All-powerful euro leaves holidaymakers looking elsewhere - Times Online
All-powerful euro leaves holidaymakers looking elsewhere - Times Online A bottle of rum is 50 pence and a good meal is about 3 pounds. Cliff and Diana Waller,pensioners from Guildford, regularly take trips to France to stock up oncheap wine and cheese.In Normandy last week they were shocked by the prices. Ed , Elgin, USAIf the UK joined the Eurozone 7 years ago, there willn't be exchange rate problems now. Explore the wonders of the Golden State. Globrix, the property search engineLooking for a new home? Google “Chicago gangster tour”, “Chicago tourist attractions”. It is getting cold now as winter draws in. Lots of golf course, and some nice beaches. News International Limited, 1 Virginia St, London E98 1XY, is the holding company for the News International group and is registered in England No 81701. Not everybody is concerned about the price of baked beans!Bob Martin, Javea, SpainI just bought a nice bottle of chadonnay for 2 pounds as I head to a BBQ at the beach ten minutes away. Play our brand new interactive game: with added functionality and daily prizesCareer/JobsSkip Career/JobsForget burnout, boreout is the new office diseaseAre you irritable when you return from work? Please read our Privacy Policy.To inquire about a licence to reproduce material from Times Online, The Times or The Sunday Times, click here.This website is published by a member of the News International Group. Plus enter our great competitionPerfect Pets:Allow Times Online TV show, Perfect Pets help you make the the right pet decisions Totally California:Are you California dreaming? See the super rich in Winnetka, Kenilworth and Lake Forest. See University of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Cubs lose. Somemay decide that it is time to visit Egypt’s ancient attractions.The holidaymakers in the best position may be those who booked their holidaysmonths ago after last year’s summer washout in Britain. Take it from me, a European, a mistake of the highest order was made. The cost of theirholiday has not been affected by the recent currency fluctuations and manywill have signed up for half board at hotels.But Sean Tipton, spokesman for the Association of British Travel Agents, saidthat people will need more spending money. They think of the price theyare paying in pounds sterling for their flight and accommodation, andremember prices on offer are those agreed last year.”However, for some operators it is not all gloom and doom. Unless they bought their euroswhen they booked their holidays they will find the pound buys 10 to 15 percent less this year than last. Wake up and smell the difference.E J Murray, Kerry, IrelandWe manage a number of properties in Javea on Spain´s Costa Blanca and our bookings are at record levels. We can get that in Loch Fyne forless,” Mrs Waller said. You can be suffering from boreoutPodcastsSkip PodcastsThe Bugle - Dead Hill WalkingJohn Oliver and Andy Zaltzman beg Hillary to pack it inDrivingSkip DrivingJeremy Clarkson's greatest hitsPrepare for some shock and awe, petrol lovers.
