Summer Spending Report 2018

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Prices in EUR Summer Spending Report 2018

The Spain-Holiday.com annual Summer Spending Report studies the average price of everyday holiday purchases in the top 15 summer holiday destinations in Spain.

Spain Summer Holiday Spending 2018 Price comparison of everyday holiday purchases in the most popular Spanish summer holiday destinations Bus Taxi Car Rental Activities Eating Out Shopping

LPA GRAN CANARIA €3.50 €41.70 €74.26 €71.37 €51.34 €9.37

AGP COSTA TROPICAL €8.86 €95.00 €69.10 €47.50 €41.40 €7.18

ALC COSTA BLANCA €9.65 €67.00 €55.35 €83.25 €56.06 €7.22

ACE LANZAROTE €1.40 €27.00 €80.30 €84.00 €57.50 €9.47

TFN/S TENERIFE €7.15 €54.68 €84.54 €117.60 €51.37 €6.57

MUV COSTA CALIDA €4.62 €55.00 €159.08 €77.33 €51.00 €6.54

LEI COSTA DE ALMERIA €80.00 €187.98 €69.00 €58.70 €5.23

XRY COSTA DE LA LUZ €143.52 €118.91 €82.00 €53.65 €7.46

AGP COSTA DEL SOL €7.15 €61.66 €69.10 €74.07 €86.60 €8.25

FUE FUERTEVENTURA €47.70 €99.98 €120.00 €54.05 €9.28

GRO COSTA BRAVA €10.00 €55.00 €177.63 €80.80 €61.75 €8.65

VLC COSTA DEL AZAHAR €117.00 €161.02 €83.00 €56.29 €7.44

REU COSTA DORADA €8.50 €35.00 €190.94 €110.95 €58.08 €8.77

PMI MALLORCA €5.50 €40.00 €110.19 €92.76 €72.70 €11.18

IBZ IBIZA €3.05 €65.00 €140.75 €81.60 €99.10 €15.57

• The overall best value destination is Gran Canaria where • A family of four staying on the Costa Blanca can hire a a week’s car rental costs €74.26, a two-course lunch for car for less than the return price of the bus from Alicante two €16 and entrance fee to a family-friendly attraction airport. costs just an average of €20. • Sunseekers heading to the Costa del Azahar will be more • The Balearic Island of Ibiza tops the list of the most than €100 out of pocket before they have even reached expensive destinations in Spain. their accommodation. With no direct public transport • Planning to watch the World Cup 2018 matches on your from Valencia airport, the airport transfer options are taxi holiday? Costa Tropical comes out on top for the price of or rental car. beer in a bar at just €1 for a half litre. • Lanzarote has the best value public transport from the • The average price for a 3-course meal for two, with a airport with a one-way ticket only €1.40. bottle of wine is €35. Ibiza is the most expensive for • The best value water parks can be found in Ibiza, Costa dining out, at €61.25. Tropical, Costa Blanca and Lanzarote where an adult day pass costs less than €25.

Spain-Holiday.com · Summer Spending Report 2018 Page 2 Spain Summer Holiday Spending 2018 Price comparison of everyday holiday purchases in the most popular Spanish summer holiday destinations Bus Taxi Car Rental Activities Eating Out Shopping

