Consumers put up with Rip off British Holidays
By Darren Cronian on Sunday, August 12th, 2007

According to the Metro Newspaper, the average family spends £2,016 per year on family days out in Britain and the government want us to stay at home for our holidays to help the environment and increase tourism revenue, but it does nothing about the rip off prices for holidays.

Consumers put up with Rip off British Holidays

I’m thinking about taking a week’s holiday in Newquay, and was quoted £900 for a holiday cottage, £699 for a mobile home, so I thought about camping and rang a few campsites and I was quoted as much as £25 per person, for a night, for one tent in the middle of a field.

It would be cheaper for me to jump on a plane and head to the Mediterranean, spend a week in the sun, but I’m going abroad in October and really wanted to visit Newquay as I used to go there a lot when I was a kid.

Now I know why people call it Rip off Britain.


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5 responses to “Consumers put up with Rip off British Holidays”

Jen | 13 August, 2007 at 2:03 pm

I know the feeling, I really enjoy getting out of London at the weekend and I know plenty of people who should get out of London a bit more often.
I’ve found one site to help with this VroomVroomVroom.co.uk, it’s a car hire comparison site which only checks well known brand name car hire companies, plus you don’t need to pay when you book and you can pick the car up in town instead of just at airport.
I’ve used them to hire a car for a road trip to Scotland so the unlimited miles certainly help but some cheaper campsites and hotels would encourage me to holiday here more often.
Surely saving money is the main incentive to miss out on guaranteed good weather?

Rob | 14 August, 2007 at 12:16 am

We’d never go on holiday in the UK - simple, it’s too expensive.

Chris | 14 August, 2007 at 10:51 am

Yeah, currently the high ticket prices are really a big turn-off. Especially between Europe and Asia it costs currently an arm and a leg for a return ticket.

Hope with Long Haul Budget Carriers and the A380 going into service this will all ease early next year.

Cheers from Bali,

Chris

Life is what you make it!

Rohan | 18 August, 2007 at 4:00 am

Took the neices and nephews to Centreparks in Nottingham earlier in the year.

What a con.

Rich | 21 August, 2007 at 9:54 pm

Centerparc’s have always being a rip off.

Unfortunately, the crap weather here meant we took the kids off to Spain for the first time and I think it’s unlikely well ever go on holiday in England again, because we saved so much money.

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