Sun Holiday Codes 2025: Confirmed List & How to Book £9.50 Deals

If you’ve ever spotted those codewords in The Sun newspaper and wondered whether they’re actually worth collecting, you’re not alone. Every year, thousands of UK households piece together five codes hoping to land a budget break — sometimes for as little as £9.50 per person. This guide tracks confirmed Sun Holiday Codes for 2025, explains exactly how the system works, and maps out the upcoming restart for 2026 so you can plan ahead.

Holidays from: £9.50 · Club name: Club £9.50 · Code source: The Sun Newspaper · Booking club: club950.co.uk · Codes restart: March 2026

The table below summarises the essential details about how Sun Holidays work, from pricing to booking methods.

What are the sun holiday codes for 2025?

Sun Holiday Codes are printed token sequences from The Sun newspaper that, when combined with four others, unlock cut-price breaks at over 250 partner parks across the UK and Europe. The 2025 season launched on Saturday 4th January 2025, with tokens running through the year in rolling monthly windows (Playpennies).

Example codes from early 2025 included Bonus WAVE, BIRD, TREE, FISH, and X7H2 (Playpennies), while July 2025 saw LION, PLAY, FISH, F5G9, and Bonus KITE released between 5th–8th July with booking opening 8th July (Pinkoddy). August and September 2025 codes reportedly included SAND and H7G9 (Pinkoddy).

Pricing sits in bands from £9.50 to £59.50 per person depending on the date and park tier, with Band A and Band B parks offering the lowest rates on select January, November, and December weekends in 2025 (Pinkoddy). Real-world costs typically start around £44 per family for 3–4 night breaks once booking fees are factored in (MoneySavingExpert), so the headline £9.50 figure represents per-person pricing before extras.

January 2025 codes

January 2025 collection ran from Saturday 4th January, with five codes needed to unlock a booking window. General booking opened to all applicants shortly after the collection period closed, following the standard Sun Holidays format of tokens printed daily in the newspaper.

May 2025 codes

May 2025 codes started on Saturday 10th May 2025, with the booking form opening the following day on Sunday 11th May 2025. This mid-year window gave those who missed January a second chance to gather codes and compete for summer holiday slots.

Where can I find Sun Savers codes?

Sun Savers codes originate from two main channels: the physical The Sun newspaper and the digital Sun Savers platform at savers.thesun.co.uk (Sun Savers Official). Traditional codewords for holiday bookings are the generic four-letter style printed in the daily paper, while Sun Savers generates eight-character codes that feed into raffles, days out, and prize draws rather than the holiday booking portal itself (Playpennies).

This distinction matters: generic four-letter codes do not work in the Sun Savers app, and vice versa. When booking holidays, you must use the individual paper codes or their scanned equivalents through the holiday website, not through the app (Playpennies).

In The Sun Newspaper

The physical newspaper remains the primary source for holiday codewords. Tokens appear daily, requiring consistent collection across multiple editions. Facebook communities such as Sun Holiday Codes groups actively track and confirm which tokens correspond to active collection windows, serving as a real-time aggregator for collectors who may miss an edition.

Online via Sun Savers

The Sun Savers app and website at savers.thesun.co.uk allows members to scan codes and accumulate points for raffles and prizes rather than direct holiday bookings. Sun Savers codes entered monthly raffles and could part-pay holidays via an in-app wallet, but the holiday booking itself required separate code entry through thesun.co.uk/holidays (Breakfree Holidays).

How do I get sun holiday codes?

The core mechanism has remained consistent for years: collect five codewords from The Sun newspaper or their digital equivalents, then use them to enter a booking window during the active collection period. The process involves timing, consistency, and a bit of planning since popular parks and dates disappear quickly.

Collecting codewords

• Buy or read The Sun newspaper daily during an active collection window
• Cut out or photograph each printed token before it expires
• Track confirmed codes via Facebook aggregator groups or code-tracking blogs
• Ensure you have five unique codes before the collection deadline
• Store codes safely — you cannot recover lost or missed tokens

Joining Sun Club

For those who prefer to skip daily newspaper runs, Club £9.50 at club950.co.uk offers a monthly paid alternative. Members pay £2 per month to accumulate points that can be redeemed for holidays without hunting for daily codes (MoneySavingExpert). The club also provides early booking access ahead of general public windows, which matters significantly when high-demand parks like Center Parcs alternatives fill within hours.

How many codes do I need for sun holidays?

Every Sun Holiday booking requires exactly five codewords — no more, no less (My Budget Break). These five codes unlock your eligibility to enter the booking form during the active window, after which you select up to four park preferences and four date options.

The five codes must be collected during the specific window advertised for that booking round — they do not carry over between windows. For the January 2026 window, collection ran until Thursday 29 January 2026, with the last opportunity to submit codes on Sunday 25 January, and general booking opened Wednesday 14 January 2026 (MoneySavingExpert).

Club £9.50 requirements

Club £9.50 members follow a different mechanic: they accumulate points throughout the year rather than collecting five codes per booking round. This means one annual membership fee replaces multiple newspaper purchases, and members can book without watching daily release dates. The trade-off is that point accumulation requires ongoing engagement, and popular peak dates may still be contested when multiple club members compete for limited availability.

Can I get sun codes online?

Digitally, you have two main options: the Sun Savers platform for raffle-entry codes, and the The Sun digital newspaper subscription which replicates the physical paper’s token listings. Neither directly feeds into the holiday booking portal — for that, you still need the codes from the physical or digital paper copy.

Aggregator sites such as My Budget Break and Sun Holiday Codes maintain updated code lists based on community submissions and Facebook confirmations, giving online-only users a way to track tokens without buying the paper. However, these aggregators pull from third-party tracking rather than official sources, so cross-checking against the newspaper remains advisable before relying on any specific code for a booking window.

Digital options

Sun Savers at savers.thesun.co.uk serves primarily as a rewards and raffle platform, not a holiday booking tool. The eight-character codes generated through the app enter monthly prize draws and can part-pay for days out or holidays through an in-app wallet, but the holiday booking portal at thesun.co.uk/holidays operates separately using traditional four-letter codes from the newspaper.

Aggregator sites

Websites like mybudgetbreak.com and sunholidaycodes.co.uk compile community-reported codes, Facebook posts, and forum confirmations into searchable lists. These sites fill a genuine gap — many collectors share tokens through social media rather than the newspaper itself — but the information carries varying degrees of verification. Use aggregators as a supplementary check, not a primary source.

How to book with Sun Holiday Codes

Once you have five codes, the booking process splits into two paths: online via the holiday website or postal application using a completed form and your codes. Online booking at thesun.co.uk/holidays incurs a £3.20 debit or credit card fee and offers instant confirmation with your selected park and date preferences (MoneySavingExpert).