LPA GRAN CANARIA €3.50 €41.70 €74.26 €71.37 €51.34 €9.37

AGP COSTA TROPICAL €8.86 €95.00 €69.10 €47.50 €41.40 €7.18

ALC COSTA BLANCA €9.65 €67.00 €55.35 €83.25 €56.06 €7.22

ACE LANZAROTE €1.40 €27.00 €80.30 €84.00 €57.50 €9.47

TFN/S TENERIFE €7.15 €54.68 €84.54 €117.60 €51.37 €6.57

MUV COSTA CALIDA €4.62 €55.00 €159.08 €77.33 €51.00 €6.54

LEI COSTA DE ALMERIA €80.00 €187.98 €69.00 €58.70 €5.23

XRY COSTA DE LA LUZ €143.52 €118.91 €82.00 €53.65 €7.46

AGP COSTA DEL SOL €7.15 €61.66 €69.10 €74.07 €86.60 €8.25

FUE FUERTEVENTURA €47.70 €99.98 €120.00 €54.05 €9.28

GRO COSTA BRAVA €10.00 €55.00 €177.63 €80.80 €61.75 €8.65

VLC COSTA DEL AZAHAR €117.00 €161.02 €83.00 €56.29 €7.44

REU COSTA DORADA €8.50 €35.00 €190.94 €110.95 €58.08 €8.77

PMI MALLORCA €5.50 €40.00 €110.19 €92.76 €72.70 €11.18

IBZ IBIZA €3.05 €65.00 €140.75 €81.60 €99.10 €15.57

Public Transport Four of the 15 destinations do not offer Lanzarote offers the best value airport direct public transport from the nearest transfer by bus at just €1.40 for a one-way international airport to the most popular ticket. towns and resorts in the region. These are Costa de la Luz, Costa de Almería and In comparison, getting from Girona airport Costa del Azahar on the mainland, and to the Costa Brava is the most expensive at Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. €10.00 for a single ticket, even though it is a relatively short distance to the coast, just In most instances, hopping on a bus is the 28km. cheapest mode of transport from the airport, with a single adult ticket costing no more than €10.

Taxi For those wanting to get to their Neither of these airports have public accommodation as quickly as possible, transport routes to the popular tourist taxis are often the preferred choice of airport destinations so airport transfer options can transfer. be limited and pricey.

The most expensive airport transfers by In contrast, the island of Lanzarote has the taxi are from Jerez airport on the Costa de best value airport transfer by taxi, costing la Luz, which costs nearly €143.52 for the just €27 for the 10km ride to Puerto del 130km journey to Tarifa, and from Valencia Carmen. airport heading to the Costa del Azahar, where the 116km trip to Torreblanca would cost you just over €117.

A family of four heading to Ibiza or the Costa Tropical can save approximately €100 towards their holiday spending budget by choosing public transport instead of a taxi.

Spain-Holiday.com · Summer Spending Report 2018 Page 4 Airport Transfer

Rental Car We studied the price of one week’s car rental, Tourists heading to the Spanish sunshine in peak season, based on a compact car with on the Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca, air-conditioning, with airport collection/return, Costa Tropical on the mainland, as well and a full tank of petrol. as the islands of Mallorca, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife (landing at North or Alicante airport, which serves the Costa South airports), and Gran Canaria can pick Blanca, offers the cheapest car hire rates up a week’s car hire in the summer months starting at under €55. In second place, for approximately €100. Málaga airport, serving both the Costa del Sol and Costa Tropical starts at €69. The Canary Islands, in particular Lanzarote and Gran Canaria, offer the most Reus airport, serving the Costa Dorada, is economical airport transfer options. the most expensive for rental cars, costing €190.94 for the week’s hire, which is nearly Overall, the Costa Brava is the most 3.5 times as expensive as a like-for-like car expensive destination regarding getting from rental from Alicante airport. the airport to your accommodation.

For those visiting the Costa del Sol, Costa del Azahar, Costa Blanca, Costa Tropical, Costa de la Luz and Gran Canaria, you can save between €7.95-€146.27 for a one-week car rental compared to a taxi to and from the airport.

For holidaymakers arriving at Alicante airport and heading to the Costa Blanca, and those arriving at Málaga airport heading to the Costa Tropical, it is cheaper to hire a car for one week, than use public transport buses for a family of four.

Spain-Holiday.com · Summer Spending Report 2018 Page 5 Eating Out & Sundries Shopping

We compared the price of ten everyday holiday purchases in a bottle of mineral water in a local bar or café, as well as staple the top 15 most popular summer holiday destinations in Spain. items from the local supermarket such as a bottle of mid-range These included a 3-course evening meal for two with a bottle of wine, a litre of milk, loaf of fresh bread and a dozen eggs. wine, a two-course lunch for two, a beer, coffee, soft drink and

3-COURSE MEAL TWO-COURSE DOMESTIC CUP OF SOFT BOTTLE TOTAL EATING INC. WINE, FOR 2 LUNCH FOR TWO BEER (0.5l) COFFEE DRINK OF WATER OUT

