Comments on: Weak pound influencing consumer’s choice of destination http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/12/17/weak-pound-influencing-consumers-choice-of-destination/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darren Cronian http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/12/17/weak-pound-influencing-consumers-choice-of-destination/#comment-133020 Darren Cronian Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:32:26 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/?p=2575#comment-133020 @ Lee Sorry, I wasn’t referring you were a spammer, more other companies could see an opportunity to spam their holiday deals. Happy Christmas to you and everyone at Select World Travel! @ Lee

Sorry, I wasn’t referring you were a spammer, more other companies could see an opportunity to spam their holiday deals. Happy Christmas to you and everyone at Select World Travel!

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]]> By: Lee Harrison http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/12/17/weak-pound-influencing-consumers-choice-of-destination/#comment-133016 Lee Harrison Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:15:49 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/?p=2575#comment-133016 Not meant to be spamming Darren, trying to give people an idea of some of the Costs and destinations that are selling at the moment. Not meant to be a sales pitch as we can do that from our own site.( Christmas and New year Newsletter available in pdf format shortly) :-) Anyway Happy Christmas Darren and to all of your readers on Travel Rants. Not meant to be spamming Darren, trying to give people an idea of some of the Costs and destinations that are selling at the moment. Not meant to be a sales pitch as we can do that from our own site.( Christmas and New year Newsletter available in pdf format shortly) :-)
Anyway Happy Christmas Darren and to all of your readers on Travel Rants.

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]]> By: Darren Cronian http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/12/17/weak-pound-influencing-consumers-choice-of-destination/#comment-133012 Darren Cronian Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:11:06 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/?p=2575#comment-133012 @ Lee Interesting, thanks for the comment, and good points on the comparison of £1.25 cuppa in Skeggy compared to abroad. I had to remove part of your comments though because they were promoting some of your holiday deals, and well if I let all companies do that, I’d be spammed up ;) @ Lee

Interesting, thanks for the comment, and good points on the comparison of £1.25 cuppa in Skeggy compared to abroad. I had to remove part of your comments though because they were promoting some of your holiday deals, and well if I let all companies do that, I’d be spammed up ;)

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]]> By: Lee Harrison http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/12/17/weak-pound-influencing-consumers-choice-of-destination/#comment-133007 Lee Harrison Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:47:48 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/?p=2575#comment-133007 On GMTV they compared buying a Cup of Tea abroad in 2007 was something like 0.67p and in 2008 it would cost you 0.95p now, trying to highlight the fact that if you were going to Holiday in Europe it would now be unnaffordable and that Holidays in Europe would be a lot more Expensive. I Doubt if you could visit many Restaurants in England and get a Cup of Tea for less than £1.25!!! In Fact despite all of this talk and Gloom and doom, I've been (Pleasently) Surprised at the Value of bookings we have been taking. I'm also predicting that by the Main Holiday Season the Pound will have re-gained it's strength against the Euro. Let's Face it based on £1.00 to 1 Euro would you rather be paying £1.25 for a Cup of Tea sat in a restaurant in Skegness or 1euro.25 and sat outside overlooking spectacular Beaches and Turquoise Blue waters of the Mediterranean, I know Which I'd prefer. Mind you Darren would probably state that there is no Comparison between a good Cup of Yorkshire Tea and a Liptons Tea Bag with a bit of string hanging out of your cup abroad! On GMTV they compared buying a Cup of Tea abroad in 2007 was something like 0.67p and in 2008 it would cost you 0.95p now, trying to highlight the fact that if you were going to Holiday in Europe it would now be unnaffordable and that Holidays in Europe would be a lot more Expensive. I Doubt if you could visit many Restaurants in England and get a Cup of Tea for less than £1.25!!!

In Fact despite all of this talk and Gloom and doom, I’ve been (Pleasently) Surprised at the Value of bookings we have been taking. I’m also predicting that by the Main Holiday Season the Pound will have re-gained it’s strength against the Euro.

Let’s Face it based on £1.00 to 1 Euro would you rather be paying £1.25 for a Cup of Tea sat in a restaurant in Skegness or 1euro.25 and sat outside overlooking spectacular Beaches and Turquoise Blue waters of the Mediterranean, I know Which I’d prefer.

Mind you Darren would probably state that there is no Comparison between a good Cup of Yorkshire Tea and a Liptons Tea Bag with a bit of string hanging out of your cup abroad!

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]]> By: Pete Meyers http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/12/17/weak-pound-influencing-consumers-choice-of-destination/#comment-132958 Pete Meyers Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:04:50 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/?p=2575#comment-132958 Hi Darren - Welcome to the club! As an American expat living in London last year, the exchange rate of $2.00 for 1 GBP tore me apart (especially since I was getting paid in dollars....ooof.) Now that it's down to $1.50 to 1 GBP, I think your prediction that London will seem more fiscally reasonable to American tourists is right on the money. In general, though, I think that with smart research, planning and plenty of price comparison shopping, tourists can manage currency fluctuations without being pushed to avoid destinations they would've otherwise visited during a more favorable currency climate. Happy holidays, Pete Hi Darren -

Welcome to the club! As an American expat living in London last year, the exchange rate of $2.00 for 1 GBP tore me apart (especially since I was getting paid in dollars….ooof.)

Now that it’s down to $1.50 to 1 GBP, I think your prediction that London will seem more fiscally reasonable to American tourists is right on the money. In general, though, I think that with smart research, planning and plenty of price comparison shopping, tourists can manage currency fluctuations without being pushed to avoid destinations they would’ve otherwise visited during a more favorable currency climate.

Happy holidays,

Pete

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