Travel companies pushing consumers to panic book
By Darren Cronian on Friday, July 4th, 2008

Travel companies are worried that consumers are tightening up their purse strings but I read a news article on Travelmole which suggests that UK holidays are set to sell out in this summer. It’s amazing what drivel some travel companies will come out with to rush consumers into booking a holiday.

Travel companies pushing consumers to panic book

What a load of nonsense.

Yes, I have no doubt that UK holidays will be more popular for us Brits because of the strong Euro, price of oil and economic downturn but to suggest that consumers have to rush now to book a holiday because everything will be sold out is plain stupid.

I’m off to rush out and book my boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads now. Not.


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11 responses to “Travel companies pushing consumers to panic book”

Karen Bryan | 4 July, 2008 at 4:20 pm

Yes I read that headline too and thought that’s not news, it’s more like a company advert.

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Darren Cronian | 4 July, 2008 at 4:25 pm

We think alike Karen.

I’m reading alot of travel articles on travelmole recently and they appear to be more marketing articles than actual news and facts.

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BW | 4 July, 2008 at 4:33 pm

Are you finding that more people from the UK are heading stateside due to the weakness of the $?

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Darren Cronian | 4 July, 2008 at 4:40 pm

@ BW

Good question. I suppose we won’t see that until statistics are revealed in a years time.

I do think there’s an increase of Brits visiting places like New York, because it’s considerably quicker to get to, and theres the shopping aspect.

The price of a flight to the US is expensive though. I really want to visit the US, but the flight price is really making it difficult.

I need to save up, and money burns an hole in my pocket.

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Cathy | 5 July, 2008 at 1:34 pm

The weather is the biggest factor for me with holidays in the UK. The fact that holidays here are more expensive than some long haul destinations is a deciding factor.

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Darren Cronian | 5 July, 2008 at 2:26 pm

@ Cathy

It depends on the accommodation I would guess, a caravan might be £600 but it’ll sleep six people, there’s cheap B&Bs, but I agree, the general cost of food, drink, public transport increases the price of a holiday here.

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Karen Bryan | 8 July, 2008 at 9:48 am

Darren, I posted a comment on the original “news” story on the Travelmole site saying I though it was more of a PR release than a news story and guess what, the comment has not been published. I’ve commented many times on Travelmole and this is the first time that my comment has not been approved.

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Julie | 8 July, 2008 at 11:34 am

@Darren. As a family of 4 with 2 children under 12, I have been able to book our long haul flights this summer, cheaper than going short haul, because the long haul airline discount child fares.

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Darren Cronian | 8 July, 2008 at 12:17 pm

@ Karen

Umm that’s interesting. I haven’t been on the site since I wrote this post, but the “news” article was definatly more of a marketing article, promoting Hoseasons, rather than actually providing facts or news.

@ Julie

That’s interesting. Who are you flying with?

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Julie | 8 July, 2008 at 1:51 pm

I’m not telling ;) but Virgin and BA normally have take a 1/3rd off the adult fare for children on most long-haul routes.

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Darren Cronian | 8 July, 2008 at 7:49 pm

@ Julie

I don’t have kids so it won’t be making use of the child fare, but it’s good to know these things for family and friends. Aren’t you finding that long-haul flights are much more expensive then they used to be with the increased duties and surcharges?

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