How giving up alcohol during ‘Dry January’ could save you enough money to go on holiday
- Couples who give up booze for the month and beyond could save money
- Five weeks’ abstinence buys a £218 two-night stay in Amsterdam with flights
- Those with discipline to go ten weeks could book a £435 five-nights in Portugal
Dry January is usually prized for its health benefits – but it could also pep up your holiday finances too.
Researchers found couples who give up booze for the month and beyond could save enough money to splash out on a variety of tempting trips.
Five weeks’ abstinence buys a £218 two-night stay in Amsterdam with flights.
Dry January is usually prized for its health benefits – but it could also pep up your holiday finances too (file image)
Those with the discipline to go ten weeks could book a £435 five-night holiday in Portugal’s Praia da Rocha. Making 17 weeks would fund seven nights in Naples at £740.
For those with exceptional self-control, a full year off the drink will buy an all-inclusive seven-night stay in Jamaica’s Montego Bay at £2,263 in January 2021.
Researchers found couples who give up booze for the month and beyond could save enough money to splash out on a variety of tempting trips (file image)
Experts assumed a weekly £44 habit of eight pints of beer and one bottle of wine per couple, bought from a pub or bar.
Alana Parsons, of foreign exchange firm Caxton, said: ‘Extending dry January for a further few months might not work for everyone, but a new year resolution is easier to stick to if you have a holiday on the horizon.’