Sembo

What to know about shopping at Sembo

Sembo is a Nordic online travel agency that lets you build and book a whole trip in one place — accommodation, flights, package holidays, ferry-and-hotel breaks, car hire and activities — rather than piecing a holiday together across several sites. It has been helping travellers since 1987 and is part of the Stena Line Travel Group, and its "Go your own way" pitch centres on flexibility: you can combine destinations, add nights or extra stops, and tailor an itinerary as you go, with more than 600,000 accommodations and a large catalogue of experiences to choose from.

The platform is built around combination trips and multi-stop routing, so it suits families, couples and solo travellers who want the safety of booking in one place while still travelling freely. UK departure options cover the main airports — London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin — and prices are shown in pounds, so what you see is what a UK traveller pays.

On value, Sembo leans on a Price Match Guarantee and package-protection plans rather than a permanent headline discount, so the saving usually comes from bundling flights and hotels together or booking a package rather than separate components. As with most travel platforms, fares and room rates move with demand and season, so at the time of writing it pays to compare a package price against booking the parts individually before you commit.

When booking, use the multi-stop and fly-and-drive tools to price a fuller itinerary in one basket, be flexible on dates and departure airport to find the best combination, and check exactly what each package includes — transfers, baggage and protection — before checkout. Booking further ahead for peak school-holiday travel, and keeping an eye on seasonal promotions, is generally the reliable way to save.

— MoneySaverCodes Team