Sophie Foster, Deputy Travel Editor for Mailonline
16:06 07 June 2024, updated 16:33 07 June 2024
- Ordered by the Post Office Travel Money Holiday Spending Report
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- Overseas travel is named as the highest priority after food, energy and necessities
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Brits have ranked the best and worst-rated destinations around the world – and it’s Greece that comes out on top, with Scandinavia bottom overall.
The 28-strong ranking comes courtesy of the Post Office Travel Money Holiday Spending Report, where 94 per cent of Brits say Greece is good value, while only 38 per cent rate Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark and Sweden) as such.
The second best value country is mainland Spain (93 percent), followed by the Canary Islands (93 percent), which include Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. Just above Scandinavia, according to voters, Switzerland is the second worst destination (38 percent).
The best-rated long-haul destination is Thailand (89 percent), followed by Mexico (87 percent) and South Africa (85 percent).
The lowest long-haul destination is the city of Dubai (51 percent) in the United Arab Emirates, while the United States (67 percent) is the second worst in terms of value, followed by Mauritius (68 percent) in East Africa.
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Portugal (92 percent) and Turkey (92 percent) complete the top five of the ranking for Europe.
France (65 percent), Italy (79 percent) and Croatia (83 percent) also make up the list of the five worst value European destinations.
The Post Office report also reveals that more than three in five Britons – and 68 per cent of families – plan to travel abroad this year, with overseas trips named the highest priority after paying for food, energy and household essentials.
On their last trip abroad, almost four in five (78 per cent) holidaymakers set a budget of £334.47 per person on average, but only a third of holidaymakers stuck to it – 67 per cent broke their budget by an average of £154.62. .
Families spent even more. The 73 per cent who went over their budget did so by 55 per cent and spent £312 more than the average budget of £566.26.
More than half (57 per cent) of holidaymakers who overspent blamed meals in restaurants, while 32 per cent named food and drinks bought at a local shop or supermarket as the culprits.
A third (36 percent) attribute their overspending to the cost of drinks, and 44 percent say they overspent on sightseeing and excursions.
An earlier survey showed that 84 percent of vacationers were worried about the cost of food, drink and other tourist items in overseas resorts and cities.
Travelers staying at all-inclusive resorts are reporting an increase in spending on food and drink — the Post Office says in a press release that this is because fewer items are now included in the paid package.
The report states that 77 percent of individuals and 81 percent of families spend on trips to local restaurants for meals.
Laura Plunkett, head of travel money at the Post Office, said: “The opinions of holidaymakers who have visited a destination are really useful and are likely to be a more reliable source of information about value for money than those of people who have no direct knowledge. Earth.
“Most of the 28 destinations included in our Good Value survey scored higher with past visitors than those who had to rely on what they had read or heard about the country.”