Thanks everyone for your advice. Have managed to book a villa for first week of November with someone I have previously booked with so am a happy girl.
Got a good bargain with Ryanair too, £22/ea way - no taxes!
I do hate them but can't moan at that price - they added on extra £20 to pay by debit card and I tried all their listed options and even their Ryanair credit card was still surcharged with this £20! I thought by law they had to offer one method of payment for free (it used to be Electron cards).
Anyway, enough of my ramblings about Ryanair, looking forward to being there

Laura