What are the possible reasons for a rise in price of foreign holidays?

There could be several, such as: 1. Inflation in the country to where you are travelling. As the prices of things increase there (such as hotels, transport etc) this is reflected in the price you will pay too. 2. The price of fuel. As fuel prices increase (especially the cost of oil - and hence road and air transport) then the increases are passed on to the customer. 3. Your own currency being low. If you are in the US, the dollar recently (although it has recovered lately) has been worth far less compared with, say, the UK pound or Euro. This means that when you travel to countries connected with or that use these currencies you will get fewer pounds for your dollar so things will seem more expensive. If you are in the UK and pay for holidays abroad that are based in countries using Euros then you will pay more for them because the euro at the moment is y strong - meaning that your pound is worth fewer euros. So a hotel room costinh 50 euros might have been equivalent to £30 a couple of years ago when a uro was worth only 60p, but now with the euro worth over 80p the same room would cost you over £40. There are many other reasons - but I hope these give you some idea.