Booking a holiday is sometimes so stressful that you’ll almost need that week or two away to get yourself over the process. Airline prices are a key culprit in this, with prices that fluctuate so often and by so much that it can be difficult to tell whether you’re getting a great deal on your flights, or whether you’ll overpay and end up regretting it later on. The same goes for hotels: if you book at the last minute will you end up getting the best rate, as staff cut prices to fill empty rooms, but if the plan backfires will you be left high and dry with nowhere to stay? Team at MoneyTransfers.com have some great tips to help you save money when booking your next trip: January is the best time to book flights July is the best time to book hotels Book flights four months in a...
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Many travelers likely to budget more when booking a holiday now, says GlobalData With national inflation rates increasing dramatically in recent months across Europe, the purchasing of cheaper tourism related products and services has allowed many European travelers to satisfy their desire of holidaying abroad while ensuring they can make ends meet back at home, found GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Ralph Hollister, Travel and Tourism Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “This level of inflation would be expected to severely dampen demand for international travel. However, stories of packed airports across Europe continue to emerge, demonstrating that the pandemic induced demand for international travel is still present even with inflation squeezing levels of dispo...
Read MoreTUI, the world's largest holiday company, is seeing a rise in holiday bookings towards pre-pandemic levels, the head of the group's German business told a newspaper. "Our customers have some catching up to do," Stefan Baumert told the Funke group of newspapers. FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen from the outside of the TUI travel centre, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Harpenden, Britain. REUTERS/Paul Childs "We are convinced that we can get close to the level of 2019," he said, adding he expected travelling to be easier this summer due to fewer restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. TUI last month said summer holiday bookings were approaching pre-COVID levels on pent-up demand, with a steady recovery in Britain since restrictions and testing rules were...
Read MoreBritons rushed to book foreign holidays after the government laid out plans to gradually relax coronavirus restrictions, giving battered airlines and tour operators hope that a bumper summer could come to their rescue. Bookings flooded in on Monday evening and Tuesday following the government’s announcement on Monday that travel could restart from mid-May, with Spain and Greece the most popular destinations, airlines and holiday companies said. However, travel industry is yet not happy with the announced plans, as it feels that delaying the return of international travel until at least mid-May, could mean the Travel & Tourism sector simply won’t survive and struggling SMEs will just disappear. EasyJet said that bookings on its flights from Britain for this summer had jumped b...
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