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What a splendid prospect - with luck you'll be there and back before the May rains arrive.

However, I'm concerned about flights to Thailand during the first two weeks of April.

As you probably know, the school Easter holidays mean fares are high even to that most competitive of destinations, Bangkok. Non-stops from Heathrow start at around £750 on Thai Airways in the first week of April. Connecting flights via airlines' hub cities are cheaper but there is little for under £700 return. It is unlikely that there will be any significantly lower fares emerging in the next couple of months.

Given that your guests will presumably need accommodation, booking a flight as part of a package with a hotel is likely to prove little more expensive than the flight alone; companies such as Trailfinders and Travelbag can provide quotes, which you can compare with online websites such as Opodo and Expedia.

If your guests can depart a few days before the end of March, they will save £100 or more. But either way, they should investigate the stopover possibilities that connecting flights offer.

For example, Jet Airways has very competitive fares from Heathrow via its hub in Mumbai, so they could build in a 48-hour stopover.

Alternatively, they could consider an "informal" stopover, where time between connecting flights is sufficient to make leaving the airport a viable prospect.

Email your travel queries to simon.calder@standard.co.uk