Where can I guarantee sun, Mid-October?

[Disastrous]

Simple as that folks-got a gf from a sunnier land than Scotland who's desperately missing a decent Summer and we can't get away until October...so where can I book to guarantee 25 degrees plus?

[ChrisBMW]

Budget?
How long are you planning to be away?
Does the flight time matter?

[Disastrous]

Time away - a weekish

Flight time - not important but that said, Australia for a week would be daft!

Budget - negotiable for the right place. Circa £1k pp doable?

[boobles]

Dubai & Egypt are still hot in October.

[Disastrous]

boobles said:

Dubai & Egypt are still hot in October.

Egypt is a great shout but she's not keen, regardless of how much I want my PADI.

What about Turkey, round about fethiye or something? Warm enough?

[TimJMS]

Disastrous said:

Egypt is a great shout but she's not keen, regardless of how much I want my PADI.

What about Turkey, round about fethiye or something? Warm enough?

Warm enough certainly. I'd love to be able to tell you that it's sun, sun, sun then but the truth is you can be unlucky and get rainy days.

[durbster]

Yep, the tourist season on the west coast of Turkey ends mid-October. I went there in early October and while the first week was stunning, the second saw the clouds start to roll in and things wind down.

What about India?

[AdamC1983]

Carribean? Me n the mrs have been to dominican republic twice now at end of october and its been red hot! Ok so there was the odd shower on a night but it is the carribean afterall! But temps are always above 30!

[otolith]

We went to the Dominican for our honeymoon in early September and had a hurricane in the second week.

[Silverbullet767]

Vegas baby!

[Use Psychology]

mercury

[AdamC1983]

otolith said:

We went to the Dominican for our honeymoon in early September and had a hurricane in the second week.

Thats because its hurricane season till october! After that its fine! Go in november its lush!

[Disastrous]

Good shout. We'd looked at Cuba but the hurricane season was putting us (her) off.

India we're both kind of uninterested in; I have no idea why!

What about South or East Africa/Mauritius?

[rlw]

Playa Blanca on Lanzarote. Still very warm, good food to be found, quiet, cheap and close.

[Disastrous]

rlw said:

Playa Blanca on Lanzarote. Still very warm, good food to be found, quiet, cheap and close.

Good suggestion - will look into it, ta!

[Jaguar steve]

Disastrous said:

rlw said:

Playa Blanca on Lanzarote. Still very warm, good food to be found, quiet, cheap and close.

Good suggestion - will look into it, ta!

Just what I was thinking. Southern lanzarote and northern furteventura have a unique micro climate that's not reflected in the weather statistics taken from the islands weather statistics. Chances are you'll get warm sunshine even if the rest of the canaries are shrouded in cloud.
Choose playa Blanca for good 4 star hotel choice and epic inland scenery, or corralejo for more self catering options and stunning beaches. Both resorts are not entirely Chav free but if you want wall to wall sunshine in the autumn and good food without breaking the bank then these two are hard to beat
Car hire is cheap and both islands are worth exploring. Been going to both for winter sunshine for the last 15 years now and my choice would be fuerteventura.

[bennyboydurham]

Disastrous said:

Egypt is a great shout but she's not keen, regardless of how much I want my PADI.

What about Turkey, round about fethiye or something? Warm enough?

Dubai. Temps well into the 30s then. Plenty of decent hotels, shopping, sea, sand, camels, you'd be there in 6/7 hours direct from Glasgow or Edinburgh.

[DSLiverpool]

rlw said:

Playa Blanca on Lanzarote. Still very warm, good food to be found, quiet, cheap and close.

Agree - look at Villa Vik if you want an amazingly chilled time