35% of Britons have not booked their summer holidays yet

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35% of Britons have not booked their summer holidays yet

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/ ... rs-summer/

Interesting read from the Telegraph, with 35% of Britons are yet to book their summer hols! So we should see some bookings coming soon ;-) Hopefully![/quote]
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Re: 35% of Britons have not booked their summer holidays yet

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ABTA put out a press release to try and encourage bookings for package holidays.

Judiciously omitting the salient information, one arrives at a completely spurious conclusion. Usually one that suits the reader (or publisher).
ianthy wrote:.. 35% of Britons are yet to book their summer hols! So we should see some bookings coming soon ;-) Hopefully!
Here are some salient bits to note:

1. The information comes from ABTA who only care about package holidays. In some sense they are our competitors.

2. ABTA only believes around 35 per cent of families are yet to book their main summer break. Not even a reference to a pseudo-scientific survey.

Sorry ianthy, it was not my intention to shoot the messenger :wink:
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oh dear I was just trying to bring some cheer on a gloomy day.
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I still have to book a family holiday. :wink:
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SkyNews and Kay Burley are just running the same report ... so it must be true. Just waiting for Simon Calder now.
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Haven't booked mine yet either!
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Me neither.
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News like this does not help be it UKers going to the EU and EUers coming to the UK
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36369406

And that is not a political statement from us. :)

Or like this guy. The Turkish hoteliers are almost pleading with the UKers to come to Turkey. Then using the BBC as a publicity wagon.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36373064

News the other day suggested a majority of Dutch are looking to taking their vacations in their own country this year.
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The French (bless them) have just given any hope we had of getting any bookings the kiss of death. They sure know how to finish off their tourism industry.
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Can't afford one coz rentals are so bad :P
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Now remind me what is a holiday.
It's silage time then harvest so I won't ask as the answer will be no.
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We are thinking of Cornwall this year....so yet to book it (will be Sept). Also had 2 really decent enquiries this week and a booking. ...woo-hoo!

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Frenchlady wrote:The French (bless them) have just given any hope we had of getting any bookings the kiss of death. They sure know how to finish off their tourism industry.
Agree Frenchlady, with all this shit going on with the unions no one is going to book France now with maybe the exception of those places close to the ferry ports. On the bright side we may make some extra money from guest who cant make it home :?
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bessie wrote:Now remind me what is a holiday.
It's silage time then harvest so I won't ask as the answer will be no.
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The time you spend sleeping.
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You may be interested in signing the Ryanair petition. Before all of us trying to run businesses in tourism are forced to close!!!

http://www.keepeuropesskiesopen.com/
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