| u’ve felt the proverbial ‘credit | | | | Taking out money at ATM’s |
| crunch’ this year but don’t want to | | | | Do your foreign exchange at home before you leave |
| miss out on your annual Ibiza outing here’s a | | | | to get enough cash for the first few days of your |
| few tips we’ve compiled on finding cheap | | | | holidays then get yourself a pre-paid currency card to |
| holidays to Ibiza. Ibiza’s got a perhaps | | | | withdraw cash in Ibiza rather than using your credit |
| undeserved reputation for being an expensive place | | | | or debit card which will probably charge you a big |
| to holiday, mostly because the nightclubs are | | | | withdrawal fee. With these cards you get charged |
| expensive to get into and buy drinks. Actually for | | | | per withdrawal so go in with your mates and get a |
| things like flights, hotels and food and drink the high | | | | big lump of cash out at once rather than little bits |
| level of competition makes it one of the cheaper | | | | each night. |
| summer holiday resorts in Europe these days. | | | | Cheaper club tickets |
| Packages holidays or separate bookings? | | | | This yer the clubs have been better at reducing their |
| The big question to ask is whether its cheaper to | | | | club ticket prices for pre-bookings. It used to be that |
| get a package deal with your flights and hotel | | | | you got pretty much the same price on the door but |
| included or to book flights yourself with Easyjet or | | | | in 2010 you seem to be able to save a few quid on |
| Ryan air then booking your hotels separately. I | | | | the high ticket prices by booking online in your home |
| you’re going last minute actually it usually | | | | currency rather than paying on the door in euros. |
| works out cheaper to book a package because | | | | Make sure you only pre-book for nights which you |
| flights tend to get more expensive closer to the | | | | definitely want to go to though! |
| dates you want to leave, whereas packages come | | | | When to visit |
| down in price. UK travel agents and online holiday | | | | The cheapest holidays are in June and September as |
| sites drop their packages down to stupidly cheap | | | | July and August prices get bumped up by the families |
| prices in the last few days before departure because | | | | travelling with their kids during school holidays. If |
| its better to have someone on their planes and in | | | | you’re trying to save dosh its definitely |
| their hotels than to have empty seats so keep an | | | | recommended to aim for either early in he season |
| eye out and if you’re laving it last minute be | | | | (june) or towards the end (september). This way |
| as flexible as possible with departure dates and times | | | | you’ll also be able to plan your holiday around |
| to give yourself the best shot of getting a good deal. | | | | the opening and closing parties which happen at the |
| All-inclusive hotels | | | | start and end of every season and see some of the |
| If you’re booking a package holiday look for | | | | best DJ’s flying in specially and are usually |
| an all-inclusive hotel if you can. These are usually only | | | | rammed with people despite being outside of the |
| a little more expensive than normal self catering or | | | | main season. |
| half board hotels and you’ll get all your food | | | | In summary, shop around for the best prices and do |
| (and more importantly, drink!) included in the price so | | | | a bit of prep work before your holiday and a week |
| you can get warmed up at the hotel before hitting | | | | or two in Ibiza can be cheaper than you’d |
| the bars or extortionately overpriced clubs! | | | | think. |