Originally Posted by
caaardiff
With demand far outweighing supply over the next year or 2 at least, prices will highly likely go up for summer holidays. It would be interesting to see if there is a shift to more winter holidays if prices are cheaper. TUI would be able to provide the capacity during the winter, with aircraft often only operating one flight per day at the smaller bases, and not sending some aircraft over the pond. Summer seasonal crews can be extended too.
Dreamland
Right are you paying the illiberal and possible illegal under international law and rights of the child and that of the parent to parent ! -
Fines for taking your kids out of school in term time !
Probably not , but anyway go just about anywhere within Europe between the end of November and April and it isn’t unexpected for it to rain and for temperatures being less than spectacular , That includes places as far as Cyprus - Nicosia is bl**dy cold in January through early March I can tell you !
Winter sun its really gotta be Southern Canary resorts . West Africa and the Red Sea and further and the carriers just can’t keep anywhere same fleet numbers busy
The work for the Canadian tour companies down to Cancun, Cuba and other Caribbean isles is VERY valuable business for TUI/Smart Wings/Transavia and such.
The winter ski and fondue runs keep the remaining fleets busy pretty just on Saturday mornings really.
If you don’t believe me visit Manchester mid week and count to dozen or so Jet2 planes going nowhere .
That ain’t changing anytime soon.
PS remember that very large parts of the UK industrial private sector holiday entitlement is rather less the the headline 5 and 6 weeks the mass media might imply.
Three weeks available to take at your leisure , With a week to be held for Christmas close or stock taking periods and what is oh six bank holidays is actually the norm !
Add those school fines and huge numbers of families are exceptionally restricted as when the can actually travel (if they can even afford it !)