Despite the pounding taken by sterling this year against the euro, holidaymakers planning trips to a European hotspot may find their holiday cash stretches further than expected because prices have plummeted in many popular resorts, according to this years Post Office Holiday Costs Barometer, which reveals that although sterling is worth 4.5% less than in April 2012, prices are down by up to 20% in Spain and almost 15% in the Algarve. ?

Over the recent few years consumer behaviour has changed dramatically. Easily available information coupled with the continued economic turmoil has made today?s consumers extremely discerning in their choices around travel.

Social media is now the most popular way for travellers to communicate with friends and family back home, while only 6% now send a postcard when they go on holiday, according to Skyscanners latest survey of 1,200 travellers.

Following the suggestion by an academic in Norway that overweight passengers should be charged more money to travel on flights to enable the airline to get back the extra fuel costs involved in carrying them, www.sunshine.co.uk ?conducted a poll of 2,472 Brits to see if the idea is something that would be supported.

AFTER the success of Euro 2012, Poland is reaping the benefits of massive exposure and predicting a bumper year for tourism, particularly from the UK.

New research from www.sunshine.co.uk has revealed that more than a quarter of Brits actively choose to exercise whilst on holiday and swimming is the number one choice of holiday workout.?