A new BBC report finds that a seven-day, all-inclusive family package holiday to Greece will cost on average £1,038 (around $1,405) per person, a 12 percent jump from £926 (or around $1,253) in 2024.
Vacationers to Cyprus will need to fork out £1,166 (around $1578) for the same period, up whopping 23 percent higher than last year’s £950 (around $1286) average.
Rising prices are also reported for all-inclusive family packages in other popular destinations like Spain and Turkey, underscoring a region-wide surge in peak-season costs.
Prices in Spain are up 9.4 percent from last year, from £835 (around $967) in 2024 to £914 ($1058) in 2025.
Turkey is also not much of a bargain destination anymore either, as the average per-person cost has risen from £874 (around $1184) to £1003 (around $1358), an equally eye-watering 23 percent increase from last year.
On the other hand, Italy and Tunisia, which are on the list of the top 10 most-searches countries, have seen their prices drop.
A weeklong stay in Italy is down from £1266 (around $1713) in 2024 to £1129 (around $1528) in 2025, while a week in Tunisia will typically set vacationers back £763 (around $1033) down from £794 (around $1075) in 2024 — a 11% and 4% drop respectively.
The figures are based on online searches made from 18 April to 17 June for an all-inclusive, seven-night family holiday during August 2024 and 2025, a type of holiday historically popular among Brits.
According to the BBC article, these increases reflect increased operational costs for wages, energy and of course food, all which are passed down to customers during these all-inclusive holidays.
To cope, many Britons end up booking shorter-length stays or travelling mid-week to cut their holiday expenses.
But for the rest of us with family ties in Greece and Cyprus, the time might have come to finally visit the Horio this year.
Spend a week in a room unchanged since the Papandreou days, prepare a basket lunch made with fresh ingredients sourced from the local laiki, commandeer your distant uncle’s ancient Nissan, and drive down with your friends or family to the nearest pristine (and free) beach — all for a fraction of the cost that all those xenoi are paying.
What better way to reconnect with nature and your heritage — of course, your bank account with also thank you for it.
