Mediaboss Marketing

By Linda Mckay

PUBLISHED: 06:49 EST, 8 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:50 EST, 8 June 2012

I am planning a backpacking trip round the Greek islands this summer and had hoped to supplement my holiday with some bar work.

With the financial crisis in the country reaching epic proportions will this still be a good time to go? IM, via email.

Greece: Is now still a good time to go?

Linda McKay of This is Money replies: Greece has hit the headlines in the city pages for the troubled financial state and the parlous state of the nation as a whole.

If you decide to go ahead with your plan you will be welcomed, as tourism is still accounts for 15 per cent of total output and one in five jobs in Greeces 170billion economy, but strikes and riots have spooked visitors and many have been put off by fears of serious difficulties if Greece is pushed out of the euro.

Holidaymakers like you will be put off travelling leaving thousands of small Greek pensiones empty and their owners desperate for business.

The strength of the pound will take you further but everything in the Greek islands themselves has to be imported so you may find prices in the tavernas higher than even last year as restaurateurs struggle to break even.

Original post:
I'm planning a trip around the Greek islands this summer. Is this still a good time to go?