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8 June 2024 07:00

Holidaymakers ‘in the know’ rate Greece top value as new research shows holiday overspending is at record levels

Positive ratings by past visitors help Greece pip Spain and Portugal to best value destination spot – but Switzerland and Scandinavia are bottom of the Post Office poll Over three-in-five Britons – and two-thirds (68 per cent) of families – will travel abroad as overseas holidays are named the top priority after paying for household essentials But overspending has hit a record high with a growing

15 May 2021 00:01

Revealed: The destinations holidaymakers rate best value and the lowdown on those that actually offer the lowest prices

Green listed Portugal scores on both counts as Holiday Money Report unveils the best bargain holiday hotspots and holidaymakers’ favourites
Portugal tops holidaymakers’ own good value ratings alongside Greece and Spain’s Costas, with Thailand the best placed long haul destination But Post Office’s global barometer of tourist costs reveals that Bulgaria is the cheapest, while Bali and V

19 November 2018 09:57

Head East for the best value Christmas Markets breaks

• Riga remains the lowest priced city for a Christmas Markets break - 44 per cent cheaper than Copenhagen, the most expensive of 10 surveyed in Europe • Designer goods cost less in five of the European cities surveyed than in London – Lille offers the biggest savings of over 13 per cent for 10 top gift items while individual items can cost as much as 48 per cent less

24 March 2018 09:27

Clean sweep for Eastern Europe as Post Office reveals best value cities for a pound-stretching break

10 cheapest cities: Krakow, Vilnius, Riga, Warsaw, Budapest, Moscow, Prague, Athens, Lisbon and Lille • Krakow is best value as Eastern European capitals take top seven places in the 10th annual City Costs Barometer (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts) • High hotel prices make Amsterdam most expensive • Moscow is highest top 10 entrant – one of seven cities where prices have fallen

15 December 2017 23:58

Better value beckons for family skiers as prices slide downhill in European ski resorts

• Prices drop in two-thirds of European family ski resorts surveyed by Post Office Travel Money and Crystal Ski Holidays (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyskiing) • Bansko has regained its position as the cheapest family ski resort • Bardonecchia is best value in Western Europe – almost half the cost in Wengen

30 November 2017 11:01

Holiday shoppers can bag Christmas gifts in New York for a little as one third the London price

• Bargain-hunting Britons can save up to 65 per cent on designer labels and 51 per cent on toys in New York • Four-in-five of 150 Christmas gift surveyed by Post Office Travel Money cost less in New York than in London • Savvy shoppers can buy a Duty Free Dream Dozen family gifts and save 40 per cent

11 November 2017 10:15

Capitalise on Christmas Shopping bargain breaks

• Riga is the best bargain of 10 European cities surveyed for a Christmas Market break (www.postoffice.co.uk/christmasmarkets) • Costs are down year-on-year in five cities with double digit falls in Lille and Munich • Designer goods cost over 22 per cent less in Berlin than in London and savvy shoppers can save almost a third on an Apple iPad or Levis 501s in Riga

5 September 2017 11:52

Winter sunshine breaks look full of Eastern Promise

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

23 August 2017 11:39

Prague revealed as best value city break for culture vultures

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

5 August 2017 00:01

Far East cities are best bargains for a long haul break

• 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

14 January 2017 00:01

Destinations where the holiday purse will stretch furthest

Portugal’s Algarve is cheapest for UK tourists from 44 destinations surveyed Tokyo powers past Cape Town and Bali to become best value long haul destination Local prices pegged or lower than a year ago will lessen the impact of the weaker pound in 40 per cent of resorts or cities Sterling is now stronger against 60 per cent of bestselling currencies five years ago
Value for money will be

31 December 2016 00:01

Where’s hot for holidaymakers in 2017?

Destinations ranging from Chile and Costa Rica to the Baltic States and Denmark feature among Post Office Travel Money’s 10 holiday hotspots for 2017 Exchange rate uncertainty means UK tourists will do better to consider resorts where the low cost of living will make it cheaper for them New flight routes will fuel demand, says Post Office Travel Money

Two

26 December 2016 00:01

​​Best Bargains for a New Year winter sun holiday abroad

Post Office Travel Money recommends destinations kindest to the holiday purse
Cyprus beats the Canaries to rate as the best value New Year holiday bargain Orlando is the cheapest long haul destination – despite the strong dollar Cancun is the survey’s lowest-priced long haul beach resort and the only destination where sterling will stretch further than a year ago
Holidaymakers who wan

13 December 2016 17:02

Family skiing costs least in Kranjska Gora

Kranjska Gora overtakes Bansko for the first time in 10 years to become best valuein the new Family Ski Resort Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyskiing) Early snowfall boosts bookings for Sestriereand Mayrhofen as local price falls help reduce the impact of a weaker pound French and Swiss resorts struggle to compete with Austria and Italy on price

For the firs

19 November 2016 00:01

Brand-savvy shoppers can use their duty free allowance to save hundreds of pounds on Christmas gifts in New York

Research reveals savings of up to 62 per cent on Christmas gifts bought in New York compared with London (www.postoffice.co.uk/christmas-shopping) Savvy shoppers can save 43 per cent on a basket of 10 gifts within the duty free limit Caution advised over British and European brands, which could cost up to 67 per cent more in New York 
As all eyes turn towards the USA in the wake of its

12 November 2016 00:01

Head to the Baltic for a bargain Christmas Markets break

Tallinn is best value of 10 Christmas Markets cities surveyed in Europe – a third cheaper than Stockholm, the most expensive Designer goods cost less in seven of the European cities surveyed than in the UK – Munich and Budapest are over 10 per cent cheaper than London
Tallinn has emerged as the bargain choice for a festive shopping break in the Post Office Travel Money Christmas Markets Ba

22 October 2016 00:01

UK holidaymakers’ appetite for overseas travel remains buoyant despite sterling fall

UK holidaymakers’ appetite for overseas travel remains buoyant despite sterling fall

Fast on the heels of reports that sterling has slumped to a 31-year low against the US dollar comes news that purchases of foreign currency by UK holidaymakers are increasing rather than decreasing – suggesting a sustained appetite for overseas travel.In its latest Holiday Money Index, which surveys movemen

15 October 2016 00:01

Families can save £000s on half term holidays by swapping destinations

 Saturday 15 October 2016
European half term breaks could cost families £1,570 but that could more than double to almost £3,600 depending on resort choice Savings of over £4,000 to be made on family long haul trips Costa del Sol is the best bet for a budget half term holiday Swap the Canaries for Thailand as prices in Phuket beat those in Lanzarote
Families hoping to swap the UK

8 October 2016 00:01

Skiers urged to head east where the pistes cost least

Bansko, Bulgaria is best value of 20 European ski resorts for the seventh year running Local price freeze makes Italian resorts cheapest in Europe’s ‘Big Four’ski countries Canada’s Banff trounces its competitors in the USA for transatlantic ski value

Cash-conscious skiers can avoid the slippery slope of higher prices for their annual downhill trip by heading to ski resorts in

17 September 2016 00:01

Cape Town leads the field in Long Haul Holiday Report

Cape Town overtakes Bali to top Long Haul Holiday Report best value resort chart for the first time (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul) Tokyo remains third cheapest but closes the gap on Cape Town and Bali Local price cuts in 40 cent of resorts cushions the impact of the weaker pound Mexico and Peru lead Latin-American charge as Cancun and Lima hit top 10
After three years at the top of the