Holiday Sales

December 3, 2009

Is the recession still holding back the long haul holiday?

And so the holidays are here again. Several different holiday research companies have announced that vacation bookings have already risen since last year by 1.6%. Although this isn’t a huge number, this is an increase that hasn’t been expected this early, holidays were expected to carry on decreasing.

A retail firm in New York has released information that they predict an increase in holiday sales next year to be even more. Shopper Trak is a Retail research company that has predicted rises in holiday bookings in the next holiday season. Bookings for holidays next year, started as early as August, and have been increasing right through into October. Because this year has been bad for holiday bookings, it is expected that next year bookings will rise. Bookings to locations around the world are expected to increase, however those to North America and locations on the Equator are on the rise.

Although the overall amount of searches for holidays has come down, people have been a little more adventurous with what they spend there money on. The sign that we are booking yet even more holidays must mean that we are slowly getting rid of our money problems.

The most popular holidays are; Egypt holidays, America holidays, and strangely Cuba holidays. These three places seem to be getting the highest level of enquiries. In England more than 160,000 people a month (Albeit some the same each month) enquire only about Egypt holidays.

When looking at some of the holidays being booked it becomes clear that Caribbean holidays, Indian Ocean holidays and Africa holidays are going to be among the most popular in the future. These all together receive the most amounts of enquiries than any other holiday. Other Tour Operators have speculated that the Dominican Republic will be the place to holiday, probably due to the refurbishment of the islands image that the Government is attempting to clean up.Holidays to locations around the world, are on the rise, now we need to keep them increasing as well.

 

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November 22, 2009

Sand instead of Snow this Christmas?

So you’ve been dreaming of that white Christmas, the one where your wonderland is covered in snow….. Not for all of us? It would seem that lately people are more interested in the warmth that Christmas brings, not just to our hearts (Ahhh) but also to our bodies.

It would seem that a lot of people want nothing to do with the cold weather at Christmas time, now they just want to sunbathe. The Christmas period brings with it offers on holidays across the world. And this year it would appear that you, the tourists want to go on these holidays. Christmas holiday sales are already up this year, and many of you are looking for locations like St Lucia or Barbados.

The prices for holidays in such luxury locations are actually quite astonishing. The competition is out there and tour operators are doing what they can to bring prices down and offer us the best deals, to try and entice us into the Christmas holidays they have available. There must be a reason that people want these holidays, but what is it that makes them so sought after.

The whole world is warming up, and not many people like the snow anyway. Snow is good when you want to go and have fun, but when it is so cold you don’t want to go outside it’s not so good. People now what to sit on a beach, and enjoy Christmas, instead of being stuck at home worrying that you have got people what they want. Nowadays the best thing that you can do for your family, is to take them on holiday. Not many people will complain, and its easier to arrange than a Christmas at home.

So what are you doing this Christmas, maybe instead of Caribbean holidays, you could try Maldives holidays or Dubai holidays, they are still just as warm, and not too mention just as luxurious.

 

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