Dry January could buy a holiday

DRY January is usually prized for its health benefits – but it could also pep up your holiday finances too.

Researchers found couples who give up booze for the month and beyond could save enough money to splash out on a variety of tempting trips.

Five weeks’ abstinence buys a £218 twonight stay in Amsterdam with flights.

Those with the discipline to go ten weeks could book a £435 five-night holiday in Portugal’s Praia da Rocha. Making 1 weeks would fund seven nights in Naples at £ 40. For those with exceptional selfcontrol, a full year off the drink will buy an all-inclusive seven-night stay in Jamaica’s Montego Bay at £2,263 in January 2021.

Experts assumed a weekly £44 habit of eight pints of beer and one bottle of wine per couple, bought from a pub or bar.

Alana Parsons, of foreign exchange firm Caxton, said: ‘Extending dry January for a further few months might not work for everyone, but a new year resolution is easier to stick to if you have a holiday on the horizon.’