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  • Holidaymakers ‘in the know’ rate Greece top value as new research shows holiday overspending is at record levels

    Positive ratings by past visitors help Greece pip Spain and Portugal to best value destination spot – but Switzerland and Scandinavia are bottom of the Post Office poll Over three-in-five Britons – and two-thirds (68 per cent) of families – will travel abroad as overseas holidays are named the top priority after paying for household essentials But overspending has hit a record high with a growing

  • Revealed: The destinations holidaymakers rate best value and the lowdown on those that actually offer the lowest prices

    Green listed Portugal scores on both counts as Holiday Money Report unveils the best bargain holiday hotspots and holidaymakers’ favourites
    Portugal tops holidaymakers’ own good value ratings alongside Greece and Spain’s Costas, with Thailand the best placed long haul destination But Post Office’s global barometer of tourist costs reveals that Bulgaria is the cheapest, while Bali and Vietnam o

  • Head East for the best value Christmas Markets breaks

    • Riga remains the lowest priced city for a Christmas Markets break - 44 per cent cheaper than Copenhagen, the most expensive of 10 surveyed in Europe • Designer goods cost less in five of the European cities surveyed than in London – Lille offers the biggest savings of over 13 per cent for 10 top gift items while individual items can cost as much as 48 per cent less

  • Clean sweep for Eastern Europe as Post Office reveals best value cities for a pound-stretching break

    10 cheapest cities: Krakow, Vilnius, Riga, Warsaw, Budapest, Moscow, Prague, Athens, Lisbon and Lille • Krakow is best value as Eastern European capitals take top seven places in the 10th annual City Costs Barometer (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts) • High hotel prices make Amsterdam most expensive • Moscow is highest top 10 entrant – one of seven cities where prices have fallen

  • Capitalise on Christmas Shopping bargain breaks

    • Riga is the best bargain of 10 European cities surveyed for a Christmas Market break (www.postoffice.co.uk/christmasmarkets) • Costs are down year-on-year in five cities with double digit falls in Lille and Munich • Designer goods cost over 22 per cent less in Berlin than in London and savvy shoppers can save almost a third on an Apple iPad or Levis 501s in Riga

  • Winter sunshine breaks look full of Eastern Promise

    Post Office Fastest Growing Currencies reportreveals appetite for Far East travel •69 per cent summer sales surge for Thai baht signals winter sun success for Thailand •Boom in currency demand for Vietnam, Bali and Malaysia as well •New Zealand dollar is the Fastest Growing Currency as Lions Tour boosts demand •Croatia is the big winner in Europe – summer sales for kuna rise by a third

  • Prague revealed as best value city break for culture vultures

    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

  • Far East cities are best bargains for a long haul break

    • 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

  • 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

  • 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 key fa

  • ​​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

  • 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 first

  • 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

  • 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 movements i

  • 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

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