With Black Friday almost here, get prepared to tick iconic destinations off your travel bucket list in 2025 by bagging a bargain on short- and long-haul journeys in the Black Friday sales – whether you’re dreaming of European city breaks or trips to the Caribbean.

Travel writer Natalie has rounded up everything you need to know about the travel Black Friday sales below:

If you’re ever looking to save bundles of cash on tech, fashion, stuff for the home or kitchen gadgets, Black Friday is a date you absolutely need to bookmark. The mammoth sale, which takes place this month, sees all the hottest products plummet in price.

The IndyBest team have been covering and tracking discounts in the Black Friday sales for years now. Trust us, it really is the best time to find a super discount on items for yourself or gifts for Christmas.

For our tips and tricks, check out our Black Friday cheat sheet below:

Bookworms, you can get the Kindle at its cheapest-ever price right now. Considered the best ereader in our review, The Independent’s tech critic David Phelan praised the device for being “really exceptional (gaining the top spot in this round-up)”. He added: “The front light has also been improved recently, to make it subtler and adjustable in terms of warmth as well as brightness. Like the oasis, the paperwhite is waterproof – it’s able to withstand submersion in 2m of water for up to an hour.”

Our tester named this fancy Sage barista the best bean-to-cup coffee machine in their review. Now, you can snap it up in John Lewis’s Black Friday sale with a discount just shy of £130.

Barista express bean-to-cup coffee machine: Was £629.99, now £495, Johnlewis.com

“You can tinker with the settings to your heart’s content, including the grind size of the bean and the volume of coffee, plus, of course, creating microfoam, using the steam wand”, our reviewer noted. “We found we made dreamy cups of coffee with little fuss right from the get-go”, they added. What more could you want when making your morning brew?

There are so many products on the market right now, from teeth whitening strips and gel pens to toothpaste and LED devices – all designed to remove those stubborn yellow stains from your teeth, and with minimal expense at that.

MySweetSmile teeth whitening powder: Was £24.99, now £18.17, Amazon.co.uk

Taking the top spot in our review of the best teeth whitening kits, it was found to be “pleasant to use, with no issues of sensitivity – thanks to the inclusion of strontium chloride”, with our beauty tester nothing that she had a “naturally upgraded white smile after just a couple of weeks’ use”.

Proving that you don’t need to spend a fortune on excellent make-up, Maybelline mascaras are a cult favourite for good reason. The brand’s sky high mascara had a big viral moment on TikTok a few years ago – and is the ultimate for natural yet impressive-looking lashes.

Maybelline New York lash sensational sky high mascara: Was £12.99, now £8.84, Amazon.co.uk

Maybelline’s New York sensational sky high mascara boasts a uniquely designed brush that’s long, thin and densely packed with tiny little plastic bristles. This makes it ideal for getting to hard-to-reach areas and easy to manoeuvre from all angles with minimal mess. In Sarah’s in-depth review of the mascara, she raved about the tiny bristles that line the wand, which she found “helped comb through each and every lash – yes, even those pesky ones right in the corner”. You can pick it up for nearly half price right now.

Boots kicked off its Black Friday 2024 sale an entire month early, and I can confirm it’s mega.

The full Black Friday sale doesn’t officially kick off until the final Friday of November, after Thanksgiving, and the reductions will continue throughout the weekend, finishing on Cyber Monday (2 December).

If you want to get ahead of the action, Boots has reduced the price of more than 22,000 products across premium beauty, fragrance, electrical beauty, and much more. Our beauty writer, Lucy, has rounded up her favourite deals below.

Black Friday is an event that many savvy parents will have bookmarked in their calendars as an opportunity to stockpile Christmas gifts and snap up some bargains (on behalf of Santa, of course).

Previous years’ events have seen mega savings from the likes of Very, Argos, Amazon, John Lewis and Smyths, on household names such as Lego, Barbie, Disney and Hot Wheels.

Ramping up the excitement ahead of the official sales event, our shopping team has found the best toy deals to shop now – think Vtech, Toniebox and more.

“If you’re looking for a sleep tracker, activity tracker or just want to know as much as you can about your body, then the gen 3 Oura ring will tick a lot of your boxes, in one tiny package,” Kat said in her review of the fitness device. With six different coloured rings available (from silver to gold), it’s a more stylish choice than a Fitbit or Garmin.

Oura gen3 horizon smart ring: Was £349, now £249, Amazon.co.uk

When Kat tested the device out, she was impressed with its battery life and sleep insights, as well as fertility and period tracking. Right now, you can save nearly 30 per cent thanks to Amazon and John Lewis (Johnlewis.com), which have both reduced the ring down to its lowest ever price.

Ninja deluxe foodi dual-zone air fryer AF451UKDBCP: Was £269.99, now £189.99, Ninja.co.uk

This new model includes the same generous capacity and six pre-set functions but also claims to cook food up to 75 per cent faster than a regular oven while using 75 per cent less fat than traditional frying. This discounted bundle includes silicone tongs, an apron, two non-stick drawers, two non-stick crisper plates, a digital cooking probe and a recipe guide.