Flexible payments



Sunshine flexible payments options

Pay your way to secure your holiday!

We want to make securing your holiday as easy as possible, that's why we offer three flexible payment options to help get you on the beach. And with initial deposits from just £30pp, it's never been easier to book.

  1. Pay monthly - simply pay your initial deposit and then spread the balance across equal monthly payments up until you fly. After you've selected your holiday, choose this option and we'll tell you what your initial payment will be, any admin fees due, and your monthly payment schedule. Easy as that!
  2. Pay in instalments - similarly, just pay your deposit to take advantage of the best booking rates and flight options. Choose your holiday and we'll then show you all of the different payment options to split the cost of your holiday into even instalments. You'll see what deposit you'll owe, any admin fees and a clear payment schedule.
  3. Pay in full - this one's easy enough to understand. If you've got the cash up front and want to just focus on the holiday shopping (and spend less time worrying about payment schedules) then you can pay off your holiday in full when you book.


That's not all!

  • Flexible payment dates - If you need to amend the date of your next payment, you can move it up to 7 days in the future. You can change this in the 'My Sunshine' area of the website and can change each payment one time, with the only exception being the final balance payment, which can't be moved. You may incur an admin charge of £10 each time you move a payment date.
  • Keeping up with payments - If you've chosen to pay monthly by instalments, we'll take payment from the card you used to book the holiday. We'll take a small admin fee of up to £5 for this service, and you need to ensure you have enough funds for us to take each payment, otherwise you may incur an admin charge of £20 each time a payment is unsuccessful. You can avoid this £5 admin fee by logging into 'My Sunshine' and making each payment manually.
  • £1 hotel only deposit - You can book your hotel-only stay for just £1 and the final balance is due four weeks before you travel. Should you wish to cancel your accommodation then you’ll only lose the £1 deposit up to 2 weeks before you depart. For cancellations after this time, charges will apply in accordance with the terms and conditions.


Terms and conditions

  • Pay monthly - The initial deposit (the amount you have to pay to secure your booking) will be displayed at the time of booking and is non-refundable. You will pay for the rest of your booking using a monthly payment plan with set amounts. The number of monthly payments you will make will be displayed at the time of booking. After you have made your booking, you will have the option to move the date of your next monthly payment up to 7 days into the future, except for the final balance payment which cannot be changed. Please note that you may incur an administrative charge of £10 each time you move your payment date. We will take payment from the card used for the booking. There will be a small admin fee of up to £5 for this service. Please also note that it’s important to ensure you have sufficient funds in your account for us to take the payment in full. You may incur an administration charge of £20 each time we are unable to take the payment in full. Alternatively, you can make payments manually at any time without charge via the 'My Sunshine' area of the website. Failing to ensure you have sufficient funds in your account when we take payment could result in your holiday being cancelled – see the sections below for more information.
  • Pay in instalments - The initial low deposit (the amount you have to pay to secure your booking) will be displayed at the time of booking and is non-refundable. You will pay for the rest of your booking by making up to three further payments depending on the period between when you book and your departure date. The number of payments you will make will be displayed at the time of booking. After you have made your booking, you will have the option to move the date of your next monthly payment up to 7 days into the future, except for the final balance payment which cannot be changed. Please note that you may incur an administrative charge of £10 each time you move your payment date. We will take payment from the card used for the booking. There will be a small admin fee of up to £5 for this service. Please also note that it’s important to ensure you have sufficient funds in your account for us to take the payment in full. You may incur an administration charge of £20 each time we are unable to take the payment in full. Alternatively, you can make payments manually at any time without charge via the 'My Sunshine' area of the website. Failing to ensure you have sufficient funds in your account when we take payment could result in your holiday being cancelled - see the sections below for more information.
  • Cancelling your payments - If you have made a booking where you pay monthly or pay in instalments and you no longer wish for us to collect payments in this way, you can either:

                 - Pay the outstanding balance for your booking in full by contacting our customer service department or logging on to the ‘My Sunshine’ area of our website. We will then not take further payments from any of the cards we hold for you;

                 - Cancel your booking by contacting our customer service department or logging on to the ‘My Sunshine’ area of our website; or

                 - Contact your bank to cancel the authority for us to collect the payments. We ask that you please contact us in the first instance before contacting your bank.

Please note cancellation charges may be payable if you cancel your booking or if we cancel it for non-payment because you have asked your bank to cancel the payments and you have not provided an alternative method of payment for your booking. We may debit your last card added to the system or other cards we hold against your order for any cancellation and administration charges. Please see below sections for more information.

  • Collection of payments - We will collect payments from the card used to make the booking on the due dates for a small admin fee of up to £5 for this service. If this card fails and we hold other cards against your order we will also attempt to debit the outstanding amounts from these cards. Alternatively, you can make payments manually at any time without charge via the 'My Sunshine' area of the website. If we are unable to take payment in full we may collect any available funds in your account up to the value of the amount owed plus a payment collection fee of up to £5; and you may also incur an additional administrative charge of £20 which will be added to the total balance of your booking.

Should we be unable to collect any outstanding payments, we will contact you and if we are unable to contact you or collect the payment within a reasonable timeframe, your booking may be cancelled and you may be required to pay cancellation charges (see below). If you cancel your booking or if we cancel it because of non-payment and the amount you have paid for your booking at the point of cancellation does not cover the cancellation charges, you must immediately pay any difference between the amount you have paid and the cancellation charges applied. You give us authority to automatically debit the last card added to the system in this respect. If this card fails and we hold other cards against your order, we will also attempt to debit the amounts owed from those cards.

If you wish us to debit an alternative card then please contact our customer service department or if you are making a payment you can log on to manage your booking and make payment with the alternative card BEFORE the payment due date.

  • Cancellation charges when paying monthly - 

If you cancel your booking or if we cancel it because of non-payment, you shall still be required to pay (to the extent not already paid):

  1. Any non-refundable supplier charges in connection with accommodation, flights, transport and any other services forming part of your booking. Please note that most flights are unfortunately non-refundable with the airline so if you cancel your booking it is likely you will still have to pay for your flights

  2. Any cancellation charges imposed by the applicable supplier(s)

  3. Our cancellation administration fee

  4. Please see our booking conditions for full details.

Please note, if you have booked a package holiday there are certain circumstances where you can cancel without paying cancellation charges, please see clause 28 of our booking conditions for full details.

You can see the total amount of any cancellation charges for your booking by logging in to the ‘My Sunshine’ area of our website once your booking is confirmed.

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