A study has revealed that Manchester is the second most expensive city for a holiday in the UK, the day before the compulsory new tourism tax was introduced for anyone staying in the city.
With a price tag of almost £1,000, Manchester is only narrowly behind London in the list if chosen as the destination for a weekend break.
The cost of the two-night UK holidays were analysed, including the average cost of accommodation, local transport, food and drink and leisure activities across cities in the UK.
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Coming in at around £980, the biggest expense for those looking to visit Manchester is lodgings, with a hotel costing around £99, and an Airbnb priced at an average of £111 per night.
That eye-watering price rises further if there are more than two people planning to get away, with a family of four expected to shell out an additional £130 on just food and drinks alone.
This price also take into account additional costs associated with getting away, such as travel to and from the city destination, additional leisure activities or excursions, or boozy nights out.
The news comes just days after Manchester was named as the first UK city to introduce a tourism tax. From April 1, overnight guests in city centre hotels and aparthotels will pay £1 per night per room. Officially called the ‘City Visitor Charge’, the projected £3 million in annual takings will be used to fund a new organisation — the Accommodation Business Improvement District (ABID).
The latest research, conducted by travel experts Jersey Island Holidays, collated Airbnb and hotel rates, meal and drink prices, local transport fees, taxi fares and leisure activity costs for each city, to identify how much it currently costs for a weekend break in the UK.
Manchester came out as the second-most expensive city to visit with a weekend rate of almost £1,000, narrowly behind London (£1,230), with other costly hotspots come out as Edinburgh (£847), Brighton (£799) and Southampton (£792).
These figures are thought to possibly scupper Brits’ spring holiday plans for those wanting to book a UK holiday in hopes of saving money.
The same study found that when two nights of accommodation, restaurant meals, fast food lunches, taxi rides, public transport and a cinema or theatre excursion are taken into account, the cheapest city to visit right now is Leicester - still costing around £572 to do so.
Holidaymakers are predicted to need to set aside at least £700 when planning their staycation, as the data reveals that the average UK city costs £715 to visit.
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