Christmas Day holiday bookings develop, December sales up by 30%

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More prospects than ever selected to e book their holiday via a journey agent on Christmas Day this 12 months. Cruise sales on Christmas Day have been fivefold in comparison with final 12 months. As a big home-based journey enterprise Not Just Travel is made up of a various vary of individuals from completely different cultures. Therefore, it’s no shock that it sees bookings taking place on Christmas Day yearly.

This 12 months was no exception, with the primary reserving going down very early on Christmas day morning. Sales all through December have damaged data, with a rise of practically 30% on the identical interval final 12 months. Not Just Travel is predicting a fair busier remaining week of the 12 months.

Steve Witt, Co-Founder of Not Just Travel stated “With the Boxing Day sales now in full swing, customers with lots of time on their hands and, with it being a payday weekend for many, we can expect clients to be celebrating the end of the year by bagging a booking bargain.”

“Top destinations right now include Spain, the Balearics, Canaries, Greece, and Florida. The trend being for people wanting to escape the cold and heading off for some winter sun,” stated Paul Harrison, co-founder. “However, cruise bookings saw a big increase in December, with nearly 20% of bookings being for cruise”.

Not Just Travel are additionally reporting large sales for different locations together with, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UK, Italy, Cyprus, Australia, Cape Verde and Lapland. In truth, Lapland is among the top-selling merchandise this time of 12 months. As demand is excessive and provide is restricted, shoppers race to e book for subsequent 12 months to keep away from disappointment.

Heading for the solar remains to be the primary precedence for Not Just Travel shoppers. With over 51% of bookings being for Winter Sun locations, 32% being for the summer season and practically 15% wanting as far forward as subsequent winter.

Steve Witt says: “Right now, {couples} and solo vacationers are taking advantage of the holiday bargains, with simply 30% of bookings being made by households. With Christmas being very a lot a household holiday, the conventional pattern is for household holiday sales to extend within the new 12 months as operator TV campaigns enhance and ‘free child places’ are extra prevalent.

“We expect to see the biggest ever increase in holiday sales for Not Just Travel in 2024. With more and more clients wanting the advice, support and quick and easy access to a personal travel consultant that is all part of the standard service.” An picture of Steve Witt and Paul Harrison is connected. Steve Witt is out there to reply questions and for interviews. Please contact me for extra info:

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