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Everyone in the UK travel industry is doing everything possible to entice holidaymakers and there has never been a better time to arrange a cheap holiday. Hotels, airport parking companies, airlines, self-accommodation providers are all desperate for customers and to survive they are all reducing prices, offering discounts and all sorts of offers such as three weeks parking for the price of two, one person in twelve places for Free in hotels, if you book before 31st January a percentage discount off your flight etc.
All these companies have prepared for a substantial downturn and the big holiday companies such as Thompson have already reduced the number of package holidays that they intend to sell, however, none of this helps the supplier in the slightest. Whilst suppliers can reduce staff to economize, a high proportion of their cost remain fixed and in many cases they will have financial commitments to meet for investments made in better times.
Historically, many European countries have seen a high proportion of their income come from the UK traveler and the decline they have seen over the last 18 months is predicted to increase in 2010. The reasons for this is simply that the UK will be one of the Last countries to come out of recession and with increasing unemployment and moreover the fear of unemployment people are not spending.
Hotels and self-accommodation units all over Europe who sell rooms via the major package companies will have already witnessed less take up for their product at very keen prices. There will be other providers who have been dropped altogether and both will now have to find other avenues and markets for their product.
The internet will be their best opportunity to reach potential customers from all countries quickly either via their own web sites or on web sites designed for that location. All these suppliers will be desperate to secure as much of this diminishing market as quick as possible.
For those unaffected by the economic downturn there will be many bargains available for all the reasons mentioned above and research will be the key comparing the costs offered by the travel agent to those available via the internet.
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