Sun holiday prices vary by €1,354

SUN worshipers could be paying way over the odds for their summer holidays, according to a Budget Travel survey.

The company found that a survey of some of the countries largest tour operators, undertaken last week, revealed that prices for the same holidays can vary by as much as €1,354 between different tour operators.

The survey was carried out anonymously on behalf of Budget Travel, the country’s largest tour operator.

Prices were obtained directly from the websites of four of the country’s leading tour operators (Budget Travel, Stein Travel, Falcon Holidays and Panorama Holidays).

Prices covered a family of four travelling to Majorca for two weeks from the weekend commencing Friday, September 1, and staying in a one bedroom apartment at the Jardin del Mar apartment complex or an equivalent complex in the Santa Ponsa resort.

Prices quoted varied from €1,499 to €2,853 and did not include insurance.