Travellers cashing in by self-catering

Executive coach travel (Supplied by Watkins Coaches) Nightly Entertainment Dinner, bed & breakfasts Return ferry Pembroke - Rosslare FRUGAL travellers hoping to save money by booking self-catering holidays are being rewarded with cheaper grocery prices abroad, new figures show.

Despite the weak pound, the cost of food and drink at supermarkets is now lower for UK visitors compared with five years ago at all eight of the popular European resorts analysed by Post Office Travel Money and Monarch Holidays.

The cheapest destination for a basket of 15 selfcatering basics was found to be Majorca, where the bill of £31.91 is 19% down on 2012 prices.

Researchers reported five loaves of bread cost £4.27, with 40 tea bags only setting tourists back 40p and 100g of coffee costing 89p.

Portugal’s Algarve was runner-up at £33.65, ahead of Lanzarote, at £34.41. The most expensive destination was Limassol, Cyprus (£44.29) followed by Dalaman, Turkey, (£42.13) and Costa Blanca, Spain (£41.04).