Holiday costs aren’t a scam

[Streppy]

To wonder if people don’t get sale and demand when it comes to holidays. I keep seeing people moan that holiday companies are scamming family’s with prices but why would a holiday in peak season cost the same as a holiday in January. If I booked a holiday to a tourist destination I would expect to pay less if I went out of season with hardly anything open etc. I’ve been looking at holidays in the uk today and one place Is almost fully booked for 2 years but the dates available are all out of season so reduced. To me that makes sense. I’m sure there are holiday companies that add on more than is needed cost wise in peak season but there not out to scam you. I keep seeing people say it’s unfair they can’t afford to take there kids abroad etc I never went abroad as a child we holidayed in the uk

I remember Simon Calder or someone similar writing that it is not that prices are hiked up during school holidays. Rather there are often amazing deals to fill hotel rooms/flights in the periods in between. Companies would go out of business charging the off-peak rates all year. It is simple supply and demand at play.

I priortise holidays over other things, such as car finance, new kitchens/bathrooms etc because they are important to me. There are ways of doing them cheaply, even if confined to school holidays. I am not this year for the first time since DC finished FE which opens more of the world up! I never holiday in the UK- the cost of accomodation, eating out and poor weather etc just is not worth it for me, although others may disagree. Also we have only been a family of 2 for several years and flights are much more affordable than for a larger family.