People within the north of britain are spending almost £200 greater than their southern counterparts on their holiday this year – consistent with research* released today by lastminute.com. With house prices within the south of britain up greater than twice that of the united kingdom as an entire, and typical London house values hitting an all-time high of £318,214, the price of southerners’ homes could be affecting their time away.
The research revealed that 2013 holiday spending within the north of the rustic is up by an ordinary of £118 per person in comparison with 2012, and nearly a 3rd (29%) of northerners who will go on holiday this summer plan to spend over £1,000 per person this summer. Over the border, 30% of Scottish holidaymakers also plan to splash out no less than a grand per person, but only one in 5 southern holidaymakers are prepared to do an identical.
When it involves gender splits amongst holiday-goers, men were found to be the most important holiday spenders, allocating £918 each on average – in comparison to women who were set to spend a regular of £831 this year.
Mark Maddock, Managing Director of lastminute.com UK and Ireland said, “Our findings have highlighted a north-south divide we’re not used to seeing, and it can be that the price of housing is starting to impact southerners’ purchasing power. However, people should get maximum value from their hard-earned holiday budgets and at lastminute.com we will guarantee fantastic getaways for reasonable prices.”
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