Holiday spending

Searches soar as travelers look for discounts

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Searches soar as travelers look for discounts

First there was Black Friday — then Cyber Monday. Now deal-thirsty consumers have a reason to shop online one day longer. “Travel Tuesday” — the first Tuesday after the American Thanksgiving holiday — targets those looking for discounts on trips, rather than flat-screen TVs.   Search interest for “Travel Tuesday” rose more than 500% from … Read more

Brits share what they want from a trip, as spending up 5% | Travel News | Travel

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Brits share what they want from a trip, as spending up 5% | Travel News | Travel

Holidaymakers say their ideal holiday includes seven local dishes, sipping on four cocktails and cooling down with five ice creams. The study, of 2,000 adults, found three quarters (77 %) always enjoy their food and drink a little more while on holiday. Getaways also typically include four sessions reading by the pool, five sightseeing trips … Read more