‘’ 2008 ‘’ July

Pack your bags in advance

Posted on July 31st, 2008 in Featured

Over a quarter of holidaymakers (27 per cent) are so excited at the thought of the great holiday get away, that they pack their bags in advance at least a week before their holiday, according to a new survey.

Women, at 37 per cent, were more than twice as likely as men, at 18 per cent, to pack their holiday bags in advance.

Plus we also found that nearly a third of people, 31 per cent, repack at least twice, with the average UK holidaymaker taking one hour, 25 minutes to get their holiday gear together.

Holiday comparison sites useless

Posted on July 29th, 2008 in Featured

Your know the sort of thing “We could save you money” at nowecannotdot.com, the problem with all these so called comparison sites, is they :-

1. Do not deal with all the UK tour operators.
2. Have no idea what party size you are.
3. The price shown is never the price you end up with.

So if your looking for the best holiday deals for your next holiday, take a moment and Consider if you will that the 2 major tour operators in the UK are:

UK hotel deals better than ever

Posted on July 27th, 2008 in Featured

With Profits falling around UK provincial hotels there has never been a better time to pick up a bargain hotel break.

Rising food and fuel prices have led to a fall in profits for UK provincial hotels, according to a recent report. Average daily income for UK hotels covered in the HotStats survey, fell 6.9% in June to £39.69 per available room.

Slowing demand also affected profits, with average occupancy falling 2.1 per percentage points to 74.6%. Combined with a weak growth in room rates, this resulted in a 1% drop in revenue per available room to £56.54.

Holiday bookings getting cheaper

Posted on July 24th, 2008 in Featured

The credit crunch is having an escalating effect on people’s travel plans as holiday bookings get cheaper with Thomson and Thomas Cook discounting late deals.

At the start of the year, just 7% of respondents to our survey said the economic downturn would have an impact on travel plans for 2008.

However, 12% of 3500 people questioned from July 5 to 7th admitted they may have to look for the cheaper option on their summer holiday.