Is the UK top of your holiday list?
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Hoseasons online poll of 200 holidaymakers suggests that a higher proportion of the UK population are taking holidays at home. Concerns about the environment, airport hassles and the recent warmer Summers have prompted more people to consider the UK as a holiday destination.
I don’t think that an online poll of 200 respondents is very statistically significant but it does all point to a shift in attitudes. Mutual friends discussing holiday plans brought up the topic of their carbon footprint and one was taking the train to go on holiday for this reason. Have you come across any evidence of changes in holiday plans in your family or circle of friends?
April 6th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
I think it is right. There are some beautiful places in UK - all we need is the weather.
April 6th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
On the whole I quite like the weather in the UK. Personally I don’t like temperatures above the low twenties degrees as I generally want to be out and about while on holiday. If it’s hot, I need to wear suncream all day and the heat makes me feel lethargic. It’s the unpredictability of the weather that can be annoying. that you can’t plan outdoor actiivities in advance.
April 7th, 2007 at 10:10 am
The other problem is that the UK is pricing itself out of the holiday market. You can pay alot more for a cottage in Devon in August, that it would cost you for a villa cwith a poll in the Algarve ( and that inclus=des the flights). Its up to UK holiday rental property owners to offer more cost-effective holidays in the UK!
April 7th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
I know that the UK can be expensive, we had a 2 week half board holiday in Tenerife at the end of November last year for under £600 for the two of us. The room was spacious and a had a balcony with views of the gardens. We stayed B&B in a hotel in Norfolk in February and paid £65 a night, the room was pokey and at the front of the hotel on the main road.
I looked at cottages in Devon for us last year for a week at the end of June, we decided to go to a chalet on a holiday park which was adequate somewhat lacking in charm but was a quarter of the price of a cottage and we thought we’d be out a lot of the time anyway.
Are there any holiday rental property owners reading this who’d like to explain why prices are so high in the UK?