| With the world economy looking so shaky many | | | | Europe. |
| people are concerned about trying to save money | | | | The second set of costs you want to consider of |
| and pay down debt. One of the first luxuries that | | | | those of accommodation and food. In this regard |
| gets dropped is the annual family holiday. Yet if you | | | | Spain is attractive relative to many other destinations |
| choose the right place to holiday you will find that, in | | | | in Europe. As a regular visitor I have found that it is |
| fact, it may be a lot cheaper than you think and a | | | | possible to rent a reasonably cheap beach house or |
| treat that you can still afford. | | | | apartment for my family with a bit of searching on |
| When you are looking for a cheap vacation you need | | | | the Internet. Word of mouth is usually a great source |
| to consider several factors. | | | | of information too. Once we have accommodation |
| The first is obviously the airfare. There is no point | | | | and tickets the vast bulk of our spending is already |
| going to somewhere really cheap if you have to pay | | | | accounted for. This is because Spain is an incredibly |
| a fortune to get there. Obviously the price of tickets | | | | cheap country when it comes to food and drink. I |
| to Spain will depend largely on where you are as well | | | | have found that on the coast it is possible to buy |
| as when you wish to travel. The middle of summer, | | | | huge mounds of fresh prawns and calamari in the |
| school holidays and long weekends are times when | | | | regular supermarket for just a few Euros. On my last |
| prices rise considerably. If you have the flexibility to | | | | trip I fed both my family and the friends we were |
| modify your travel times going just a week earlier or | | | | staying with a huge meal of fresh seafood that we |
| later can yield significant savings of up to half the | | | | prepared on the barbeque at a cost of about 10 |
| price of the ticket. Many discount airlines fly to | | | | Euros. For that money you would struggle to get |
| airports all across Spain so there are no excuses for | | | | much more than a bottle of wine and a few snacks |
| you not finding a cheap ticket from most parts of | | | | in Britain. |