Costa Rica leads a Latin-American charge as summer currency sales surge by 84 per cent
US puts on biggest growth among Post Office bestselling currencies top 10
Cities rated best-value in recent Post Office reports reap the benefit with a significant growth in sales of Hungarian forint and Polish zloty
As a new term marks the end of the school holidays and the start of the winter sun season
Polish capital is cheapest of 17 culture capitals
Top notch arts attractions are a deciding factor for half of city break holidaymakers
Performance and gallery prices are down in 7 cities including London and New York
New York remains most expensive – but prices have dropped 38 per cent
Culture vultures who want to save hundreds of pounds on the cost of a high brow city break should
Washington DC is cheapest for a three-night break in US City Costs Barometer
Research into pre-election city break prices reveals Chicago costs hundreds more
Survey comes as Post Office reports a 20 per cent rise in demand for the US dollar and latest ONS figures show a 15 per cent increase in UK visits to North America
With three months of campaigning to go before the next US Preside
Resort costs are higher than last summer but new Post Office report reveals historic price falls since 2011
Sunny Beach in Bulgaria and the Algarve cost least for meals and drinks
Cyprus and Costa del Sol cheapest in barometer of costs for kids ‘must haves’
With the end of the school term in sight, the challenge for families planning trips to Europe will be how to get the most for th
Two-thirds of families spend an average of £254 extra for meals and drinks in local restaurants – adding up to 21 per cent to the price of European All Inclusive package
Spending outside long haul All Inclusive resorts has risen 44 per cent to £288 compared with a year ago
At least a third also pay extra for meals and drinks at their All Inclusive hotel
Almost half of package holidaymaker
Portugal’s Algarve offers the lowest shop prices for self-catering holidaymakers from eight eurozone resorts surveyed (www.postoffice.co.uk/selfcateringhols) Post Office Travel Money Self-Catering Holiday Report reveals that groceries cost significantly more in resort mini-marts than in discount supermarkets Yet only 17 per cent of families do all their holiday shopping at a supermarket Supermar
Forty-five per cent of people on a city break are there for a celebration: London, Paris and Barcelona are their top choices (www.postoffice.co.uk/celebrationdrinks) Drinks cost least in Prague – less than half the price of 10 other top cities Palma offers the cheapest prices for drinks of those surveyed in Western Europe Tallinn, Barcelona and London are best for bubbly at less than £30 a
Low cost of crude oil brings pump prices tumbling down across Europe despite weaker pound (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidaymotoring) Biggest falls felt in Switzerland (unleaded petrol) and Greece (diesel) Andorra offers cheapest fuel for the holiday motorist Three-quarters of the 20 European countries surveyed offer sub-£1 litre of diesel Pump prices have plummeted by 15-31 per cent over two
Cost remains a key destination decider for UK holidaymakers Despite concerns about costs, only a third of holidaymakers keep to their budget on overseas trips – with average resort overspend of 26 per cent Value still key to destination choice: Spain rates best and Thailand is best long haul Families are far less positive than individuals about value in Cyprus, Croatia, Mexico and Bulgaria <
10th annual Post Office Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer reveals best value European hotspots (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidaycosts)
Cheap local prices in the 10 best value resorts cushion the impact of sterling’s slide
Prices may be up on 2015’s record lows but tourist staples are still up to 23 per cent lower than in 2014 and are up to 45 per cent cheaper than five years ago
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Clean sweep for Eastern Europe in 2016 City Costs Barometer: Warsaw heads cities that fill eight of the best value top ten (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts)
Lisbon is Western Europe’s cheapest city – overtaking Athens
Prices are up in 80 per cent of cities: biggest rise of 28 per cent in Dublin
Meals and drinks are lowest-priced in Prague
UK tourists planning city breaks in Europe this sprin
Pound plunges to a 13-month low against the euro but lower resort prices cushion the blow
Sterling is stronger than a year ago in top long haul holiday destinations
UK tourists will have 18 per cent more pesos to spend in family favourite Mexico
But Japanese yen has surged in value for the first time in over two years – UK visitors will get 11.6 per cent fewer yen for their pounds
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Big Apple Takes A Bite Out Of London Prices So Shoppers Can Save Hundreds On Christmas Gifts Christmas Shopping Stateside shaves up to 63 per cent off London gift prices US designer fashion and jeans bring best savings but top toys are a bargain too But beware British brands which can be almost twice the price in New York US shop prices are far cheaper than in Dubai, Barcelona and Paris too
Post Office® Travel Money survey of 12 cities shows Budapest and Prague are Christmas Markets best buys this winter Vienna has proved the most expensive Brussels is cheapest in the eurozone for a Christmas Market break Most designer goods cheaper than in London for the first time As sterling strengthens against European currencies, shoppers can get up to 13.7 per cent more cash to spend than a
Tourist Essentials Costa Lot Less On The Spanish Mainland
New Post Office® Holiday Money Report reveals cheapest destinations (postofficeholiday.co.uk/the-travel-blog/holiday-money-report-2015) Europe powers past long haul competitors to take eight of the top 10 places in best value barometer of 46 destinations worldwide Europe’s biggest price fall of 19 per cent found in Crete Bali loses best value title as Czech capital Prague offers lowest prices for
Snow has finally arrived in the Alps after weeks of nervous nail biting by ski holiday operators and skiers with early season bookings. That is not the only good news as the latest Post Office Travel Money Ski Resort Report¹reveals that prices have slid downhill since last year in 19 of 21 European resorts surveyed.
The biggest fall has been in Soldeu, which also benefited from early sno
• Eurozone trio top the chart for New Year holiday bargains, led by Lanzarote • UK tourists get up to 33 per cent more travel cash than two years ago • Sharm-el-Sheikh is top contender among longer haul holiday resorts
• Prices plunge in 24 of 27 ski resorts surveyed for the annual Post Office® Travel Money Ski Resort Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/skireport2014) • Biggest fall of 23 per cent in Soldeu, Andorra • Bansko, Bulgaria remains cheapest but eurozone favourites are closing the gap • Growing popularity of winter sports extras could add hundreds of pounds to a ski trip
- Prague is bargain choice for a two-night Christmas Markets break this winter - Riga is lowest-priced in the eurozone and cheaper for Christmas gifts than London
