Christmas upgrade, a taste of India, and a last minute ski holiday: Great getaways

Fondly known as India’s Pink City, Jaipur will awaken all your senses. Feel like a Maharaja and relive the culture and regal history from bazaars to temples

A Taste of India

Virgin Holidays is offering a seven-day Taste of India tour for £975 in 2015. The Golden Triangle tour includes Virgin Atlantic flights to Delhi from Heathrow on 8 February, transfers, accommodation, and sightseeing with experienced, English-speaking guides in Delhi, the Taj Mahal, and Jaipur. Price is per person based on two adults sharing, and includes breakfast (virginholidays.co.uk).

Crystal Ski

If your Christmas plans are up in the air, why not head to France for a last-minute ski holiday? Crystal Ski is offering a week self-catering at the three-star Andromede Apartments in Les Deux Alpes for £201pp. The price is based on four people sharing, and includes return flights from Gatwick to Grenoble departing 20 December (crystalski.co.uk).

Upgrade your Christmas

Bag a bargain business class flight to Cape Town this Christmas. Air France/KLM is offering savings of more than 50 per cent on flights to a number of destinations, if booked before tomorrow, 8 December. Return flights to South Africa's second-most populous city cost £943 via Amsterdam, based on a 23 December departure and 29 December return. Other destinations include Dubai and Bangalore. Offer applies to travel between 21 December and 3 January (airfrance.co.uk).

Fair Verona

Citalia, the Italian specialist, is offering a four-night trip next March to Verona, the city of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, for £365pp. The deal includes easyJet flights from Gatwick on 1 March and accommodation at the four-star Grand Hotel on a B&B basis (citalia.com).