Fact is that accommodation is so much cheaper once you cross the channel that a foreign holiday using busses or trains can be cheaper.
Yep this is certainly true.
We're off to Italy tomorrow (driving) we got a free channel crossing by using our Tesco vouchers with Euro Tunnel and our campsite accommodation is considerably cheaper than the UK like-for-like.
I think domestic breaks are more about making the countryside more accessible to city dwellers who don’t have access to cars.
Something the politicians never grasped is that there’s a large amount of people who will never move upwards socioeconomically and/ or own a car. No matter how hard they work, they’re going to be stuck.
And then there’s a lot of fundamentalist environmentalists who would never lower themselves to car ownership.
Cities like Glasgow, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford are at the foot of big hills, it’s just a question of attaining the necessary elevation.
That means attaining elevation quickly without having to navigate around the existing infrastructure.
Cable cars, and funiculars may be the solution.
Nationally, we need to move the economic resources, squandered on moving people around by car when they should be walking, and massively increase investment in footpaths, visitor centres and outdoor education.
It’s unfortunate that the drinks lobby has such leverage on restaurants. Hypothetically giving people an hour hiking or brushing up on their map skills in Edinburghs Pentlands (accessed by cable car) and by the time they return to the city centre, they’ll be famished. Quids-in for anyone selling food.
With an ageing population, we’ll need some means to keep ourselves occupied, whilst rejuvenating our cities.
You could try WWOOF or WorkAway for nearly free holiday in exchange for your labour. Pick an area of the country and see what's available. I've worked on vineyards and solar panel projects for a range of diversity. Lots of weeding positions if you don't have practical skills but affordable chance to see a different lifestyle and a new place.
Last 3 years we have been in the UK for holidays, this was the first year we went abroad.
It certainly is not cheaper to have a holiday in the UK compared with going abroad.
Was listening to a Radio 4 programme yesterday with a lady from the Lakes saying that visitor numbers for a week are well down this year compared on last and the norm.
Of course they are, the price of accommodation in the lakes this summer was ridiculous !
The trick with providing cable cars, etc is to write in “all profits go to the local childrens hospital” at the planning stage.
Guaranteed turnover.
