Jumping into my email inbox today are a few rants from readers – each rant mentions how expensive holidays have become because travel operators are so keen on adding extras, which obviously hikes up the price of their holiday.

The dreaded single person supplement [don’t get me started on this subject!] is featured in all of the rants, and the fact that they have to pay an additional £90 on top of what is already costing the consumer over £600.

I suppose I don’t mind paying single person supplement if you are getting a room like everyone else but from my experience, they dump you in a cupboard somewhere in the hotel and hope you don’t complain about the shabby condition.

What’s with these extras too – pay £98 if you want a lake view room or £85 if you want a Mountain View room. You don’t pay these extras but it has to worry you what exactly you’re going to look out on to, if it’s not the mountain or lake.

We won’t then go into the discussion on the extra cost for the holiday because it’s during the school holidays, but a family holiday is an expensive luxury nowadays, and my advice would be not to jump into the first deal you find in the travel agent – shop around.

• Single Travellers annoyance at Single Person Supplement
• Holidays for Singles
• Solo Travellers Get a Rough Deal
• Frustrated by the lack of consumer friendliness in Travel

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