Go beach without blowing the budget

Super low-cost packages are ripe for winter picking to transport you to the warmer climes of Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, the Cook Islands or Tahiti.

STA Travel has a range of packages with accommodation in anything from dormitory-style lodgings or resorts in Fiji, starting at $186 a person for three nights, or top-end luxury hotel rooms such as those in the Sheraton Fiji for $1222 for three nights.

Breakfasts and dinner for a three-night stay in one of Samoa's traditional open beach fales can be had for $345 a person, or Club Raro Resort in Rarotonga will have you to stay and give you breakfast for three nights for $232.

Package prices in Vanuatu range from $149 for three nights in an island resort at Mele Bay or $475 for three nights at the Crown Plaza Vanuatu Resort.

All packages are covered in the No Frills Pacific brochure from STA Travel.

Contact: STA Travel