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  • Eastern Med Boasts Best Value Car Hire But UK Tourists Could Steer Their Holiday Autos Into Excess Trouble By Cutting Corners


    - Holiday car hire costs least in Cyprus, Malta and Turkey- Majorca is most expensive in the eurozone – costing £200 more than Cyprus- Under half of UK holidaymakers cover themselves against high excess charges for car damage; over three-quarters fail to insure against tyre or window damage- Failure to do so could cost over £1,000 in excess charges
    According to the latest Post Office® T

  • All Inclusive Tourists Splash Out On Spa Treatments But Tighten Their Belts In European Resorts


    - Almost one-third of All Inclusive tourists paid extra for spa treatments costing £253m- But fewer holidaymakers on European trips will pay extra for food, drinks and web access - Post Office® All Inclusive Holiday Report found that at least 80 per cent of European All Inclusive resorts excluded branded drinks, bottles of wine, mini-bars and a la carte dining - B&B packages including

  • Scottish Families Tighten Their Belts To Avoid Budget Busting Holidays Abroad


    - As resort prices fall across Europe, Scots slash holiday spending by 30 per cent - Scots rate Turkey and Portugal best value - but Bulgaria is cheaper- Prices are down in 11 of 12 resorts surveyed – by 32 per cent in Sorrento, Italy
    As Scotland’s schools break up for the summer, the Post Office Travel Money® Scottish Family Holiday Report reveals that European resorts will be cheaper

  • Parents To Splash Out Almost £500 Entertaining Kids This Summer


    - Over the six week period, parents will spend £492 entertaining their children – a 26 per cent increase on last year- On top of this, an average £119 will be spent on petrol and a further £106 on childcare- Summer worries: almost two thirds (58 per cent) of parents worry about the cost of entertaining their children- One in 10 would miss bill payments in order to cover costs
    UK parents

  • Happy Holiday Motoring As Fuel Prices Plummet Across Europe


    - Pump prices have fallen by up to 24p per litre year-on-year in European motoring holiday destinations(www.postoffice.co.uk/holidaymotoring2014) - Biggest falls in France: 1,000 miles costs £45 less for unleaded, £47 less for diesel - Fuel costs least in Andorra and Luxembourg – both sub £1 litre for diesel- Diesel costs up to 27p per litre less than unleaded in Europe – but is 6p more in

  • Value May Be A Destination Decider - But UK Holidaymakers Overspend Abroad By 44 Per Cent


    - Only one-third of holidaymakers stick to their spending budget on overseas trips - On a holiday spending budget of £552 the average overspend is £242 - But perceived value remains key to destination choice: Turkey and Spain score but France, Dubai and Italy get the thumbs down
    Value for money may be the key factor in deciding on a destination for an overseas trip but a new report by Pos

  • The Great Exchange Robbery: Airport Bureaux Are A Black Hole For Holiday Cash

    1.63m tourists waste over £21 million a year buying currency at UK airports Families changing money at the airport lose an average of almost £13 – enough to buy three round of drinks in the Algarve or a snack lunch in the Costa del SolAirports in the South West, Midlands and North of England offer the worst deals
    Things are looking sunny for UK tourists planning summer holidays abroad because t

  • Europe Is A Bargain Hunters' Holiday Playground

    - Prices fall up to 21 per cent in two-thirds of European resorts since last spring- Paphos registers thee biggest fall but Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach is cheapest of 20 resorts surveyed – overtaking the Costas and the Algarve- Marmaris moves into second spot – after a 31 per cent surge in sterling’s value- Resort costs are over a third cheaper than 2009 in the Costas and the Algarve
    Post Office® Tr

  • Post Office Holiday Money Index


    Here is the Post Office’s first Holiday Money Index - an information guide on foreign exchange with expert commentary from the Post Office.

  • No Beating Eastern European Cities As Powerful Pound Provides Capital Gains On City Breaks


    - Budapest is best value city break in a clean sweep for Eastern Europe- Strong pound boosts tourists’ buying power across Europe and USA – prices fall in 80 per cent of cities surveyed (www.postoffice.co.uk/cityreport2014)- Eurozone best buy Lisbon is half the price of Rome, Amsterdam or Paris
    Budapest has retained its position as the cheapest city break destination in the sixth annua

  • Frost and Found

    - Winter holidaymakers lose £219* worth of valuables per year on the slopes- 143 thousand** UK holiday makers lost something on the slopes last winter- Glasses (32 per cent) are the most common item to be lost- The worst thing about losing a belonging is the embarrassment (16 per cent)
    Not only are the Sochi Winter Olympics slopes paved with gold, winter holiday resorts around the globe are als

  • Forecast Looks Bright As Sterling's Strength Slashes Costs In Holiday Hotspots Overseas

    - Prices fall by up to 32 per cent in 70 per cent of resorts and cities surveyed worldwide
    - 18 per cent price fall helps Portugal’s Algarve power past Spain’s Costa del Sol to become cheapest in Europe- Bali topples Sri Lanka and Spain to rate cheapest of 44 destinations surveyed- Five-year lira low makes Turkey a hot tip: tourists will pay 19 per cent less in resorts- Vietnam is named top hol

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