According to ABTA, the Travel Association two million British holidaymakers headed overseas for the first weekend of the summer holidays for the majority of English schools (20-23 July). The most popular destinations are Spain and Greece which suggests that savvy…
A combination of the coming summer and flailing Euro has led to record bookings for holidays in Greece, say Calum MacDonald, Marketing Manager at Holiday Hypermarket: “It’s incredibly affordable to travel in the Eurozone at the moment, and that includes…
As thousands of Brits head off on holiday in Greece, Chris Bryant, Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for consular affairs, visited Athens and Corfu on 14 and 15 July to look at the preparations British consular staff have made to…
Recent UK surveys showed that 20% of the over-55s try activities abroad that they would not contemplate at home, while nearly two in three admitted not taking out travel insurance on their last trip overseas. Also, more than half of…
