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
Strength of sterling helps prices in long haul hotspots plummet by up to 41 per cent
Bali retains its best value rating for the third year running in the Post Office Travel Money Long Haul Holiday Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul)
Price of meals, drinks and other tourist staples fall in half of the 33 destinations surveyed – by 41 per cent in Penang
Tokyo has third cheapest tourist item
Summer success for Destinations ‘Down Under’ as New Zealand dollar tops list of Post Office Travel Money Fastest Growing Currencies for June-August Strong pound and falling prices make Japan an affordable holiday option Winter sun success looms for Peru and Costa Rica after currency sales boom Eastern Europe set to score for autumn breaks as sales surge for Czech and Hungarian currencies Sterlin
Dublin leapfrogs Eastern European capitals to rate cheapest for a highbrow break
Prices rise 12.5 per cent in London – still the most expensive European cultural capital surveyed
Transatlantic travellers will pay most of all – New York cultural attractions cost over £200 more than London
Growing numbers of UK tourists are turning into culture vultures when they head off on trips abroad,
Blackpool has beaten off stiff competition to rate as UK holidaymakers’ best-loved beach – both for today’s beach-goers and those who took beach holidays as children over the past 60 years. Despite the growing popularity of overseas destinations, the Holiday Feelings Barometer from Post Office Travel Services found that Blackpool is still the all-time beach favourite today – easily beating Benido
Three-in-five holidaymakers have an EHIC but over a quarter don’t know what it does More than one-in-nine have tried to use their EHIC but 57 per cent ran into problems Over half those who tried to use the card in Spain and France experienced problems Almost two-in-five tourists had accidents on holidays abroad in the past three years 4.4 million people suffered injuries abroad that cost more th
Stellar sterling means prices for tourist items have dropped across Europe
Turkey and Bulgaria best for bargain hunters looking to cut holiday spending
But pester power for beach extras could wipe out the sterling benefit – as three-quarters of parents admit overspending on their last trip abroad
As schools prepare to break up for the summer, the annual Family Holiday Report from Pos
Exchange Rate Monitor
% change Currency £500+ rate Annually Quarterly Chinese yuan 9.0334 -8.3% +7.5% Qatar riyal 5.3789 -8.3% +7.7% Barbados dollar 2.8920 -8.3% +7.7% UAE dirham 5.5078 -8.3% +7.7% East Caribbean dollar 3.8945 -8.3% +7.7% Omani rial 0.5670 -8.3% +7.7% Hong Kong dollar 11
Parents to spend £600 entertaining their children over the summer break – over £100 more than last year An additional £146 will be spent on fuel and a further £101 on childcare –taking the total possible cost to almost £900 Over half of all parents (55 per cent) worry about the cost of entertaining their children during the holidays One in five parents (18 per cent) will dip into their savings t
Almost a third of parents are planning All Inclusive holidays this year but…
All Inclusive is not so All Inclusive for the two-thirds of families who paid £233 on average extra for meals and drinks in local restaurants and bars on their last trip
A third or more also paid extra for a range of drinks at their All Inclusive hotel
Bargain hunters taking All Inclusive holidays i
