How is easyJet's free child place scheme different from TUI's?

easyJet holidays has a smaller family-hotel inventory than TUI or Jet2, so the total volume of free places is lower. What it has going for it is easyJet's low-cost flight fares as the base of the package: when a free-place hotel lines up with a cheap easyJet flight, the total package price can beat the bigger operators on the same hotel.

Are easyJet free kids places really free?

The child's flight fare and hotel cost are removed. What remains is standard flight taxes on the child's seat and, on some all-inclusive hotels, a small per-day board supplement. easyJet holidays shows the full breakdown before you pay so nothing is hidden.

When does easyJet release more free child places for 2026?

easyJet holidays adds inventory in waves through the year, with the largest windows aligned to autumn (for the following summer) and January to February. Between waves, availability shifts daily as cancellations are returned to the pool.

Can I book easyJet free child places with a bought-separately flight?

No. The free child place is part of the packaged holiday product and only applies when the child's flight and hotel are booked together through easyJet holidays. Booking the flight separately through easyJet.com does not qualify.

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easyJet free child places 2026

easyJet holidays runs a smaller free child places scheme than TUI or Jet2, but on the hotels it does cover the total package can be the cheapest in the market. Here's the honest version: where easyJet is strong, where it's weak, and how to find the deals.

Last updated: July 2026. Free child place availability changes daily; we refresh this page as operators release new dates.

How easyJet's version differs

easyJet holidays is a package operator on top of a low-cost airline. The flight leg of any easyJet holidays booking is a normal easyJet fare, which is often the cheapest way to reach the Mediterranean from a South East UK base. When a free child place hotel lines up with a cheap easyJet flight, the resulting package price is genuinely hard to beat.

What easyJet doesn't have is TUI-scale own-brand hotel inventory. Free child place availability is therefore concentrated on third-party hotels easyJet has negotiated allocations with. This is fine — many of them are the same hotels TUI and Jet2 sell — but it means less choice, especially at peak weeks.

Where easyJet holidays is strongest

Balearics: Palma, Alcúdia and Cala d'Or are consistent free-place strongholds.
Costa del Sol: strong on Málaga and Marbella hotels.
Algarve: one of the few operators with meaningful Portugal free-place volume for families.
Greek islands: growing year on year, especially Rhodes and Kos.

How to search efficiently

Use the destination-first search on easyJet holidays rather than starting from the deals page.
Filter by "free kids places" on the results page and sort by total price.
Compare to the same hotel on Jet2 and TUI before booking. easyJet often wins on flight cost, TUI often wins on hotel-side inclusions.
Weekday departures are cheaper. Tuesday and Wednesday outbound flights routinely undercut Saturday equivalents by £40 to £60 per adult.

Baggage and extras matter more here

Because the flight is an easyJet fare, baggage isn't free by default. easyJet holidays bundles a hold bag and 15kg allowance into most packages, but check the inclusions carefully on discount-first bookings. A free child place saves money on the child's fare, not on family baggage.

easyJet free child places FAQs

Yes, through easyJet holidays. easyJet's flight-only tickets don't include a free child place because the airline charges per seat, but the packaged holidays product runs a Free Kids Places scheme across a selection of family hotels for 2026.

Sanity-check against the bigger operators

Because easyJet's inventory is narrower, it's worth running the same search on TUI and Jet2. Our free child places comparison lays them out side by side.