Tropical April edition | November 2019 – October 2020 Our pick of tropical retreats, now featuring Los Cabos in Mexico and Kenya Forget umming and aahing over another cocktail – our All Inclusive holidays are all about pushing the boat out, so you might as well give the bartender a shout. Dine to your heart’s delight without the hassle of picking up the bill, and don’t fret about making a dent in your holiday kitty if you fancy staying for some pud. In fact, you barely have to lift a finger once you’ve booked. Flights, transfers, meals and local drinks are all chucked in, which means you’re free to focus on the important stuff – like which swimming cossie makes the cut and how many pairs of shades you need to stuff in your case. Welcome RIU Palace Baja California Los Cabos 26 Introducing First Choice 170 The inside scoop ....................................... 4 Premier ........................................................... 6 SplashWorld ................................................ 7 Weddings & SuneoClub .......................... 8 All Inclusive ................................................... 9 Flying high .................................................. 10 Finishing touches ..................................... 12 Flexible flying ............................................. 13 Long-haul destinations ......................... 14 Multi-Centre holidays ............................. 16 RIU hotels ...................................................... 18 Novotel Phu Quoc Resort Vietnam Escape Mexico .......................................................... 20 Los Cabos, Pacific Coast, Caribbean Coast Florida .......................................................... 68 Sri Lanka Costa Rica St Lucia ......................................................... 72 Aruba ............................................................. 78 Barbados .................................................... 84 Jamaica ........................................................ 92 Costa Rica .................................................. 113 Dominican Republic ............................. 118 Punta Cana Maldives ..................................................... 138 Goa .............................................................. 140 Sri Lanka ................................................... 146 Kenya .......................................................... 150 Mauritius .................................................... 154 146 113 Thailand ....................................................... 161 Phuket, Khao Lak Vietnam ...................................................... 168 PEFC This brochure was Certified produced using 100% When you have finished with This product is from Information carbon-balanced this brochure please recycle it. sustainably managed Just bring it into a TUI shop paper. forests and controlled Flight guide .............................................. 172 CBP010616TUI and we will recycle it for you. PEFC/16-33-141 sources www.pefc.org Insurance ................................................... 173 A-Z guide .................................................. 174 April Edition. This may be superseded and replaced by a later edition. Always check with your travel agent to ensure that you have the most up to date brochure edition. Also see section 2 of Our Agreement with You and Yours with Us for ‘The Price You Pay’. First Choice is a trading name of TUI Our Agreement ...................................... 178 UK Limited. TUI UK Limited is a member of the TUI AG group of companies. The air holiday packages in this brochure are ATOL-protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number is 2524. Please see Our Agreement with You and Yours with Us for more information. This brochure was published in April 2019 and prices are valid from March 2019. Cabo San Lucas Los Cabos The inside scoop Need-to-know info about First Choice holidays new First Choice What’s at your fingertips If you’ve got your eye on Mexico, you’re in luck. We’re now flying to three This brochure’s just a taste of what we do. Head to our Facebook, of the country’s must-see destinations. On Mexico’s Pacific coast, miles of Twitter and Instagram pages for heaps of holiday ideas, plus cracker-coloured sand mingles with bustling, restaurant-lined promenades. hot-off-the-press videos and don’t-miss deals. Head even further west, and you’ve got Los Cabos, which is popular with the likes of George Clooney, thanks to its glitz-and-glamour dining scenes Instagram and nightlife. Over in the east, you can opt for Mexico’s Caribbean coast. instagram.com/ firstchoiceholidays Cancun’s the headliner here, with baby-blue water, lively hotels and a smattering of ancient Mayan ruins nearby. Meanwhile, in Jamaica, the Riu Ocho Rios hotel’s set to