COSTA BRAVA €35.00 €20.00 €2.50 €1.45 €1.60 €1.20 €61.75

COSTA DORADA €32.00 €20.00 €2.00 €1.50 €1.58 €1.00 €58.08

COSTA DEL AZAHAR €30.00 €20.00 €2.00 €1.50 €1.62 €1.17 €56.29

COSTA BLANCA €30.00 €20.00 €2.00 €1.47 €1.57 €1.02 €56.06

COSTA DE ALMERIA €35.00 €17.00 €2.00 €1.20 €2.00 €1.50 €58.70

COSTA TROPICAL €19.50 €17.00 €1.00 €1.20 €1.50 €1.20 €41.40

COSTA CALIDA €25.00 €20.00 €2.00 €1.40 €1.60 €1.00 €51.00

COSTA DEL SOL €57.50 €20.00 €3.50 €2.20 €1.80 €1.60 €86.60

COSTA DE LA LUZ €30.00 €18.00 €2.00 €1.30 €1.40 €0.95 €53.65

MALLORCA €42.50 €22.00 €3.00 €1.91 €1.93 €1.36 €72.70

IBIZA €61.25 €29.00 €3.25 €2.01 €2.40 €1.19 €99.10

TENERIFE €30.00 €16.00 €1.75 €1.22 €1.40 €1.00 €51.37

FUERTEVENTURA €32.50 €16.00 €2.10 €1.25 €1.45 €0.75 €54.05

LANZAROTE €35.00 €17.50 €1.50 €1.50 €1.10 €0.90 €57.50

GRAN CANARIA €30.00 €16.00 €2.00 €1.35 €1.30 €0.69 €51.34

MID-RANGE BOTTLE LOAF OF FRESH TOTAL SUPERMARKET LITRE OF MILK EGGS (12) OF WINE WHITE BREAD SHOPPING

COSTA BRAVA €5.00 €0.80 €1.15 €1.70 €8.65

COSTA DORADA €5.50 €0.72 €0.85 €1.70 €8.77

COSTA DEL AZAHAR €4.25 €0.75 €0.98 €1.46 €7.44

COSTA BLANCA €4.00 €0.75 €0.98 €1.49 €7.22

COSTA DE ALMERIA €2.70 €0.60 €0.70 €1.23 €5.23

COSTA TROPICAL €3.00 €0.93 €1.30 €1.95 €7.18

COSTA CALIDA €3.49 €0.78 €1.00 €1.27 €6.54

COSTA DEL SOL €5.00 €0.85 €0.95 €1.45 €8.25

COSTA DE LA LUZ €4.00 €0.72 €0.92 €1.82 €7.46

MALLORCA €8.00 €0.78 €1.08 €1.32 €11.18

IBIZA €11.50 €0.87 €0.78 €2.42 €15.57

TENERIFE €3.25 €0.60 €0.74 €1.98 €6.57

FUERTEVENTURA €5.75 €0.74 €0.93 €1.86 €9.28

LANZAROTE €6.00 €1.27 €0.70 €1.50 €9.47

GRAN CANARIA €5.00 €0.82 €0.88 €2.67 €9.37

Spain-Holiday.com · Summer Spending Report 2018 Page 6 Eating Out & Sundries Shopping

The average price of the ten items Ibiza, and Marbella on the Costa TOTAL costs €69. del Sol, are the most expensive places for eating out and will set you COSTA BRAVA €132.15 The holiday spending budget back more than €61.25 and €57.50 COSTA DORADA €124.93 stretches the furthest on the Costa respectively for a 3-course meal with Tropical, with the shopping list of ten a bottle of wine for two people. COSTA DEL AZAHAR €120.02 items costing less than €50. COSTA BLANCA €119.34 In contrast, you can enjoy an In comparison, Ibiza is the most evening meal in the Costa Tropical COSTA DE ALMERIA €122.63 expensive destination, costing (Almuñecar), Costa Cálida COSTA TROPICAL €89.98 approximately €100 for the same (Mazarrón), Costa de la Luz COSTA CALIDA €108.54 items; more than double the price of (Chiclana de la Frontera), Costa the Costa Tropical. del Azahar (Castellón de la Plana), COSTA DEL SOL €181.45 Costa Blanca (Benidorm), Tenerife COSTA DE LA LUZ €114.76 Football fans on the Costa del Sol (Puerto de la Cruz) and Gran Canaria can expect to pay three times that (Las Palmas) for around half that MALLORCA €156.58 price compared to the price of a beer price. IBIZA €213.77 on the Costa Tropical, at a sobering

TENERIFE €109.31 €3.50.

