British holidaymakers jetting off for the school summer break are likely to find the best prices in Bulgaria and Turkey. Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, and Marmaris, Turkey, are the joint cheapest of 16 popular European resorts, according to Post Office Travel Money’s annual Family Holiday Report.
The report’s Beach Barometer, produced with travel company Tui, estimated a cost of around £86 for 12 common holiday expenses including a family meal, drinks, sun cream, insect repellent and beach items ranging from buckets and spades to lilos, ice-creams, and pedalo rides at the two destinations. The report suggests local prices have doubled in Marmaris compared with summer 2019, but the collapse of the Turkish lira since then has helped to reduce the impact.
However, Britons can expect to pay almost 11% more than three years ago in Marmaris, compared with 8% at Sunny Beach. Despite the rises, costs at the two destinations were over 20% lower than in the cheapest Eurozone resort, Portugal’s Algarve, which came in at £108 for the 12 items.
