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  • POST OFFICE MONEY ADDS EXTRA HOME CONTENTS COVER THIS CHRISTMAS

    Post Office Money customers rewarded with an automatic 10 per cent increase in home contents cover over the festive period*
    Post Office Money Home Insurance is giving its customers one extra present this festive season by increasing their home insurance cover by 10 per cent from one month before and one month after the holiday season.
    With many homes filled with lots of Christ

  • Brand-savvy shoppers can use their duty free allowance to save hundreds of pounds on Christmas gifts in New York

    Research reveals savings of up to 62 per cent on Christmas gifts bought in New York compared with London (www.postoffice.co.uk/christmas-shopping) Savvy shoppers can save 43 per cent on a basket of 10 gifts within the duty free limit Caution advised over British and European brands, which could cost up to 67 per cent more in New York 
    As all eyes turn towards the USA in the wake of its

  • Head to the Baltic for a bargain Christmas Markets break

    Tallinn is best value of 10 Christmas Markets cities surveyed in Europe – a third cheaper than Stockholm, the most expensive Designer goods cost less in seven of the European cities surveyed than in the UK – Munich and Budapest are over 10 per cent cheaper than London
    Tallinn has emerged as the bargain choice for a festive shopping break in the Post Office Travel Money Christmas Markets Ba

  • Post Office becomes the first major high street Travel Insurance provider to offer flight delay assistance

    Post Office has become the first major high street Travel Insurance provider to offer flight delay assistance cover as part of its Travel Insurance offering.
    The service will provide customers who experience flight delays of two or more hours with access to 650 lounges in over 300 airports*, allowing them to use their amenities and services while they wait for their flight. The service is free

  • UK holidaymakers’ appetite for overseas travel remains buoyant despite sterling fall

    UK holidaymakers’ appetite for overseas travel remains buoyant despite sterling fall

    Fast on the heels of reports that sterling has slumped to a 31-year low against the US dollar comes news that purchases of foreign currency by UK holidaymakers are increasing rather than decreasing – suggesting a sustained appetite for overseas travel.In its latest Holiday Money Index, which surveys movemen

  • Families can save £000s on half term holidays by swapping destinations

     Saturday 15 October 2016
    European half term breaks could cost families £1,570 but that could more than double to almost £3,600 depending on resort choice Savings of over £4,000 to be made on family long haul trips Costa del Sol is the best bet for a budget half term holiday Swap the Canaries for Thailand as prices in Phuket beat those in Lanzarote
    Families hoping to swap the UK

  • Skiers urged to head east where the pistes cost least



    Bansko, Bulgaria is best value of 20 European ski resorts for the seventh year running Local price freeze makes Italian resorts cheapest in Europe’s ‘Big Four’ski countries Canada’s Banff trounces its competitors in the USA for transatlantic ski value

    Cash-conscious skiers can avoid the slippery slope of higher prices for their annual downhill trip by heading to ski resorts in

  • Cape Town leads the field in Long Haul Holiday Report

    Cape Town overtakes Bali to top Long Haul Holiday Report best value resort chart for the first time (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul) Tokyo remains third cheapest but closes the gap on Cape Town and Bali Local price cuts in 40 cent of resorts cushions the impact of the weaker pound Mexico and Peru lead Latin-American charge as Cancun and Lima hit top 10
    After three years at the top of the

  • Holidaymakers get the Latin rhythm

    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

  • Warsaw is the pound-stretching place for culture vultures planning an autumn break





    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 b

  • Election enthusiasts will find the US Capital cheapest for a city break as America gears up for the big vote


    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

  • Pooch power exerts influence on high demand for UK holidays

    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

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