British tourists hit package holiday price rise for Spain

All-inclusive package holidays have soared in price in popular destinations including Spain and Turkey.

British tourists are paying 25 percent more than last year in some destinations, according to figures from TravelSupermarket.

The average price for an all-inclusive holiday in Spain’s Majorca has risen by 21 percent while Tenerife is up by 22 percent on last year.

Crete, one of the most popular destinations in Greece, has seen a price rise of a whopping 25 percent.

The research found that prices in Spain, Turkey, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus had gone up by almost 12 percent.

Although Britons will pay less in lower-cost beach destinations such as Bulgaria and Morocco, prices have also soared there.

A week’s all-inclusive holiday in Morocco is almost 30 percent more expensive than last year while Bulgaria has gone up by 13 percent.

Spain has seen the most extreme price rise with the cost of a holiday up by almost 15 percent.

British tourists waiting to see if holiday prices drop last-minute might be out of luck this summer.

Richard Singer, chief executive of TravelSupermarket, said: “It is unlikely that prices will fall substantially for this summer. Prices for next year are looking on a par with this year.”

Britons still looking to book might want to check prices for the last weeks of August, which research from Skyscanner found was generally the cheapest time to travel.

WhichTravel? suggests travellers could save money by staying longer and being flexible on dates.

The team found that staying for 11 nights rather than 10 sometimes made package holidays cheaper.

However, with many British families already under pressure from rising prices in the UK, a holiday may be out of reach for some this year.