Cheapest holidays compared to pre-pandemic - including Spain and Turkey

Brits looking to go away on cheap holidays this year can still get a bargain - possibly one even better than before the pandemic began.

In the past three years petrol prices, mortgage rates, energy costs and even the price of fish fingers have all shot up dramatically as the world grapples with the huge disruption of a global pandemic and climate crisis.

While things are certainly tough at home and abroad, bargains remain there to be grabbed.

According to holiday company On the Beach, some trips away have buckled inflationary trends and are cheaper now than in 2019.

Seven days at the Iberostar is 54% cheaper (Loveholidays)

The firm has produced a list of four all-inclusive holidays to destinations in Spain, Turkey and Greece it considers the biggest bargains on offer.

All of them that are cheaper for the 2023 season than they were in 2019.

Top of the list was Dalaman, Turkey, where the average price of an all-inclusive, seven-night stay at the four-star Nicholas Park Hotel in Dalaman is £234 per person in 2023, a 42% decrease in average cost since 2019.

In Spain, the four-star Iberostar Cala Millor Hotel in Majorca is £200.79 per person in 2023 - a 54% decrease compared to the £437.05 price tag in 2019.

Going to Grand Park Lara next year is, in real terms, much cheaper than in 2019 (Loveholidays)

In the same country, a seven-night stay at the Magic Aqua Villa Luz Hotel in Costa Del Azahar has fallen 44% from £456.46 to £254.84.

These inflation busting holidays can also be found in Greece where a stay at the Portes Beach Hotel in Halkidiki is 44% cheaper in 2023 than in 2019 with the average 7 night all inclusive stay costing more than £230 less next year.

On the Beach has shared 10 of its other biggest all-inclusive price cuts with The Mirror, all of which are in Turkey.

The hotspot is renowned for its hot weather, and is a very cheap option at the moment as the pound is relatively strong against the lira.

Opulence abounds at Club Hotel Sera (Loveholidays)

They seven-day, per-person deals are as follows

• Club Hotel Sera: £274.69 in 2019, £251.94 in 2023
• Sea Life Family Resort Hotel: £444.82 in 2019, £302.24 in 2023
• Swandor Hotel and Resort Topkapi Palace: £519.50 in 2019, £317.74 in 2023
• Alize Hotel: £421.26 in 2019, £260.21 in 2023
• Adonis Hotel Antalya: £220.96 in 2019, £192.05 in 2023
• Turunc Hotel: £391.66 in 2019, £347.12 in 2023
• Turquoise Hotel: £470 in 2019, £211.39 in 2023
• Aydinbey Famous Resort: £394.16 in 2019, £291.58 in 2023
• Amara Prestige Elite: £373.87 in 2019, £322.95 in 2023
• Casa De Maris Hotel: £272.61 in 2019, £239.42 in 2023
• Grand Park Lara: £480.70 in 2019, £422.94 in 2023
• Sahra Su Holiday Village and Spa: £206.31 in 2019, £189.16 in 2023
• Aquasis Deluxe Resort and Spa: £571.27 in 2019, £334.53 in 2023

You can find out more and book at onthebeach.co.uk.