Holidaymakers are opting to cut trips short rather than forgo taking the holiday of a lifetime, according to a travel magazine.
Travellers on tight budgets are choosing to travel further afield but for a shorter length of time, according to the editor of Wanderlust magazine.
Dan Linstead claimed that people would prefer to visit somewhere further away for ten days than to take a holiday closer to home for two weeks.
He said: “[people are] trying to compress really aspirational trips into a shorter period of time. They are not saying ‘let’s go on a cheaper holiday this year’, instead [they are saying] ‘let’s go on a great holiday but go shorter in time’.”
Mr Linstead suggested that destinations such as Dubai or Thailand will continue to be popular with holidaymakers as people look to achieve certain levels of accommodation and experience on a reduced budget.
Research released last month by Thomson and First Choice found that travellers were intending to use the recession to their advantage when booking trips.
Almost half (46 per cent) of those surveyed said that they would attempt to book a five-star hotel at three or four-star rates as a result of the economic downturn.
The poll also found that 23 per cent of respondents were planning to book a longer flight for the same price as one closer to home.
Written by Anthony Nicholson
