Package holiday to Spain - best way to do this?

Hi,

We have paid for our new passports and have sent our old passports back.

Now we want to look at package holidays in Spain.

I have always done everything myself (buy flights and arrange hotel or other accommodation when I arrive).
We have been to the Philippines a couple of times but our family of 4 needs a more stress-free package holiday in Spain; you know, stay in one hotel and have access to a swimming pool and nearby beach.
Has anyone done this recently and which is the best way to do this? I haven't done this for donkey's years. They used pesetas when I last went there.
There used to be travel shops with lots of brochures in the past that you could take home and make decisions. Are these still around?
Thanks for any tips and tricks, bye for now.

Can you not just book the flights and get an Airbnb villa,my sis does that twice a year as she finds it really nice having the privacy of the Airbnb?Enjoy the trip,which part of Spain are you looking at?

Travel agents with brochures are still around where you can walk in and talk face to face with staff/travel advisors.

I dont like travel agents lol, we use booking.com a lot,you can suit the travel package, rooms etc to the family rather than the family to the rooms, also gives payment options for example reserve now pay later or when you arrive (slightly more expensive than paying at the time of booking) but gives options.Normally each listing has plenty of photos of the hotel also lists nearest landmarks and travel options many offer a free or for a small cost shuttle service to and from the airport for example we went to Rome 2 of us the shuttle was a car, when we went to Phuket the shuttle was a people carrier 8 seats, each hotel will have varying amounts of reviews from many nationalities and overall ratings and indivudual ratings for breakfast,staff, cleanliness etc. Once we have selected hotel rooms etc we then go onto other hotel sites like expedia and try and get the same hotel up to look at the for the hotel reviews to compare. Trip advisor is also a good site for reviews and google map for reviews looking at the area the hotel is in street view etc
https://www.booking.com/searchresul...59072d6d6af0ccae41c&sb_travel_purpose=leisure

Also get a Wise card or something similar to avoid currency exchange rates
https://wise.com/?utm_source=google...Hd2khKyzTeo8gKaVn6i71AwzJVd2IbOxoCA-UQAvD_BwE

I had a villa in Spain for 6 months,right next to the centre of a beautiful village,a short stroll from restaurants.

my passport expired last week. Its in pristine condition--never used. The last one i think.

Try these: https://paradores.es/es/paradores

I don't mind where we stay, Druk1.
I will look at airbnb, thanks.

Will look at that. Thanks, John.

Thanks, John. Scary - the cost in the height of the season (kids off school) on the Costa del Sol with booking.com was £4,000 .

Here is my attempt for you used 2 adults children aged 11! 2 rooms 29 July 13 nights filtered low to high and scroll through https://www.booking.com/searchresul..._travel_purpose=leisure&order=price&offset=25

That's excellent, thanks, John.

I stayed in a parador in the 80's.
Thanks for reminding me, John

Should of said also look for managed by owner!
There looks like some good deals but I was blurry eyed over my cornflakes!

Now (soon) to wade through everything with the wife and choose how to do everything.
I told her that she must be part of the decision-making process so she cannot complain later.

You've just reminded me. I'm off to Davao in September and I think my passport has less than six months left by the time of travel. Will need to check this and get it sorted.

British tourists vow never to visit Magaluf again as booze crackdown has made it boring:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/british-tourists-vow-never-to-visit-magaluf-again-as-booze-crackdown-has-made-it-boring/ar-AA1cFAxl?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=1e3591aafd454f9eb7b87b6fcfe3ca43&ei=9
Guardia Civil (Police) : "zero tolerance for tourism excesses".
Great to see the drunks' bad behaviour is being curtailed.
If I was 20 y.o. though I would be thinking of taking a holiday somewhere else.
I wonder which country the party-goers (who want to have a skinful) will go?

I read an article about all inclusive holidays in Spain and some Brits were livid that free alcoholic drinks ended at 10pm.

We booked a two week holiday in a quiet area in Mallorca, Spain in August BTW.