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EXPERTS have revealed the best time to book your flights this year for a summer holiday, depending on which city you are heading to.

The recent study, conducted by Which?, looked at when the cheapest flights could be found for 22 cities, both short and long haul.

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A recent study has found the cheapest Faro flights for the summer holidays can be found just five weeks before travelling[/caption]

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Long-haul flights were also included, with the best time to book New York being June for an August break[/caption]

Some destinations are best to book at short notice if wanting to visit during the August summer holidays.

For example, the cheapest deal for Faro in Portugal was found just five weeks before travelling – meaning booking around July.

Similarly, Athens and Budapest were cheapest six weeks out for August, so around late June.

But if wanting to visit some Spanish cities, you will need to be booking much further in advance.

For example, the cheapest flights to Seville were found 25 weeks ahead of travel – so you would need to book your August holiday around March.

Other Spanish destinations you would need to book around May for the best deal include Valencia (12 weeks ahead), Barcelona (13 weeks ahead) and Majorca (13 weeks ahead).

The European destination you’d need to book furthest in advance is Paris, with a huge 26 weeks ahead of August being the cheapest time (so booking by the end of next month).

Other European destination booking times include:

• Amsterdam – 15 weeks
• Berlin – 24 weeks
• Lisbon – 16 weeks
• Prague – 19 weeks
• Tenerife – 10 weeks

Wanting to go further afield? The best time for a bargain New York summer is when it is booked around June, with a similar time for Bangkok flights.

But if you’re wanting the absolute cheapest flight, you will have to ditch the summer holidays altogether – all but three of the short-haul destinations were found to be the cheapest in January.

Lisbon had the cheapest fares in December, while Nice was cheapest in November and Majorca was cheapest in March.

Naomi Leach, Deputy Editor of Which? Travel, said: “Our research threw up some surprising results and suggests some holidaymakers could save significant sums of money by targeting the right time to book their flights.

“For those looking for a bargain trip, our findings show January is generally the cheapest time to fly short haul, as long as you don’t mind the cold weather.

“It is worth setting up flight alerts with Google Flights or Skyscanner to track the best prices for your desired destination to find the best time to book a great deal.” 

Another recent study by Which? found the most affordable destination for holiday packages.

The study looked at 5,590 package holidays on sale with three of the UK’s biggest tour operators – easyJet holidays, TUI and Jet2holidays.

Dalaman in Turkey was found to be the cheapest, with a seven-night package with return flights around £859pp on average.

Also cheap was Agadir in Morocco, costing around £889pp for a similar holiday package deal.

Here’s another way to find cheap flights, according to a flight attendant.

And we’ve revealed how to always find TUI’s cheapest flights.

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Seville needs to be booked around 25 weeks before the summer holidays for the best flight deal[/caption]

A WOMAN has issued a stark warning after a 20-minute sunbed session left her with the skin on her face peeling off.

Natalia Armstrong took to TikTok to show the horrific aftermath of laying on a sunbed back to front for a whopping 20 minutes.

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Natalia claimed she felt totally ‘fine’ after the 20-minute sunbed session – but it all changed just two days later[/caption]

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The young woman has since taken to TikTok to raise awareness about sunbeds after her face was left peeling[/caption]

The young brunette, who urged others to not make the same mistake as she had, explained that she had put her face where her feet should’ve been – and her toes under the facial tubes.

Warning fellow beauty buffs about the dangers, Natalia said that the UV lights by the feet area are ”stronger than it is on the facial tanner”.

Although at first Natalia felt completely ”fine” and didn’t have any obvious signs of a nasty sunburn, it all changed just two days later, she recalled in the shocking video.

”My sisters woke up me up and were like ‘Look at your face, Nat. Please, just look at your face’.”

Sharing a snap of her red and tight skin just 48 hours after going on the sunbed, Natalia told her 141k followers that she ”couldn’t even smile properly”.

”It was really tight, I couldn’t smile, it felt weird. I thought ‘Oh my god, I’m gonna scar, I’m really gonna hurt myself […] after I’ve just paid £7,000 in Turkey for my teeth’.”

