Antarctic adventure

DEALS:John Galligan Travel in Dublin is offering a tour to Antarctica. The group will travel to Buenos Aires in November before taking a private charter to Ushuaia at the southernmost tip of South America to board the expedition ship MV Bremen. The ship will retrace the steps of Ernest Shackleton's journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia in 1916, as well as zodiac landings on the Antarctic peninsula. The 19-day trip will cost €8,569pp sharing. See jgt.ie

Learnto ceili dance in Teac Jack in Glassagh in Donegal on Tuesday nights by booking a package from Dublin that includes flights and two nights' accommodation and one dinner (from €170pps). Book by February 29th and get two days free car hire. Tel: 074-9548284

Takethe family to the Vendée on May 19th for a 12-night holiday with Campotel.com, sailing on Brittany Ferries and staying in Camping La Dune les Sables. It will cost from €880, and increases to from €985 the following week

Discoverthe province of Ontario on a fly-drive holiday from Ireland with Canadianaffair.ie. Flights from Dublin and Shannon cost from €499 and a week's fly-drive package with car hire and accommodation on a planned route costs from €494pps

Playbridge in the sun with a Navan Travel tour to Majorca in May. On May 12th-19th the group will stay in Sa Como in a four-star hotel, and play bridge on five nights, with the days free to enjoy the sun and explore the island. The trip will cost from €789pps, including flights, transfers and dinner each evening. Tel: 046-9068600, Navantravel.ie