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DITCH the rock-hard plastic airport seats and those wildly overpriced soggy meal deals – you don’t need to spend thousands on a first class plane ticket to kick off your next holiday in style.

Instead of stressing over departure boards and trying to find a seat in a packed terminal, you could be stretching out on a plush sofa in a private lounge before your next flight.

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Here you can tuck into a complimentary buffet, sip on free alcoholic beverages or even have a quick nap in a private sleep pod.

The secret to this pre-flight luxury is bagging a Priority Pass. Right now, Sun readers can slash 20% off the annual membership fee by clicking here.

Priority Pass members get access to over 1,900 airport lounges across the globe, including those in popular UK airports like London Heathrow, Gatwick, East Midlands, Manchester and Birmingham.

Lounges available depend on which airport you are flying from, but they include the luxurious Aspire Lounge with complimentary food and alcoholic drinks, as well as No. 1 Lounges, Skylife Lounge, Escape Lounges and more.

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A standard membership normally costs £69 a year, but our discount for Sun readers drops the price to just £55.

Once you have your pass, you simply pay £24 each time you want to visit a lounge.

And with all the complimentary food and free-flowing drink inside, you can easily make your money back with all your savings from skipping pricey terminal restaurants and bars.

Beyond the free food, the lounges offer high-speed Wi-Fi, plenty of charging points, comfy sofas and quiet zones.

Depending on the airport, you can even find dedicated workspaces, hot showers, and sleep pods to refresh yourself.

The VIP perks also extend beyond the lounge doors. Priority Pass members get access to Be Relax spa treatments, meaning you can treat yourself to a pre-flight massage or manicure at participating airports.

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You also get a brilliant freebie to use at home: complimentary access to the WithU Fitness app, which is normally worth £79.99.

The app creates you a personalised exercise program for the gym or home, complete with guided audio workouts coached by professionals.

So not only are you travelling well-fed and well-rested, but you’ve now got a fresh manicure to show off on holiday and a free workout program to take home and on your travels.

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AS WE enter autumn, what better way to treat yourself than a spa trip?

There are a whole bunch of great offers out there at the moment for spa days, breaks and getaways, both in the UK or abroad.

And so you don’t have to do all that searching, we have found the very top offers for you.

Day spa pass

Brooklands Hotel spa and dining experience

The Brooklands Hotel in Weybridge offers three hours of spa access from £27pp, or upgrade to three hours of spa access, a spa treatment and a meal, from £76.69pp.

The spa features a Finnish sauna, infrared sauna, steam room, Himalayan salt room, rooftop hot tub, sunlight therapy room, experience shower, ice fountain and a relaxation area.

As well as three hours of spa access, bookings include a 25-minute or 50-minute treatment, depending on what you choose.

These include a cranial massage; back, neck and shoulder massage; express facial; body brush; manicure or a pedicure.

The package also features a meal – breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea or dinner – depending on what time of day your three-hour spa visit is booked for.

Imagine Spa Orton Hall

Orton Hall Hotel offers a half-day spa visit and treatment from £29.95pp or £59 for two people.

Orton Hall’s Imagine Spa features a heated pool, sauna, steam room and a small gym.

Guests also then receive a 45-minute Serail mud chamber treatment as part of the package.

Macdonald Houston House Hotel & Spa

In West Lothian, you can visit Macdonald Houston House Hotel & Spa, for a spa day with 25-minute treatment and two course meal for £36.19pp.

Alternatively, if there are two of you it will cost £85.

In the hotel, you can head to the pool, as well as a sauna and steam room.

Bannatyne Health Clubs

One of the most popular options for a spa day is Bannatyne Health Club, with locations across the country.

With Virgin Experience Days, book a spa day with a 30-minute treatment for two people, for £69 in total.

Treatment options include a Swedish back, neck & shoulders massage; express facial or full body seasonal scrub.

Alternatively, also with Virgin Experience Days, there is a spa day with three treatments from £55 per person.

The three treatments last 35-minutes in total and include a welcome touch facial with a scalp massage; hand and arm massage and a mini back massage.

Guests also receive a Divine Eye Mask as well.

Montcalm Royal London House

If you are in the capital, the five-star Montcalm Royal London House offers a two-hour spa experience from £34.95.

This includes the pool, sauna and steam room – though the offer is only available Monday to Thursday.

Holmer Park Spa and Health Club

Homer Park Spa in Hereford has two spa packages on offer.

The Twilight Spa costs £39, with guests allowed to access the spa between 6pm and 9pm, available Monday to Thursday.

Or for £55, there is the Thermal Relaxation Experience – a half-day (four hours) experience of the spa.

The spa includes a pool, sauna and steam rooms.

Riverhills Spa, Suffolk

Riverhills Spa in Suffolk offers a Fire and Ice Experience for £55.

It includes access to the spa facilities for four hours, such as a snow shower, volcano sauna and aroma steam room.

There is also a pool, relaxation area, fitness studio and gardens.

A robe, towel and flip-flops are included.

Wowcher mystery spa trip

Don’t want to spend anything more than a tenner? Well, with Wowcher there is an offer for a mystery spa trip.

For £9.99, you can purchase a Wowcher mystery spa trip with the opportunity to win a spa break to Paris, France.

However, most of the prizes are a £15 voucher to use towards a spa in the UK.

Might be worth the gamble though?

Overnight stays

Twilight Spa Escape at the Moor Hall Hotel & Spa

Moor Hall Hotel and Spa in Birmingham offers a Twilight Spa Escape package which includes an overnight stay, access to the spa from 4pm and a 25-minute treatment from £214.35 if you’re staying alone, and £291.90 for two people sharing a room – which works out at £146pp.

