Dominican Republic (Punta Cana)

When people picture an all-inclusive Caribbean holiday, they are usually picturing Punta Cana. December to April is the dry season, delivering the most consistent blue skies and lowest humidity of the year alongside steady highs near 28C. The resorts along Bavaro Beach are enormous, competitive and genuinely all-in, with multiple restaurants, pools and included non-motorised watersports as standard, which softens the higher upfront price once you factor in everything you are not paying for on top. This is the long-haul choice on our list: reckon on eight to nine hours of flying and a four-to-five-hour time difference, so a full week or more makes far more sense than a short break. January sits in peak season, so book early to keep the price in check. It ranks above Tunisia because winter warmth is the first thing we weigh and its 28C dry-season heat is the most reliable on this list; it sits at four rather than higher purely on cost and distance — around £1,100 and eight to nine hours, versus the the shorter, cheaper options above. Choose it when genuine tropical heat and an all-in beach resort are worth the fare and the flight; skip it for a short or budget-led break.