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

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

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 V

Head East for the best value Christmas Markets breaks

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

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

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

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

Night market in Bangkok, Thailand

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

Pound plunges in Europe but canny holidaymakers can still make their cash stretch further

Pound plunges in Europe but canny holidaymakers can still make their cash stretch further

Pound plunges to a 13-month low against the euro but lower resort prices cushion the blow Sterling is stronger than a year ago in top long haul holiday destinations UK tourists will have 18 per cent more pesos to spend in family favourite Mexico But Japanese yen has surged in value for the first time in over two years – UK visitors will get 11.6 per cent fewer yen for their pounds

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IN THE MARKET FOR A POUNDSTRETCHING EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BREAK

IN THE MARKET FOR A POUNDSTRETCHING EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BREAK

Post Office® Travel Money survey of 12 cities shows Budapest and Prague are Christmas Markets best buys this winter Vienna has proved the most expensive Brussels is cheapest in the eurozone for a Christmas Market break Most designer goods cheaper than in London for the first time As sterling strengthens against European currencies, shoppers can get up to 13.7 per cent more cash to spend than a

STERLING’S STRENGTH MAKES EUROPEAN RESORTS AND CITIES 2015’S BEST VALUE HOLIDAY HOTSPOTS

STERLING’S STRENGTH MAKES EUROPEAN RESORTS AND CITIES 2015’S BEST VALUE HOLIDAY HOTSPOTS

New Post Office® Holiday Money Report reveals cheapest destinations (postofficeholiday.co.uk/the-travel-blog/holiday-money-report-2015) Europe powers past long haul competitors to take eight of the top 10 places in best value barometer of 46 destinations worldwide Europe’s biggest price fall of 19 per cent found in Crete Bali loses best value title as Czech capital Prague offers lowest prices for

PRICES SLIDE DOWNHILL AS SNOW FINALLY HITS THE ALPS

PRICES SLIDE DOWNHILL AS SNOW FINALLY HITS THE ALPS



Snow has finally arrived in the Alps after weeks of nervous nail biting by ski holiday operators and skiers with early season bookings. That is not the only good news as the latest Post Office Travel Money Ski Resort Report¹reveals that prices have slid downhill since last year in 19 of 21 European resorts surveyed.
The biggest fall has been in Soldeu, which also benefited from early

Bargain Hunters Can Shave Hundeds Of Pounds Off Gift Items On A New York Shopping Trip

Bargain Hunters Can Shave Hundeds Of Pounds Off Gift Items On A New York Shopping Trip

- Designer labels cost up to 73 per cent less in New York - Seventh annual Post Office® Travel Money Christmas Shopping Guide reveals almost one-in-five items surveyed cost over 50 per cent more in London - Sister brands Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister offer richest pickings in New York (www.postoffice.co.uk/christmasshopping2014)

Culture Vultures Should Head East For The Lowest Priced High Brow Break

Culture Vultures Should Head East For The Lowest Priced High Brow Break

- Almost half of UK holidaymakers call themselves culture vultures - Warsaw is Europe’s cheapest city for culture with prices under a third of those in Vienna, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Paris - Eurozone culture comes with lowest price tag in Dublin and Rome - London is the most expensive cultural capital despite price falls of over 20 per cent in the past five years

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