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  • Staycation Nation: New Guide Reveals the Best UK Destinations for Nightlife, Families, Nature and Beaches

    Staycation Nation: New Guide Reveals the Best UK Destinations for Nightlife, Families, Nature and Beaches

    Just over eight in 10 (81 percent[1]) Brits have opted for a UK staycation over a trip abroad at least once in their lives, with millennials[2](87 percent) and couples (85 percent) leading the trend. Regional pride runs deep—every part of the UK favours its own as the best staycation destination, especially in Scotland (67 percent), Northern Ireland (60 percent), and Wales (61 percent). Nearly ha

  • Post Office reveals the most common misconceptions about life insurance & finds a fifth of people with cover are unsure how the policy pays out

    The most common misconceptions surrounding life insurance relate to how the policy pay out works and how life assurance differs from insurance. Providing financial security for their family is named the most popular reason for taking out life insurance. Policy holders were just as likely as those without life insurance to fall victim to misconceptions.
    Almost a fifth of people (18%) wit

  • Falling hotel prices make city breaks cheaper across Europe

    Falling hotel prices make city breaks cheaper across Europe

    Post Office report reveals that prices are lower than last year in two-thirds of cities
    City Costs Barometer (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts) also reports price falls from pre-lockdown levels in 92% of cities that are exempt from Government quarantine rules
    Hotel costs have plunged since lockdown: falls of over 20 per cent found in 14 cities
    Eastern European cities dominate best value t

  • Overseas destinations that will give ‘more bang for your buck’

    Overseas destinations that will give ‘more bang for your buck’

    Post Office reveals what sterling’s current value means for holidaymakers

    Sterling is stronger year-on-year against 80 per cent of the top 40 holiday currencies and will stretch further in all 40 destinations compared with last summer
    The pound’s biggest gains are against the Chilean peso and Turkish lira
    City break tourists visiting Budapest will get 10 per cent more for their pounds

  • Holiday forecast looks brighter as prices fall abroad

    Holiday forecast looks brighter as prices fall abroad

    Post Office Travel Money Holiday Money Report reveals 2020’s best value hotspots (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidaymo... reveals falling prices in over three-quarters of resorts and cities worldwide
    15 per cent year-on-year price fall makes Sunny Beach, Bulgaria cheapest for tourists
    Japan powers past South Africa to become best value for long haul travellers
    Chile, Japan, Poland and Tobago a

  • Bulgaria’s Bansko is cheapest for family skiing

    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

  • Post Office Travel Smart Index analyses the common travel mishaps across 49 destinations for UK travellers

    Post Office Travel Smart Index analyses the common travel mishaps across 49 destinations for UK travellers

    Two in five travel insurance claims for cancellation or baggage

    -Brits left £540 out of pocket from cancelled holidays and incidents abroad1 -Thailand, New Zealand and Sweden top the bill as the destinations with the most claims2 -37% of UK travellers still regularly travel without travel insurance
    Post Office today launch the Annual Travel Smart Index, analysis of claims an

  • Post Office partners with Taurus Insurance Services to provide brand new gadget insurance product

    Post Office partners with Taurus Insurance Services to provide brand new gadget insurance product

    Post Office has entered the gadget insurance market with the option of a single or multiple gadget policy. 36% of adults in the UK own four or more types of gadgets, one in six will accidentally damage their gadget.* Loss, theft and damage are all covered as standard, as well as unauthorised usage and worldwide cover. Flexible claims solutions with options to use Apple genius bars or provide

  • Post Office appoints Royal London to grow its Life offering

    Post Office appoints Royal London to grow its Life offering

    New agreement will give customers more choice and accessibility

    New product range will be launching throughout 2017

    Access to new products across additional digital channels

    Post Office Money has taken a major step in growing its life business by appointing Royal London as its new life insurance partner.
    Working with Royal London will enable Post Office Mon

  • 40 million set to see in the New Year from the comfort of their home

    40 million set to see in the New Year from the comfort of their home

    Big Night In’ trend continues with three out of four UK adults (78 per cent) opting to stay home One in six of us (17 per cent) spending the evening alone For those entertaining, damages from house parties will add £71 to cost of the evening 18-34 year olds are set to be the biggest New Year’s Eve spenders
    Over three-quarters of UK adults (40 million) expect to welcome 2017 in from the com

  • Post Office Money offers storm advice to homeowners across the UK

    Post Office Money offers storm advice to homeowners across the UK

    As the UK prepares to be battered by storm Barbara, Post Office Money Insurance is putting teams in place to provide help and advice to customers who may be impacted.
    Rob Clarkson, Managing Director Post Office Money Insurance said: We hope that Storm Barbara doesn’t cause too much damage, but we are getting ready to assist any customers if they need assistance over the Christmas period. We are

  • POST OFFICE MONEY ADDS EXTRA HOME CONTENTS COVER THIS CHRISTMAS

    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

  • The cost of a burglary: Victims faced with £2,833 bill from damaged and stolen items

    The average cost of damage caused during a break-in is £566… …coupled with an additional £2,267 from the value of stolen items The percentage of burglaries where computers are stolen has risen dramatically over the last decade (17 per cent to 34 per cent)

    A burglary will cost the average household £2,833, according to Post Office Home Insurance.
    The research, taken from the Off

  • The Dog Days of Summer: August is the most popular month to insure a new pooch

    The Dog Days of Summer: August is the most popular month to insure a new pooch

    August seems to be the most popular month for people to purchase a new puppy, according to Post Office Pet Insurance data.*
    Sales data shows that people are six per cent more likely to take out pet insurance on a new puppy in August than in an average month, indicating that people are getting their new dog over the summer holidays.
    There is also a big difference between July and August, wit

  • ©Lee Higham

    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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