get an upgrade. It’ll reopen in winter 2019 sporting a brand new splash park, top-notch YouTube restaurants and a trendy hangout for teens. And that’s on top of its swish youtube.com/ pool scene. firstchoiceholidays What’s more, we’re cutting the ribbon on Kenya. This African animal kingdom majors in safaris and sunshine, with both wildlife-roamed national parks and Tippex-tinted beaches under its belt. You can holiday here with us from winter 2019, and we’re lining up direct flights for summer 2020. Disney’s Animal Kindgom, RIU Sri Lanka, Grand Memories Punta Cana, page 71 page 147 page 122 On our radar Our pick of the hotels in this brochure… 4 The inside scoop Find your holiday match We line up All Inclusive getaways in all shapes and sizes. Holiday Villages put on the full works for fun-filled family holidays. SplashWorld hotels come with unlimited waterpark access. SuneoClub deals in sunshine breaks for savvy spenders. And Premier ups the ante with swanky, luxury pads. 5 1. All Inclusive is our middle fab things name Every one of our holidays is All about Inclusive, meaning the price you pay Premier covers flights, transfers, three meals a day and local drinks as standard. FIRST CHOICE Talk about good value. And at a lot of hotels, a whole bunch more’s included, Keep your eyes peeled for these too. Browse this brochure and check holiday types as you flick through this out firstchoice.co.uk for more info. brochure, and visit firstchoice.co.uk to check out our full range. Hotel inspectors Keep an eye out for the TripAdvisor logo as you flick A Gold through this brochure, Medal logo also guarantees you’re to see how hotels have onto something good – been rated by other guests, these are the ones that and head to our website constantly receive the 2. The options are endless Forget 3. We fly from airports here, for the latest full reviews. best feedback from one size fits all. Our holidays range there and everywhere You can our customers. from five-star beach breaks in far-flung fly direct to more than 70 destinations tropical retreats to action-packed from a whopping 21 regional airports, family holidays in Europe. Not-the- which are dotted throughout the UK norm durations, like three, five and and Ireland. So, there’s a really good 11 nights, are up for grabs in lots of chance your journey to the airport places, and you can even double up on will be a short one when you holiday Tap your way to destinations with our All Inclusive with us. somewhere Multi-Centre holidays. tropical Download the FirstChoice app and you’ll have a one-stop holiday shop in your pocket. It stores digital boarding passes for you, whether you check in on the app or a different device. It also counts down the days until you jet off and gives you all the latest destination info – from what the weather’s doing to the must-see sights. Find out more at firstchoice.co.uk/myapp 4. It’s easy to find a friendly face 5. We’re a caring bunch Looking Whether you just want some advice or after you is top priority, but so is caring you’re ready to book, you can pop in to for the destinations you love. Through Travel aware – Staying safe see us at any TUI Holiday Store. Then, the TUI Care Foundation, we do our & healthy abroad no matter where you head on holiday, bit to help out local people and places. you’ll have a TUI rep on hand to help Plus, lots of our hotels do stuff like you. You can also call, text or email the grow their own veggies, or care for The Foreign & Commonwealth Office and National 24/7 Holidayline while you’re away. nesting turtles. Travel Health Network and Centre have up-to-date advice on staying safe and healthy abroad. O For the latest travel advice from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office including security and local laws, plus passport and visa information check We’re part of the TUI family www.gov.uk/travelaware and follow @FCOtravel and Facebook.com/FCOtravel. We work with TUI, our sister company, to offer you the biggest possible choice of destinations, hotels and flight times – and that’s just for starters. O More information is available by checking So look out for the friendly TUI red ‘smile’ logo http://www.firstchoice.co.uk/holiday/info/travel-aware. when you check in at the airport. You’ll see it on O Keep informed of current travel health news by visiting your transfer buses, excursion coaches and reps’ www.travelhealthpro.org.uk. clipboards, too. The advice can change so check regularly for updates. The inside scoop 5 Luxury holidays all over the world Luxury comes as standard with Premier. Plump for one of these holidays and indulgence is par for the course. Highly rated by you Only our favourite hotels feature in the First Choice Premier range. These are all handpicked and keep their place by receiving great feedback