Five ways to cut the cost of your summer holiday

Going on holiday outside of term time can be an expensive business

Holidaymakers at a beach in Protaras, Cyprus
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The enormous mark-up placed on flights and hotels during school holidays hit the headlines again last week when father-of-one Jon Platt won his court battle to avoid a fine for taking his daughter out of school for a family holiday. Mr Platt argued that the holiday would have been prohibitively expensive if they had gone during the school holidays.

The average cost of a holiday soars by 35 per cent if you want to travel outside of term time, according to research by currency firm FairFX. "Parents are being held to ransom by travel operators when it comes to summer holidays," said Ian Strafford-Taylor, CEO of FairFX.

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