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Introduction
This report is based on information obtained from TCA members and owners who have contacted the TCA but, as information about 2004 costs are still being collected, this is just an interim report - a full report will be published later in 2005. If you would like to contribute to our survey please click here.This report looks specifically at two key geographic regions:-
The report includes just over 100 resorts/clubs but excludes points and multi resort clubs - which will be dealt with in the full report. This report does not identify resorts by quality grading nor do the costs include exchange costs.
- All Spain (including the Canaries and Balearics)
- UK (including Eire)
The initial conclusions of the survey are:-
- Annual costs have risen by 8.5% in the last year and 24.8% since 2001 - almost exactly double the rate of inflation
- The spread of costs for similar sized units is very wide with some resorts having annual costs more than three times that of others. See attached charts
- Average costs in 2004 in each region by size of apartment are - £
Region All Spain UK "T0" Studio 186 255 "T1" 1 Bedroom 225 311 "T2" 2 Bedroom 268 332 "T3" 3 Bedroom 330 372
- The overall average, calculated on the basis of the reported mix of units sizes in each region.
Region All Spain UK Overall Average - £ 256 328 Overall Average - € (£1=€1.4) 357 459 ![]()
This report is available in:-
January 2005