If you are want an Easter break to lift the spirits after the cold months of winter, the only problem could be getting flights on peak days of the holiday weekend.

Mandy Round, general manager at easyJet Holidays, says: “An early Easter follows quickly after half-term this year, so families who miss one break will want to get away on the other.

“Because of the flights situation, smart travellers will escape on Wednesday or early Thursday and return after Easter Monday. We have fantastic city breaks in Barcelona and Amsterdam, and great deals on weeks too, especially if you avoid Saturday-to-Saturday travel days when prices are highest.”

The big sellers for the Easter weekend from easyJet Holidays include three nights’ B&B at a four-star hotel in Rome for £342, and two nights’ B&B in Barcelona from £265.

Calum Macdonald, from Latedeals.co.uk, advises: “A week’s holiday from March 27 could mean that you’re away over the two bank holidays (Good Friday and Bank Holiday Monday), using fewer days from your holiday allowance “In terms of destinations, Majorca flights start at the end of March, so there are always well-priced deals. Other short-haul destinations with good prices at this time of year include the Costa Blanca and Costa Del Sol.

“Turkey and Tunisia are also good options for late deals right now.”

Easter ‘specials’ from Latedeals.co.uk include two weeks’ half-board at the four-star Luabay Tenerife, Puerto de la Cruz, from £1,207 for two adults and one child, with flights departing Gatwick on March 23.

At Olympic Holidays, a big discounter in the summer, spokeswoman Jane Williams says its Easter deals take in the Red Sea and Luxor, or Goa.

Seven nights’ all-inclusive at the four-star Coral Beach Montazah Hotel, with a splendid lagoon-style pool and dive centre at the beach, in Sharm el-Sheikh, is down £175 to £639, and includes flights from Manchester on April 4 and transfers.

Olympic Holidays also offers seven nights’ all-inclusive at the four-star Panorama Hotel in El Gouna for £629, saving £95, with flights from Gatwick on April 2.

INFORMATION: Olympic Holidays: 0844 5762386 and olympicholidays.com; latedeals.co.uk: 0800 9165197; easyjet Holidays: 0843 1041000 and easyjet holidays.co.uk.