Skiing, guide, accommodation and food €159 per day.
Next departure is 1 October, for €850pp for 10 days including most meals, guide accommodation, activities and transfers.
Tailor-made trips to Rajasthan start at £1,990 per person including flights, private transfers with a guide, accommodation in heritage properties and entrance fees.
A nine-day private tour, including guide, accommodation, all breakfasts and most other meals, internal transfers, activities, wine tastings and contributions to the social projects visited, but not international flights, costs from £985pp, based on two sharing.
Kids must be aged 10 and over, and you'll be with a few other families in a small group, where you get tuition, a guide, accommodation in family-friendly inns and most meals.
From £2,145pp, daily departures April-November, including flights, transfers, sightseeing, English-speaking guide, accommodation and some meals (0845 057 1819, balesworldwide.com) There's nothing special about 2011, we always want to go to New York, but this year it should be slightly easier to stick to a budget with the opening of several new low-end but high-style hotels.
GETTING AROUND There are several companies that offer tours of Ha Giang by motorbike or car that begin and end in Hanoi and include an English-speaking guide, accommodations, meals, permits and entrance fees.
Wilderness Journeys (0131 625 6635; wildernessjourneys.com) offers an eight-night Haute Route expedition, including guiding, accommodation and most meals, for £1,195.
H&I Adventures Mountain Biking Worldwide (01463 239716; mountainbikeworldwide.com) offers an eight-day Yukon mountain biking trip; the price of £1,600 per person includes guiding, accommodation and all meals; flights not included.
Tom Robbins travelled with Wilderness Journeys (+44 (0)131 625 6635; wildernessjourneys.com), which offers an eight-night Haute Route trip for £1,195, including guides, accommodation in mountain huts and in Chamonix at the start and finish, and most meals.
Spaces are still available on its Wet Weekend three-day swimming break from 19-21 August (£250pp including expert guides, accommodation and food) but the company also offers group days out and private booking options.