The spa features a pool, spa bath, sauna, steam room, relaxation room and gym.

And the treatment included is a Templespa Skin Smoothie Facial.

Also included is a homemade pizza in the evening and a full-English breakfast in the morning.

Doubletree by Hilton Bristol South – Cadbury House

Cadbury House in Congresbury, Somerset, which dates back to 1790, offers an overnight spa stay from £198 for two people, which works out at £99pp.

Included in the package you’ll get a standard double room for two people, with dinner and breakfast.

In the spa, there is a thermal suite with heated floors, hanging pods and an outdoor hot tub.

Spa Break for two at Trenython Manor, Cornwall

Down in Cornwall, Trenython Manor has a spa break for two from £99.

The hotel sits on a private 24-acre estate and has a leisure club as well as spa.

Also included in the package is a full-English breakfast and a bottle of prosecco.

What makes it even better is the late 12pm check-out for a good lie in.

Sunday Slowdown Spa Break at the Ringwood Hall Hotel & Spa

Ringwood Hall, in Chesterfield offers a Sunday Slowdown Spa Break for a Sunday night stay with spa access, a two-course dinner and breakfast from £198.

The two-course dinner will be in the Coach House Restaurant with meals using local produce.

In the Garden Secret Spa there are steam rooms, saunas, a vitality pool and relaxation lounges.

Overnight spa break with dinner at Bournemouth West Cliff Hotel

Via Red Letter Days, Bournemouth West Cliff Hotel offers an overnight spa break for two with dinner included from £159.99 – just £80 per person.

You purchase the voucher, which can then be used within 12 months at the hotel between September and May, Sunday to Friday.

The hotel’s spa features an indoor pool, two spa pools, a sauna, a steam room, a hot tub and an “aromatherapy cave”.

A three-course dinner at the hotel’s brasserie restaurant is also included, and so is a full-English breakfast in the morning.

Park Hall Hotel Lancashire spa break for two with breakfast and spa access

Park Hall Hotel in Lancashire offers a spa break for two, with breakfast included from just £89 – £44.50 per person.

The four-star hotel, which is surrounded by lakes and woodlands, boasts a spa with a hydrotherapy lagoon, hot tub, sauna, steam room, pool, relaxation areas and a gym.

While the package doesn’t include any spa treatments, you do get 20 per cent off treatments booked during your stay.

And you can upgrade your package to add a two-course meal at the restaurant onsite.

The package is available on select dates until April 20, 2027.

Weekend stay

Budapest, Hungary

Why stay in the UK when you could head abroad?

Fly to Budapest, Hungary, and stay at the Central Hotel 21 in the city historic Palace District for just £99pp.

Included in the package is a standard room with an en-suite bathroom, bike rental, a shuttle service, return flights, and an entry ticket to the Széchenyi Thermal Spa.

Fly from either Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, London Southend, or London City airports.

The hotel is also ideally located close to a lot of the top sights in the city including the Danube just a five-minute walk away.

Ona Lomas Village Manga Club

In Spain, Ona Lomas Village Manga Club offers a spa break via On The Beach for just £100pp.

The spa at the hotel features an indoor pool, saunas, a steam room, a solarium and a gym.

There are a further two outdoor pools as well.

Fly from London Luton to Murcia International on October 11 and stay for two nights.

Two night European city break for two

Not sure where you want to go? Via BuyAGift you could head on a European city spa break for two people from £183.20.

The voucher can be redeemed against a wide selection of European destinations and is for two nights.

You could head to the Spanish coast for example, or visit France.

The voucher is valid for 12 months and you must make your selection before the expiry date printed on your voucher.

IF you want a beautiful spa hotel with all the trimmings, you’re in luck.

Here’s everything you need to know about staying at Mottram Hall in Cheshire.

Where is Mottram Hall?

Mottram Hall sits in the heart of Premier League Wag country.

It’s rural but easily accessible from Manchester while Wilmslow, on the mainline rail line from London, is just three miles away.

What’s it like?

The Grade II listed building has a modern £15m spa and large gym attached to it, and looks out over an 18-hole championship golf course.

What are the rooms like?

We had a suite with a kingsize bed – the kind of bed where you have to reach over and check if someone else is still there in the morning.

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The room was smart and functional over trendy and gimmicky.

It’s very peaceful – we slept with the window open and even the birds seem to wake late.

Room only is £49.50 per person and a spa treatment can be added on for £60. See champneys.com.

What is there to eat and drink?

We visited in January when hotels usually are less busy but the main Carrington Grill restaurant was packed with hen dos and couples.

We had a hearty lunch in the spa so stuck to mains for dinner and tucked into a couple of steaks.

Both well-cooked and good value along with a lovely bottle of Malbec.

Attentive staff brought us a Mojito cocktail and a Cosmopolitan while we waited for our mains.

We finished with some tea and a cheese board.

If you’re staying for longer, Wilmslow is jam-packed with restaurants – Cibo is a favourite of footballers while Hickory’s Smokehouse is more family orientated.

What else is there to do?

Mottram Hall is an activity-based hotel.

There’s a busy golf course, and while the spa attracts a large crowd, the experience was still relaxing and we didn’t feel cramped.

I enjoyed the 20m pool, along with the jacuzzi, steam room and saunas.

The gym looked well-equipped, but I was on a rest day, ahem.

Instead, I saved myself for a Champneys massage which almost caused me to yelp, but made my muscles feel amazing two days later.

A tailored spa break including three-course dinner, breakfast and lunch is £560.

Is it family friendly?

There are some family rooms available that sleep up to three people, as well as kids menu at the restaurants

Is it accessible?

The hotel has disabled parking spaces, along with ramps to the main entrance and the restaurant.

There are also three accessible rooms which have been tailored to suit disabled guests.