With belts being tightened all round due to the current recession many people may be looking closer to home for their holidays. The regular trip to Florida may not be affordable this year so many people may look at cheaper options in Sunny Spain and Portugal, Italy or the South of France.

There are plenty of low cost airlines offering cheap flights to destinations such as Alicante, Malaga, Faro, Lisbon, Nice, Carcassonne, Rome and Milan. It is also worthwhile looking around at cost comparison sites such as Expedia in order to find good value hotel/villa deals.

Car hire is an option to consider if you plan on getting about and seeing as much as possible on your vacation. Cost comparison car hire services such as Spain car hire and car hire France are worth visiting and searching for a quote as are car hire Portugal and car hire Italy sites.

Here you will be able to choose from numerous car hire types and prices from many of Europe’s top car hire companies all on one website. So whether its car hire, lodgings or even travel insurance, cost comparison is the way to go.