Spending Money for Malia

You will be able to last on £500, i spent about £800 over 2 weeks and went out every night, did a few boat trips and excursions, got quad bikes twice and eat takeaways/at restaurants alot.
pre-drinking before you go out will save you money but going round all the bars is a lot more fun.

Hey! Being Greek myself I can tell you that 800 is way too much and given the crisis most prices have dropped now. I think that Malia is a great place to go! I don't know what sort of deals you have looked at but although I live in London I cooperate with a travel agency in Greece and we are currently developing summer packages for UK students in Greece. You should keep in mind though that it is quite early to look at summer deals since in Greece they usually come out in April and are available to public in May (I know it's quite late but you get the best prices). Anyway, I can inform you about our packages if you like, just send me your email

I would really appreciate it if you could also fill this questionnaire out as it is designed to help us to develop this year's student summer packages. Hope to hear from you!

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Thanks very much for the reply. I'm thinking of taking £600 worth of spending money incase I need the extras although I probably won't. And if you don't mind, do you remember the price of the boat trips and what were they like, any good? And what were the prices like at the restaurants, high or average?

Once again, thanks so much.

Thanks for the reply FayK, I've filled in your questionnaire and I hope it helps in the research you're doing - good luck with it too!

We did a tour boat trip which lasted 6 hours, i slept through most of that because we hadnt slept from the previous night, that was ok but more of a family orientated thing, think that was like 15 euros. Then you can hire your own boat with mates which is really good fun, think that was about 10 euro each. Also try haggle the prices.
The standard deal for local restaurants was starter, main and 2-3 drinks for 15 euros. Prices are pretty similar everywhere.

Loads of people say dont get quads but id say get them, you can explore the island and they are super fun, obv just be careful and use some common sense.

Did you go to any Booze Boat trips too? And the price for the restaurant sounds alright actually, thought it would be more than that.

I might look into renting a quad for a day to have a go, but yeah I will use common sense as you said.

Also if you don't mind me asking, who did you book the holiday with?

Thanks

didnt do the booze cruise because our rep was trying to rip us off, doubling the price of the ticket...... but people i spoke to said they are well worth doing.

booked with first choice, but just look around for the best price. If your happy to leave it you will get it cheapest last minute.

I'm thinking about going to Malia (Crete, Greece) in the summer with a few friends for two weeks and I've looked at a few deals for the flight and accomodation but the only problem now is that I'm unsure as to how much I should take to spend while I'm there. I was thinking of £500 which is equivalent to 598 euros, but I'm not sure if that will be enough?

We're planning to go clubbing mostly everyday (obviously with a few breaks now and again) and also going for a meal in any restaurants in the area for some days. Could you also tell me how much the drinks usually are in the clubs, and would I be better off buying them before going there?

We booked ours through Olympic, two weeks for £490 in self catered accomodation just off the strip.

I was there in 2010 absolutely loved it. It was our sixth year holiday and there was about 22 of us that went out each night together. Because there was so many we got really good drinking deals, 5euro each for 3 vodka mixes each 100 shots and 4 fishbowls to share. Good times. I took about £250 but that was only for the week

Malia isn't cheap anymore, no drinks deals and beer in the shops isn't the cheapest similar prices to over here and in the clubs your looking at 5euros for a vodka and mixer (although they are strong as!).

If your doing it on the cheap 600euros minimum otherwise i'd take 800 and have some spare to take out if i got desperate.

Make sure you go to the WKD bar and get an MG.

Were your reps pushy or anything compared to the horror stories I've seen about the Club18-30 reps?

Thanks for all the help, very much appreciated.

Hiya all I seem to go a little later then you all im going on 11th September for 3 weeks with my friend but staying just outside malia. Im going all inclusive and im hopeing to take about 900 euros. Do you think that will be enough?