Package or Tailored

[Soccermumamir]

Hi,
We've always used a packaged holiday when travelling abroad however, some of my friends have said to tailor it to yourself. I've had a look at doing this, but it always seems to cost more 🤔 I must be going wrong somewhere.
Do you use a package holiday or do you book flights and hotels separately?
TIA

I work in the travel industry. I tailored all my holidays 20 years ago. In the last 10 years I've gone back to packages as have most of my colleagues They are cheaper (especially if you're not near London) and offer much better protection. Packages can be pretty tailored anyway and the friends who advise me I am wrong tend to holiday in a way that wouldn't suit me (very budget approach).

Worked in the travel industry and the last place I’d look for a holiday is the main companies but then we tend to avoid and typical brits abroad destinations.

for me the most enjoyable bit is the planning. But we like off the beaten track and slightly obscure so also ends up cheaper or compatible to the holiday companies and I know we don’t have Atol but don’t really care have good insurance and happy to pay and reclaim if need be.

We usually pick a destination, then locate a hotel we’d like, after that we Google holidays to that particular hotel.
This throws up companies that organise the flights, transfers and are ATOL protected. We browse each a puck the best value.

Pick!

Pre-covid, we usually booked everything ourselves.

We lost a lot of money in 2020 when elements of our holidays were cancelled.

Now, we look for companies that will tailor-make a holiday, & give us package holiday protection, as well as ATOL & ABTA.