Planning a holiday with us

If you plan a holiday this year, why not take one of our London travel escorts? With that in mind, we thought we’d give you some helpful information about the best time to travel and the best value with family or an Agency Pink escort...

It is often said that the middle of April is the best time to catch the cheapest deals for flights and hotels.

Summer is always a pricier time to travel,  particularly to the major tourist hotspots, as the narrow window of the school holidays leads to so much demand. With that in mind, what minimum budget should you count on for a few weeks in the sun this year? We looked into it and presented the results below.

First, we selected four popular and nearby summer destinations for British holidaymakers: Malta, Paphos in Cyprus, Alicante in Spain, and Corfu in Greece. Then, we checked hotel and flight prices for the first two weeks in July. Then we researched the daily cost of living in these locations and then trebled it to replicate how we like to splash the cash on things like eating out, excursions, sun-cream, ornamental donkeys made out of straw, roaming data and so on.

Accommodation tends to be the most significant expense on holiday; research shows that hotels in favourite summer locations sure do raise their prices around the holidays. Even checking the price comparison sites such as Trivago or Booking.com shows high prices for all the destinations on our list. Of course, you could leave it at the last minute, but then you run the risk of getting stuck with either a hugely expensive accommodation bill or ending up staying in a flea pit. Or both! So, as an alternative, we went on Airbnb and found a few suitable properties with good reviews for each location, which came ahead of the hotel price.

The next most significant expense for most will be the flights. While we do recommend checking what deals the likes of Ryanair and easyJet have on offer to your destination, the best prices were travelling with the big carriers, especially at this time of the year. One significant factor is that for a 2-week break, you will need to check in some luggage unless you plan on wearing a pair of Speedos and one T-shirt for the duration of your trip, and of course, the budget airlines charge extra for this.

Another thing to keep in mind is that budget airlines tend to fly to far-off airports many miles away from the place you want to stay in, although, to be fair, this wasn’t the case with our chosen destinations.

Finally came the cost of living calculation. Malta and Paphos, surprisingly, were the most expensive destinations for the cost of living, with Alicante the cheapest. Of course, if it’s just you and an Agency Pink escort, it would be much more affordable and enjoyable!!