Economy well worth it
cost £1200 for 3 of us including Morel in the Florida Keys

30 hours avg journey time?! Rather pay the £800 and be there in 10

Just spent 26 hours in Atlanta after the incoming Virgin was hit by lightening. The stop was supposed to be a hour after a delta up from Fort Lauderdale. Still missing a case. My point is that the Delta flight they will use are run by the biggest bunch of incompetents I have ever come across. That said, great price just don't expect any help if something goes wrong at changeover.

That's fantastic info, I'll check it out. Thanks again

Its a great price- I am going the same day and paid 950 albeit that is to Orlando as we are going to Disney for a week before heading down to Naples again so you got an incredible price there for school hols. I live near Leeds myself. If you have not been to Naples before here are some tips:
1) Good places to stay, you can stay in one of the many hotels downtown, or on the Tamiami Trail. We normally take a villa. Probably been to Naples a dozen times, and really like Lely resort. 15 min drive to central Naples, but about same to Marco Island. If you get a villa with Players Club access- wow that is a great country club on the Lely Resort. We usually use Naplesvillarentals.com who are based in UK.
2) Beach around pier at Naples very nice. Great to watch fishing on peer. You nearly always see dolphins.
3) Some great restaurants in Naples- hundreds of them. For lower priced, the Bonefish Grill, Carabbas, Olive Garden and Longhorn always good. There is a particularly good Outback right outside Lely resort and one in the centre on Tamiami trail, opposite Carabbas. For a really nice treat go to the original Tommy Bahamas in Old Town. This is one of my favourite restaurants, lovely atmosphere with band on an evening.
4) Have a trip up to Sanibel and Fort Myers if you get time.
5) Go to Tangers outlets on the way up to Fort Myers (half hour drive from Naples) this is one of the best outlet malls I have been to in USA and I have been to a lot across 20 states. Abercrombie shirts for £15 for example.
6) Also up near Fort Myers is a place called Gulf Coast Town Centre- some good restaurants in there and it is near the Tangier outlet so can combine a trip to Fort Myers and Sanibel with an afternoon at outlet mall and a meal here.
7) Also in this area is the Corkscrew Sanctuary- boardwalks through conservation areas.
:sunglasses: Laudermilk Beach in Naples is a cracker.
9) Trip to Marco worth it- there is a beach called Tigertail. Park up and wade over a lagoon to a virtually deserted beach with sharks teeth and sand dollars.

Enjoy. I have been to all the areas you are going and as you can guess Naples is by far my favourite. It is the richest city in US per capita and it shows. The Old Town is lovely.

Check out Norwegian Air. A no frills airline. But dream liners and direct for the price of the cheapest stop over

any luck on san fran, can't seem to find a good price for it

thanks

£355 appears to be the cheapest now.

Thanks, booked a fortnight and going to try 4 days Miami area, a week around the Cocoa beach area and then back across to Naples for the remainder.
We got £340 average for 3 adults and an 11 year old from leeds. Overnight stop at Heathrow but was cheaper to do that and get a hotel in London than fly from Manchester. 15 nights

Hot and sweaty. Will rain a lot, but in August the rain usually clears quick and it dries up quick (it can be pouring and half an hour later totally dry and sunny). Best time for Florida is October (albeit not if a hurricane comes- they usually come Sept or October), November, early December, April and May. Jan and Feb are good weather, but usually v busy with snowbirds etc. I go to Florida a lot and would recommend Gulf Coast- notably Naples and Sanibel/ Fort Myers areas.

hurricane season July - Oct

What's the weather like mid August around the cocoa beach area? Thanks

I lived in Florida for 3 years, for all practical purposes the unofficial H season blows in October.

' works out at less than going to Cyprus for us'
what about accommodation cost? are they cheap enough?

I spent a day in Atlanta after our plane out of orlando was late taking off. And then they lost my luggage. Not the most fun journey

Thanks OP.
Excellent price,just booked this morning.

Thanks, we flew this last year - not impressed with the old planes. I was hoping if it might be another operator.

No it doesn't, official hurricane season is 1st June to 30th November.

Ain't it hurricane season in August round those parts?

Lighter planes fly better! Or was it a weather event? :wink:

cheap flight but at what cost. 26 hour flight!!

Don't forget you SNOW Shovel

Never had any issues with Delta, just claim off your holiday insurance, everyone's a winner

Great price - who is the flight to Atlanta with please?

Thanks, just booked a sneaky trip :smiley: Price jumped £80 at last stage but still very cheap