However, the worse was yet to come, after one of Natalia’s friends who works at the hospital took one look at her finger and strongly advised her to get checked by a doctor.

In total, Natalia, whose fingers had ballooned up after the 20-minute sunbed session, had to had four rings ”chopped off” and her index finger developed an infection.

”They just kept on dashing loads of gunk out. They did clean it all and out this bandage on.”

”I am damaged – but it can be fixed,” said Natalia who added she was ”very lucky” that some of her friends had told her about laying upside down method – and she decided to give it a go too.

”So, me being me, I did it like everyone else does it. I didn’t know this was gonna happen to my face – otherwise, I wouldn’t have never done it.”

Urging everyone to spread awareness, Natalia said: ”Share it, repost it. If you know somebody who does this, please tell them not to.”

She added: ”I did never think this was a thing – until it happened.”

Sunbed risks

Sunbeds have long been linked to skin cancer and have even been banned in countries like Brazil and Australia.

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), there is significant evidence to show that using tanning beds causes melanoma.

They report that sunbeds increase the risk of skin cancer by up to 20 per cent, and also state that they have no positive benefits to our health.

Sharing her expertise, Carol Cooper, Sun Doctor, said: ”Let’s be clear about sunbeds. It’s not just ‘some’ experts that say they’re bad for your skin. It’s almost all of them.

”Actually, anyone who’s ever used a sunbed is at least 20% more likely to develop malignant melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer.

”UV rays damage the DNA in skin cells, so they’re more likely to mutate into cancer. You don’t even have to burn for it to happen.”

‘Please, just don’t use them at all’

Since being posted on the platform, the video has gone viral, racking up a staggering 1.2million views in just three days.

Many social media users insisted that Natalia shouldn’t have gone on a sunbed in the first place, let alone for that long.

One person wrote: ”I didn’t think sunbeds were a thing in 2025. It horrifies me I went on them in the 90’s!! They’re so dangerous.”

Someone else chimed in, sharing their horrific experience: ”Please just don’t use them at all, from someone who now has scars everywhere due to skin cancer removals.”

A third had seen the clip just in time and wrote: ”This is seriously a sign sent from the universe cause someone literally told me yesterday to go on it upside down to tan faster!

”[I] was gonna do that today & just seen this! Hope you recover quickly.”

”Sunbeds all together are a huge risk. I spent 6 months doing 9 minutes a week. Because of that I developed skin cancer,” a viewer wrote.

”sorry but common sense tells you that 20 mins on a sunbed is stupid, but hope you get better soon,” another added.

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LET’S be crystal clear. There is NO Spanish tourist ban.

Despite the fear-mongering headlines, there is not, and will never be, a ban on tourists.

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Brits should ignore the fear-mongering of a Spain tourist ban as it is just not true[/caption]

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The restriction is on holiday lets – so you can easily stay in other hotels[/caption]

To say otherwise is just total nonsense.

Last year, Spain welcomed more than 94million holidaymakers – bringing in an astonishing £106billion in revenue. Tourism generates more than 13percent of Spain’s GDP.

But with this booming industry, of course, comes issues.

The last few years has seen protests across mainland Spain, the Balearic and Canary Islands as locals frustrated by the lack of affordable housing take action.

In Barcelona, furious city dwellers fired water pistols at tourists eating in restaurants.

In Majorca, they posted fake closure signs on beaches and in Tenerife protestors chanted ‘This beach is ours’ as Brits sunbathed nearby.

The root of the issue is the lack of housing.

Protestors are furious at the huge increase in short term rentals like Airbnb, saying they are robbing residents of affordable properties.

In a bid to placate Spanish citizens, authorities are fighting back.

Malaga has introduced a new law this month, preventing the registration of any more new holiday rentals for the next three years across 43 districts in the city and across the Costa del Sol.

It follows similar legislation in Alicante and Madrid.

Putting the brakes on yet more apartments being turned into short term rental holiday properties is hoped to give locals a better chance of finding long term lets.

