Rip off holidays in Majorca: Brits pay 50 per cent more in shops
Brits on self-catering holidays abroad should shun resort shops and head for out-of-town supermarkets to get the lowest prices, says a new survey.
The biggest disparity between resort shops and supermarkets is in Majorca, where a list of provisions cost £86 in a supermarket but were as much as £133 - or 53 per cent more - in resort shops.
Basic provisions for a one-week family holiday in the Portuguese Algarve are 48 per cent more expensive at a resort mini-market than at a supermarket, the survey by Post Office Travel Money and holiday company Cosmos showed. Words and photos: PA.
Those able to get to supermarkets would also get better value in Lanzarote, Crete, Minorca, Majorca and Limassol in Cyprus.
Including items such as bread, milk and breakfast cereals, supermarket costs in the Algarve were just £56 for one week, but as much as £83 at an in-resort mini-market.
The next best-value supermarket prices (£59) were to be found on Spain's Costa Blanca, which was one of the few destinations surveyed where resort prices were better value than supermarket ones.
Of the destinations in the survey, Limassol had the highest supermarket prices, with the provisions costing £94.
Andrew Brown, of Post Office Travel Money, said: "Self-catering can be a great way to save money on holiday but the wide price variations between resorts makes it important to do some homework before booking.
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