Big price falls help Tokyo leapfrog Cape Town to rate as best value in the Long Haul Holiday Report for the first time (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul) Prices for meals, drinks and other tourist staples are down year-on-year in 40 per cent of destinations surveyed Biggest falls recorded in top Caribbean Islands: Antigua, St Lucia and Jamaica Vietnam and Costa Rica, Post Office 2017 hotlist
Lower ticket prices have made Prague Europe’s cheapest city for culture this autumn Survey of 16 cultural capitals reveals wide price variations as two-in-five cite culture and heritage as the reason for their choice of city Berlin is cheapest in the eurozone: a third the price of Spain’s cultural capitals New York is most expensive but prices are down 30 per cent on two years ago
• Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing are best value in new Long Haul City Costs Barometer • The cost of eating out is lowest in Tokyo and highest in Singapore • Dubai is the cheapest of five cities with flight times of eight hours or less • Cultural sightseeing costs least in Washington DC but most in New York
• Pester power costs holidaymakers an average of £184 on trips abroad • Beach barometer names Turkey best-value for beach holiday items - under half the cost in the South of France (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyholidays) • Prices are down in six of the 15 resorts surveyed, despite weaker pound • Costa del Sol is cheapest in the eurozone for kids’ extras, meals and drinks
UK parents set to spend £6.2 billion entertaining their children over the summer break
Over half of parents (52 per cent) are worried about covering the cost of entertaining their children during the school holidays
A third (33 per cent) of parents spent more than they had budgeted for last summer
One in three (33 per cent) used a credit card to cover their increased spend last year
With
• Fuel prices rise by up to 40 per cent year-on-year for unleaded petrol and 51 per cent for diesel in European motoring holiday destinations • Filling the tank costs least in Andorra and Austria while diesel is still sub-£1 in Spain • Diesel remains cheaper than unleaded petrol in all barring Switzerland and UK – with the biggest saving of 32p a litre in the Netherlands
In its latest Holiday Money Index measuring exchange rate movements and currency sales, Post Office Travel Money, which accounts for one-in-four of all UK transactions, says that strong currency sales in the first three months of 2017 provide encouraging evidence of a continuing appetite for overseas holidays.
Announcing year-on-year increases of 55 per cent increase in currency sales made onli
10 best value cities: Paphos, Vilnius, Riga, Warsaw, Budapest, Krakow,
Lisbon, Prague, Athens and Palma
Paphos, 2017’s joint European City of Culture, is cheapest of 36 European cities surveyed for the annual City Costs Barometer (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts)
Lisbon retains its position as Western Europe’s cheapest capital city
Prices for UK visitors are up across Europe but year-o
Cyprus beats the Canaries to rate as the best value Half Term holiday bargain
Cancun is the survey’s lowest-priced long haul resort and the only destination where sterling will stretch further than a year ago
Families hoping to swap the UK winter for a sunshine break abroad during half term will find the best bargains in Cyprus and the Canary Islands, according to new research by Post Offi
Portugal’s Algarve is cheapest for UK tourists from 44 destinations surveyed
Tokyo powers past Cape Town and Bali to become best value long haul destination
Local prices pegged or lower than a year ago will lessen the impact of the weaker pound in 40 per cent of resorts or cities
Sterling is now stronger against 60 per cent of bestselling currencies five years ago
Value for money will be
Destinations ranging from Chile and Costa Rica to the Baltic States and Denmark feature among Post Office Travel Money’s 10 holiday hotspots for 2017
Exchange rate uncertainty means UK tourists will do better to consider resorts where the low cost of living will make it cheaper for them
New flight routes will fuel demand, says Post Office Travel Money
Two key fa
Post Office Travel Money recommends destinations kindest to the holiday purse
Cyprus beats the Canaries to rate as the best value New Year holiday bargain
Orlando is the cheapest long haul destination – despite the strong dollar
Cancun is the survey’s lowest-priced long haul beach resort and the only destination where sterling will stretch further than a year ago
Holidaymakers who wan
