It’s sufficient to make you drop your chips—according to government statistics, the cost of a takeout fish supper has increased by more than 50% in the last five years.
The cost of hotels, restaurants, and bars has all increased since then, making them all far more expensive than the traditional British summertime food of fish and chips.
As more and more Britons want to travel within the UK, prices are rising. The current VisitBritain poll, which was issued late last month, found no signs of the domestic travel boom that started at the height of the Covid crisis. 75% of Britons, up 5% from the previous year, indicated they intended to take an overnight vacation to the UK in summer.
Brits took an average of 2.3 holidays in the UK last year, up from an average of 1.8 in 2018, according to the Travel Association’s Holiday Habits travel survey. The cost of the necessities for a traditional British vacation have increased as follows at that time:
The cost of a hotel room is the single largest component of any trip, but restaurant costs have also skyrocketed. Although fish and chips at the beach are frequently referred to as a national treasure, some may believe that the dish now costs a king’s ransom because it cost £9.29 in June, up more than a pound in a year.
If you’re going on a trip with pals, the price of your round will have significantly increased. A premium lager, vodka tonic, whisky, and mineral water cost approximately £16 in total in June, more than a pound per round than in the previous year.
Taking the same group bowling will be far less expensive: in June, a game at a tenpin bowling alley cost £7.41, a rise of 1.9% year over year and significantly less than total inflation.
prefer to read an excellent paperback while relaxing on the hotel balcony? You’re better off since the top-selling item of the year is one of the few on our list to have had price growth below the rate of inflation (7.9% in the year ending in June).Additionally, you may want to consider sitting in the shade because the price of sunscreen has increased by a whopping 99p since last year, outpacing inflation by 17%.