So the ‘ban’ is just that – no more holiday lets can be registered. Holidaymakers can continue to visit hotels, Airbnbs and other holiday accommodation such as villas as normal.

The ban will impact a small number of holiday rentals registered since February 2022 that share access and resources with permanent residents.

So this summer, we will continue to be able to enjoy the fascinating cities and golden beaches of Spain as normal.

While this is not a tourist ban, it could make it more expensive for tourists, due to a reduced number of accommodation options.

Barcelona is to introduce the strictest rule, with holiday flats completely banned.

With more than 10,100 in the city, the full ban hopes to be in place by 2029.

The Spanish islands could also follow suit in the upcoming months.

Brits will instead have to stay at registered properties such as B&Bs and hotels.

We’ve rounded up some of the best Spanish hotels, including one that feels “more like Thailand”.

A hotel in Huelva was named the best all-inclusive resort in Spain last year, while this one has Maldives-style overwater rooms.

Here are some other Spain rules Brits need to know about as well, including additional personal information needed when checking into hotels, dress codes and smoking bans.

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Spain will continue welcoming Brits this summer[/caption]

THE world’s largest aircraft dubbed the “flying bum” finally has a take off date, with tourist trips to Spain and the Arctic already planned.

The project has already cost £140 million and suffered a crash landing, but the airborne giant is now on the brink of full production and could be ferrying people through the skies by 2029.

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The huge aircraft could be the future of flying in Europe[/caption]

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The passenger cabin will fit beneath an enormous helium-filled balloon[/caption]

The 302 foot-long Airlander 10 is a hybrid between a plane and an airship – and is touted as the world’s most efficient large aircraft.

It is filled with helium for buoyancy and will float through the skies at 130km/h, powered by diesel engine propellers.

The blimp will treat passengers to a luxury experience, complete with en-suite bedrooms, fine dining and “horizon-to-horizon” views.

A factory in Doncaster has been lined up to produce 24 of the gigantic vehicles every year – which will create 1,200 jobs for the city and whopping annual sales of £1.2 billion.

The company behind the project, Hybrid Air Vehicles, boasts the Airlander will “transform what aircraft can do”.

But before the project can properly take off, hundreds of millions of pounds must be raised to keep the company afloat.

HAV thinks it will need an eye-watering £300 million over the next few years to break even.

Tom Grundy, the CEO, said “We’re done prototyping. The next step is multiple aircraft going through production.

“The sort of thing air taxis are going through now, we’ve put behind us.”

The plane’s “flying bum” nickname comes from its distinctive swollen rear end.

Its maiden flight was completed back in 2016 in Bedfordshire, but on its second outing the airship nose-dived into a field.

No one was injured in the accident, but the cockpit was destroyed and major repairs needed.

Since then, two huge inflatable “airbags” have been added, which are stowed during the flight and protect the cockpit on landing.

The ship will be able to fly through the skies for more than five days and can land on almost any surface – including “fields, tarmac or sea” – so does not rely on traditional airport infrastructure.

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Inside the passenger cabin of the Airlander 10[/caption]

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Almost £2 billion worth of the airships have already been reserved, including by the Spanish company Air Nostrum – one of Europe’s largest airlines.

The first flights are expected to happen in Spain, with tourist trips to the Arctic also on the horizon.

Grundy said his company’s efficient aircraft will offer a solution for the aviation industry, which faces huge government pressure to reduce its carbon footprint.

He said: “We’ve got a path to taking 75 to 90 per cent of the emissions out of flying.

“There’s nothing else out there that can do that so imminently.”

Commercial airship travel stopped in 1937 after the Hindenburg disaster, when 35 people were killed in a crash.

Grundy said: “There have been many years of trying and failing to make airships work commercially.

“Helium brings all sorts of problems and means an airship needs to be really big because it takes a lot of volume to do the job.

“Our platform can be smaller, and smaller generally means cheaper so we can address different markets.”

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The aircraft will be able to touch down on land, sea or tarmac[/caption]