Big price falls help Tokyo leapfrog Cape Town to rate as best value in the Long Haul Holiday Report for the first time (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul) Prices for meals, drinks and other tourist staples are down year-on-year in 40 per cent of destinations surveyed Biggest falls recorded in top Caribbean Islands: Antigua, St Lucia and Jamaica Vietnam and Costa Rica, Post Office 2017 hotlist
Post Office Fastest Growing Currencies reportreveals appetite for Far East travel •69 per cent summer sales surge for Thai baht signals winter sun success for Thailand •Boom in currency demand for Vietnam, Bali and Malaysia as well •New Zealand dollar is the Fastest Growing Currency as Lions Tour boosts demand •Croatia is the big winner in Europe – summer sales for kuna rise by a third
Lower ticket prices have made Prague Europe’s cheapest city for culture this autumn Survey of 16 cultural capitals reveals wide price variations as two-in-five cite culture and heritage as the reason for their choice of city Berlin is cheapest in the eurozone: a third the price of Spain’s cultural capitals New York is most expensive but prices are down 30 per cent on two years ago
The Post Office Travel apps have hit 1 million downloads, as the Post Office makes life even more convenient for customers over the summer holiday season.
In the last fortnight alone, the Post Office Currency Converter, Travel Money Card and Travel Essentials apps have all been downloaded over 50k times, as customers get into the swing of the summer holiday season.
When asked what fact
Post Office Money has launched a range of incredibly competitive buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage rates on Wednesday 16th August, with seven market-leading deals offering great initial rates.
The House Price Index, June 2017, revealed that average house prices in the UK have increased by 4.9% in the year to June 2017 (down from 5.0% in the year to May 2017). The annual growth rate has slowed since mid-2016 but has remained broadly around 5% during 2017. Owen Woodley, Managing Director of Post Office Money, said:
“A slower rate of house price growth will no doubt be welcomed by first
Visitors from Kazpost, the Kazakhstani Post Office, on week long fact finding visit to the UK
Delegation from Kazpost visited East Finchley Post Office, one of three London branches run by Postmaster Elliot Jacobs
On Tuesday 8th August, a north London Post Office hosted a delegation from Kazpost, the Kazakhstani Post Office, as part of their visit to the UK to understand more about the UK
• Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing are best value in new Long Haul City Costs Barometer • The cost of eating out is lowest in Tokyo and highest in Singapore • Dubai is the cheapest of five cities with flight times of eight hours or less • Cultural sightseeing costs least in Washington DC but most in New York
• Pester power costs holidaymakers an average of £184 on trips abroad • Beach barometer names Turkey best-value for beach holiday items - under half the cost in the South of France (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyholidays) • Prices are down in six of the 15 resorts surveyed, despite weaker pound • Costa del Sol is cheapest in the eurozone for kids’ extras, meals and drinks
The 2017 Community Barometer has revealed that Post Offices and convenience stores are the nation’s favourite high street shops and services for the third year running. Kevin Gilliland, Chief Executive of Retail at the Post Office, welcomes the news.
Post Office Telecoms has now completed the acquisition of Fuel Broadband and is today welcoming 60,000 new customers.
New Post Office Money research shows FTBs travelling to new areas to find the home for them Southampton, Norwich and Nottingham are the UK’s most affordable cities for FTBs Despite nerves and financial pressure, FTBs still see home-buying as an exciting and joyful step towards independence Futurologists’ insights can help identify potential hotspots of tomorrow
Nick Kennett, Chief Executive, Financial Services & Telecoms, Post Office Ltd, comments on the FCA’s findings regarding the overdraft market as part of its review of the high-cost short-term credit market.
You may have seen some media reporting around fees related to using pre-paid cards while on your travels abroad. Here's the Post Office's advice on how to best use our Travel Money Card to avoid charges.
UK parents set to spend £6.2 billion entertaining their children over the summer break
Over half of parents (52 per cent) are worried about covering the cost of entertaining their children during the school holidays
A third (33 per cent) of parents spent more than they had budgeted for last summer
One in three (33 per cent) used a credit card to cover their increased spend last year
With
• Post Office Network Transformation Programme awarded Customer Service Award at the World Post and Parcel Awards • Programme has delivered an extra 200,000 opening hours, over 4000 branches open seven days a week
• Fuel prices rise by up to 40 per cent year-on-year for unleaded petrol and 51 per cent for diesel in European motoring holiday destinations • Filling the tank costs least in Andorra and Austria while diesel is still sub-£1 in Spain • Diesel remains cheaper than unleaded petrol in all barring Switzerland and UK – with the biggest saving of 32p a litre in the Netherlands
In its latest Holiday Money Index measuring exchange rate movements and currency sales, Post Office Travel Money, which accounts for one-in-four of all UK transactions, says that strong currency sales in the first three months of 2017 provide encouraging evidence of a continuing appetite for overseas holidays.
Announcing year-on-year increases of 55 per cent increase in currency sales made onli
11th annual Post Office Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer reveals
best value European hotspots (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidayco... plunge to make Sunny Beach, Bulgaria best value for the fourth year in a row
Algarve is runner up and cheapest in the eurozone – under half the price of Ibiza
Resort swapping within Spain, Greece and Croatia can cut holiday spending costs
Tourist prices a
10 best value cities: Paphos, Vilnius, Riga, Warsaw, Budapest, Krakow,
Lisbon, Prague, Athens and Palma
Paphos, 2017’s joint European City of Culture, is cheapest of 36 European cities surveyed for the annual City Costs Barometer (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts)
Lisbon retains its position as Western Europe’s cheapest capital city
Prices for UK visitors are up across Europe but year-o
