Drinks cost half as much in Budapest as in seven other top cities popular for celebration city breaks
Amsterdam and Ibiza are cheapest bets away from Eastern Europe
Dublin is most expensive of 10 surveyed by Post Office® Travel Money
Growing numbers of trips to European cities to mark a wedding, birthday or anniversary help explain why city breaks have overtaken beach holidays as the top ch
Resort prices fall across Europe – except in inflation-hit Turkey
The biggest year-on-year fall of 22 per cent is in the Algarve, cheapest in the eurozone
But Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach emerges cheapest of 14 resorts surveyed
Powerful pound means prices have plunged by as much as 44 per cent in just two years
Almost three months after hitting a seven-year high, sterling is still holding strong
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Prices fall in three-quarters of cities surveyed as strong pound boosts spending power across Europe (postoffice.co.uk/citycosts) Budget Budapest is the only bar to a Baltic States clean sweep Athens is Western Europe’s cheapest city – undercutting Lisbon Prague drops down table but is still cheapest for meals and drinks
City breaks have already overtaken be
Post Office study finds cities in UK and abroad seen as safest for travel
UK tourists get almost £52 more cash than last year on a £500 exchange into European currencies – but up to £39 less further afield
Resort prices have slumped by up to 50 per cent in Europe compared with 2009 when sterling hit an all-time low against the euro
But meal and drink costs have spiraled by 38 per cent in Thailand
As sterling hit another high against the euro, Post Office® Travel
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
• Almost three-in-ten of long haul holidaymakers fail to take out travel insurance for trips to India – compared with 16 per cent for all destinations • India, Indian Ocean and Africa are where health, injury and theft issues arise most often • Under 35s are least likely to take out travel insurance • Average cost of long haul holiday insurance claims: £4,859
• The NYE night in trend continues with 1.5 million people more than last year opting to stay in • ….but damages from house parties costs £127
• 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
