Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
And its evolved that way because its the cheapest way of doing it. Which tour operator is going to be brave enough to put stick their neck out and put their prices up for a more staggered process?
Yes, the "if its Wednesday it must be Tenerife" syndrome. It was always going to be like that back in the days when there were just departures on one or two days each week to the principal resorts. Today however the likes of TUI and Jet2, and Condor and Eurowings in Germany are operating daily to many destinations so surely it ought not be beyond with wit of companies, equipped with state of the art IT systems (???) to be more flexible with the IT operations. Of course another issue is that, by and large, working families want to travel some time between Friday evening and Sunday afternoon allowing them to maximise the benefit of the meagre (in UK) annual leave entitlement that most "enjoy", 3 or more days of which they are required to take in that dead period between Christmas and New Year (that was a real pain when I was office based).
We haven't availed ourselves of a package holiday for 20+ years now; and the idea of holidaying with a bunch of Brits frankly doesn't appeal anymore, if indeed it ever really did. Preferably we travel to destinations where Brits are hardly seen but that is a personal choice, and despite the ease of putting a holiday together for ones self these days, it is one that the majority would appear not to want to make.