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22 October 2019 07:44

Holiday Money Index reveals strong demand for Caribbean and South American currencies as winter sun season gets underway

Holiday Money Index reveals strong demand for Caribbean and South American currencies as winter sun season gets underway
Post Office Travel Money’s latest Holiday Money Index covering foreign currency sales from 1st January to 30th September 2019 confirms a strong appetite for overseas travel even though ongoing volatility in currency markets is having a daily impact on the value of sterling as

14 October 2019 16:32

Bansko regains top spot for cheapest family skiing but Italian resorts rate as best value overall

• Bulgaria’s Bansko is cheapest for family skiing out of 25 ski resorts surveyed • Italy trumps Austria, France and Switzerland to take four of the top five places in the Family Ski Resort Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyskiing) • Prices have fallen in six of the most popular European resorts – but families can expect to pay over 10 per cent more in Grindelwald and Kranjska Gora

30 November 2017 11:01

Holiday shoppers can bag Christmas gifts in New York for a little as one third the London price

• Bargain-hunting Britons can save up to 65 per cent on designer labels and 51 per cent on toys in New York • Four-in-five of 150 Christmas gift surveyed by Post Office Travel Money cost less in New York than in London • Savvy shoppers can buy a Duty Free Dream Dozen family gifts and save 40 per cent

2 August 2017 00:01

Will Travel: First-time buyers (FTBs) widen their horizons to seek out their dream home

New Post Office Money research shows FTBs travelling to new areas to find the home for them Southampton, Norwich and Nottingham are the UK’s most affordable cities for FTBs Despite nerves and financial pressure, FTBs still see home-buying as an exciting and joyful step towards independence Futurologists’ insights can help identify potential hotspots of tomorrow

3 June 2017 00:01

Holiday motorists face fuel price hikes in Europe

• 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

14 January 2017 00:01

Destinations where the holiday purse will stretch furthest

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

31 December 2016 00:01

Where’s hot for holidaymakers in 2017?

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

26 December 2016 00:01

​​Best Bargains for a New Year winter sun holiday abroad

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

13 December 2016 17:02

Family skiing costs least in Kranjska Gora

Kranjska Gora overtakes Bansko for the first time in 10 years to become best valuein the new Family Ski Resort Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyskiing) Early snowfall boosts bookings for Sestriereand Mayrhofen as local price falls help reduce the impact of a weaker pound French and Swiss resorts struggle to compete with Austria and Italy on price

For the firs

19 November 2016 00:01

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

12 November 2016 00:01

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

17 September 2016 00:01

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

3 September 2016 00:01

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

30 August 2016 12:22

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

30 July 2016 00:01

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

16 July 2016 00:01

Family Holiday Report reveals resorts where holidaymakers will get most for their money

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 t

18 June 2016 00:01

Not so ‘all inclusive’ holidays cost UK tourists more than they bargained for

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 h

4 June 2016 00:01

Cut price supermarkets bring down the cost of self-catering holidays in the eurozone this summer

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

7 May 2016 00:01

Pump prices fall across Europe for holiday motorists despite slide in Sterling

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

23 April 2016 01:00

Holidaymakers overspend by £1.55 billion in resorts abroad – but most rate Spain as best value

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