FUERTEVENTURA €117.38

LANZAROTE €124.47 World Cup fans can rejoice; watching the matches in a GRAN CANARIA €112.05 local Spanish bar doesn’t have to put a huge a dent in your holiday spending budget. The average price of a Spanish beer (0.5l) on the Costa Tropical is only €1.

Spain-Holiday.com · Summer Spending Report 2018 Page 7 Family-friendly activities

A big portion of a family holiday spending Costa Dorada is home to the biggest, most budget often goes towards family-friendly popular and most expensive theme park activities such as a day at the local water in Spain – PortAventura, costing €55 per park, theme park, or similar. The price of person. these activities can soon add up. A day at a water park is a firm family The cheapest destination for family-friendly favourite and, whichever holiday destination activities is the Costa Tropical where a you visit in Spain, it is guaranteed there is family of four can enjoy a day out at a theme a water park nearby. Entrance for a family park for less than €50 at one of the main of four varies greatly from destination to attractions. destination. The most expensive are Tenerife and the Costa Brava which cost €130 and The islands of Tenerife and Fuerteventura, €126 respectively. followed by Costa Dorada, are the most expensive destinations for family-friendly activities with the average entrance fees to a theme park (or similar) costing €32, €30 and €28 per person, respectively.

Surprisingly, Ibiza tops the list of best value water parks, with entry for a family of four costing less than €74, followed by Costa Tropical, Costa Blanca and Lanzarote which all cost less than €100 for the family day pass.

Spain-Holiday.com · Summer Spending Report 2018 Page 8 Methodology Sources

The data compiled by Spain-Holiday.com for this Travel Trends http://www.taxigrancanaria.com Report “Summer Spending 2018” studies the average costs http://malagaradiotaxi.es of holiday purchases in the top 15 destinations in Spain. This http://www.aena.es data was compiled between May and June 2018. https://radiocostatenerifesur.es http://www.taxialmeria.net • Destinations were selected based on the top fifteen https://pidetaxi.es summer destinations on Spain-Holiday.com between June http://malagaradiotaxi.es 2017 for a 12-month period. The destinations included https://www.taxisfuerteventura.es are: Costa de la Luz, Costa del Sol, Costa Tropical, http://es.taxisfarreras.com Costa del Almeria, Costa Calida, Costa Blanca, Costa https://www.taxival.net del Azahar, Costa Dorada, Costa Brava, Mallorca, Ibiza, http://www.saloutaxi.es Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura. http://www.mytaximallorca.com • Exchange rate EUR to GBP as per 2nd June 2018 of €1 to https://www.turismoibiza.com £0.87. https://radiocostatenerifesur.es https://www.spain-holiday.com/carrental#book • Bus prices are based on a single adult fare, from the https://www.guaguasglobal.com/ nearest international airport, to one of the most popular https://www.alsa.es towns or beach resorts on the corresponding coastline. https://arrecifebus.com • Taxi fares are based on maximum 4 passengers, taken to http://globaliaautocares.com the same destination as the bus route, including airport http://portillo.avanzabus.com/es pickup surcharges. http://sagalesairportline.com/ • Car rental prices are based on one week’s rental, in July https://www.flybus.com 2018, for a compact car with air conditioning, collected https://www.tib.org directly from the airport, with a full tank of petrol. https://eivissa.tib.org • “Eating out & Shopping” examines the costs of popular https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/ holiday purchases such as eating out, drinks and meals in local bars and restaurants, as well as everyday items from local supermarkets such as milk, bread, eggs, bottle of mid-range wine. • Family-friendly activities is based on current pricing, as available on 1st June 2018, for the most popular water parks, theme parks, animal parks and adventure activity parks in the vicinity. Where available, pricing is based on a Family pass for 2 adults plus 2 children. Where no family pass ticket or similar is available, pricing is based on 4 one-day adult entrance fees.

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