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
1.4m dog owners set to holiday in the UK because they want to take the family pet Poldark-power reigns: Cornwall pulls clear of Scotland as our favourite destination London is a big winner too: more will visit the capital this year and its iconic landmarks fill five of the top 10 places in a poll of the most visited cultural attractions But survey reveals £000s lost on theft, holiday curtailmen
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
Football fans spend the most on their hobby – an average of £276 per supporter over the past 12 months, with the biggest spenders forking out up to £5,000
Tickets, food and drink, satellite TV packages and travel are most popular pulls on sports fans’ purse strings
Being a sports fan cost UK adults over £20 billion in the last year, according to new research from Post Office Money Credit C
On the ball’ football fans can slash their transport costs to as little as £47 by travelling together to group matches by car
Four in a car can get to every group match for the price of ONE flight ONE way
But motorway tolls could cost £ hundreds extra
Football fans travelling to the Euro 2016 championships to support their national teams can save hundreds of pounds by pooling resources and
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 <
While sterling has slumped to a 22-month low against the euro and is significantly weaker than a year ago against most European currencies, it has strengthened against currencies for top long haul destinations.At a time when pundits are reporting a surge in demand for long haul packages because these now come close to matching the cost of European holidays¹, intelligence from the latest quarterly
