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AIBU to encourage people to holiday in the UK this year?

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BaliPebbles · 07/05/2020 09:31

Growing up I did a few holidays in the Wales but as I got older we did the traditional Brit holiday of going to Spain (or Greece) for 2 weeks, lying on a deckchair everyday except one when we went out somewhere for a bit of culture (but became anxious of missing out on one tanning day), eating loads of creme caramel and then flying home and starting to peel before you left the arrivals lounge. As money improved, those hotels just got better and the destinations a bit more far away e.g. lying on a beach in Cancun.

I then lived overseas for nearly 20 years and went on some amazing holidays, still thinking that holidaying in the UK is just for the unenlightened.

Then we moved back to the UK with primary age children and we ventured to do a UK holiday. We were actually astonished at how great a time we had and how much happier the DC were and how much less stress it was. Mine don't actually want to be dragged through an airport and spend a whole day travelling, they don't want to go too far and away for too long. They like being in the car and stopping off. They like British things. Our UK holidays now consist of great food, interesting and off the beaten track excursions, somewhere nice to stay, history, culture and some activities.

Anyway, the reason why I am bleating on about this is because I just received a survey about using airlines once the lockdown is over. I filled it in and I realised that I don't actually want to go on a plane now for a long time. I don't want to add to climate change, I don't want to end up somewhere where coronavirus ramps up during my holiday, I do not want to be in a 5 hour queue either end of my plane journey and I don't want to listen to people coughing round me on a plane.

So, AIBU to remind people that we need to boost our own economy quite urgently and that actually, if you sit down and spend a couple of hours on the internet, you can make yourself a brilliant itinerary for a holiday in the UK because actually holidaying in Britain is great!

OP posts:
SerenDippitty · 11/05/2020 11:38

Packed not backed.

amazedmummy · 11/05/2020 11:40

I booked my UK holiday last summer I'm just hoping we'll be able to go on it. It's in September so I remain hopeful.

AdoreTheBeach · 11/05/2020 12:36

We go every other year some places in the UK for holiday - but it’s not planned as a beach holiday. More a cultural / food holiday. This was, if the weather is great - bonus. If not, no problem as it wasn’t expected.

Love to go some place this year in UK - but

  1. will some places be welcoming? On MN, people from Cornwall / Devon were all Declaring they didn’t want second home owners let alone tourists. I’d hate to go some places only to made to feel unwelcome

  2. what would even be open to see? We enjoy national trust (buildings, gardens, walks) and other sites during our UK trips. But these are closed.

So may actually have to be Uk staycation in our own garden

BubblesBuddy · 11/05/2020 16:11

When we go in the uk it’s usually because we are going horse racing, or to explore another area and because we like to eat in the best restaurants. We feel that’s cultural too. We do use our house in Cornwall off season but again restaurants attract us!

Lynda07 · 11/05/2020 22:44

paininthepoinsettia Mon 11-May-20 11:38:09
I'm still struggling with the 'abroad' being cheaper idea
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Years ago package holidays abroad were generally cheaper than an equivalent holiday here in the UK. I don't know if it is still the case, in recent years I've only had a couple of short breaks abroad. I certainly remember coming home from Spain and the Spanish islands with money still in my purse, I never did when I stayed in England.

I do however like holidays here very much, am not that fond of travel.

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