Going on holiday is a tradition in the average UK citizen’s year where we get to jet away from working in the office for a week or two in the sun. Millions of Britons travel to Spain, Greece and other more far-flung destinations to get away from the hassles of working life and to enjoy themselves.
This tradition used to be a luxury back thirty years ago but as we moved on to the nineties and early 2000’s many new cheap flight companies and tour operators spread like wild fire, high streets and web pages touted flights to European destinations for ridiculously low prices and whilst many of these sensationalist deals were subject to taxes and other additional costs the price of flying was clearly lower than it ever was and more and more of us jetted away.
The past year though has seemingly popped this cheap holidays bubble and sent many of us crashing down to earth with prices rising due to airline running costs (specifically fuel costs) and the financial situation in general making holidays seem more and more expensive by the week.
Many UK holiday makers are now finding that extra charges and the shrinking market of cheap flights companies is making us rethink that extra holiday next year, and in some cases any kind of trip abroad all together. Two of Britain’s biggest tour operators have stated that they are looking to cut down on package holidays over the next two years too.
The two holiday giants have said that due to the amount of holidays being booked dropping that they are having to cut back and push up prices on package holidays. This seems to be the norm for the travel industry in general at the moment. Where in the past many companies had offered lots of cheap holidays they are now concentrating on profit margins and this means less holidays and at a higher price to boot.
It is easier for larger holiday firms to do this due to many of them buying out smaller competitors or the competitors simply folding under the financial pressure. Whilst this price hike is a bit of a problem for holidaymakers many are beginning to take the old fashioned mentality where a holiday is a luxury and not something you can do two or three times a year realistically.
With many people going for cheaper all inclusive holidays and locations closer to home it hasn’t become completely impossible to nab a decent deal on a holiday but as with almost everything over the next year or two we are going to find holidays costing more and the extra money we had set aside being spent on other necessities before splashing out any time soon.
Andy Adams
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