The best capital cities across Europe for budget-friendly holidays have been revealed, with Warsaw in Poland ranking in first position. Travel insurance experts at Quotezone.co.uk have analysed data to create the 2024 European Budget Holiday Index to name the most affordable city breaks across the continent. They looked at the twelve most visited capital cities across Europe including Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Rome.The cities were ranked based on several factors which budget holidaymakers should look out for, including tourist tax, hotel costs, the price of a meal and beer, public transport ticket costs, and the distance from the airport. Warsaw, Poland has been named the best city break for budget-friendly holidays in Europe, with no tourist tax in place, the cheapest hotel pri...
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Your trips abroad, especially to Europe will cost more this year, as countries across Europe look set to increase tourist taxes. Travel insurance experts at Quotezone.co.uk have researched the cost of tourist fees for the most popular countries in Europe. Many countries have raised their fees for tourists this year, with visitors to Paris paying up to €14.95 a night, and a 5% charge on room fees in Berlin. Venice has introduced a trial for visitors to pay a €5 entry fee to the city during daytime hours, including additional costs for anyone staying in the city overnight. Manchester has introduced a tourist tax of £1 per night for visitors, which has been successful in funding street maintenance. FILE PHOTO: Tourists walking in a crowded street in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)...
Read MoreTravel within Europe in the busy holiday season is exceeding 2022 levels, despite security warnings from authorities around Europe as consumers remain determined to enjoy holidays, prolonging the post-pandemic travel boom. Christmas markets and popular tourist sites in cities such as Munich and Paris have been bustling lately, albeit with strong security presences, as holiday travel within the European Union and including Britain was set to climb 22% above 2022 levels, according to travel data firm ForwardKeys. The spike has been driven by continued post-pandemic demand, executives and analysts said, with some people only travelling to see their families for Christmas this year for the first time since the pandemic. People stroll past Christmas lights and decorations at the outdo...
Read MoreAs travel-related searches are constantly high on Google, the team at SuperCasinoSites decided to analyse the current social media travel trends and check which European destinations are popular on TikTok. To see the viral travel spots in Europe right now, they examined the top-liked videos on TikTok bearing the #europetravel hashtag and uploaded in September. The team found the three most popular videos for each destination and based on their combined number of views, picked the 10 most popular places. In addition, they calculated the like rate for each destination. The team found out that Italy is the only country with multiple entries within the top 10. It is home to three of the 10 trending #europetravel destinations right now. Here are a few key findings from the analysi...
Read MoreFlying to Europe this year might sound as absurd as opting for premium gasoline. With prices this high, is it really the right time to splurge? “As a result of labor shortages and all these things going on, travel is more expensive than it’s been in a while,“ says travel journalist Oneika Raymond. “Flights are really expensive. Accommodation is really expensive. And revenge travel is a thing.” Although travel prices continue to soar overall due to constrained supply and mounting demand, pockets of affordability remain. FILE PHOTO: Tourists walks on a bridge in front of Palazzo Ducale, in Venice, Italy, on June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) Europe represents one of these pockets, where weakening currency exchange rates against the dollar and tepid demand have left price...
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