Online travel agent Directline Holidays reports package holiday bookings are up for summer 2013 following a surge of last minute bookings as holidaymakers snap up reduced price holidays, many with discounts of as much as 50%, as a result of Britain’s heat wave.
All-inclusive packages have seen the most important increase over the past few weeks with bookings now up 11% in comparison to summer 2012. The hot surge has also seen overall passenger figures for summer 2013 surpass those of summer 2012, with the height summer time just beginning.
Recent figures released by ABTA showed that package holiday bookings are up around the industry as an entire with almost half (48%) of these who booked an overseas holiday in 2012 booking a package holiday when compared with 47% in 2011 and just 37% in 2010.
Maria Whiteman, CEO of Directline Holidays, says: “Package holidays are a well-liked choice with our customers who desire to be capable to budget for his or her holiday without being hit by hidden charges. All-inclusive holidays specially offer great value for money, especially for families who don’t wish to lay our a fortune on dining out overseas. The new price reductions because of the warmth wave signifies that there are currently some exceptional deals available online with huge reductions on packages departing inside the following couple of weeks, so for those that haven’t yet booked their summer holiday, now could be the time to take action.”