Package holidays rise in 2010 – nope

Newspapers scaremongering again, – The Daily mail is predicting with that nonsense crystal ball of theirs, that package holidays will rise during 2010 and that a late deals price war never happened…

Well listen up, don’t just repeat the nonsense coming from the ABTA Convention in Barcelona. High st Travel agents may have taken a battering and so they should (after over pricing).

However online bookings took off and late deals for 2010 package holidays – with no increase and in-fact savings over last year are live and kicking..

According to travel industry magazine Travel Trade Gazette, the average price of holidays rose by £26 to £564 this summer – as the price war that had been expected failed to materialise and travel agents cut the number of cheap deals on offer.

Wrong

The report continues: ‘The general picture seems to be customers are bargaining harder than ever, waiting later than ever to book and demanding more value for money.

Very True