Dollar’s loss is shoppers’ gain

GETTING more bang for your buck has become easier for Irish holidaymakers, whose euro now travels much further than it used to on the far side of the Atlantic.

The dollar’s collapse has been welcome news for travel agents specialising in trips to America, as holidaymakers snap up packages allowing them to spend more dollars for fewer euros.

“We’re definitely benefiting from it,” said Bill Chambers, sales and marketing manager with American Holidays, a leading Dublin travel firm. “Our city break programmes are flying out the door.”