Package holidays to Dubai and Egypt cheaper as European prices creep up
Family deals to many non-European destinations are cheaper this summer than last, as travel nerves have slowed bookings.
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Notable Quotes
""We did manage to find a package for £6,400 for all-inclusive in Mexico which we've booked.""
— Tim Harris , Other
""People will ask questions, but we just reassure people that there is absolutely no problems with those destinations.""
— Mollie Hitchen , Other
""Price was a huge, huge issue.""
— Flora Badger , Other
""It was cheaper to go for a hire car than to do transfer costs from the airport for four people.""
— Flora Badger , Other
Key People
Flora Badger is a traveler taking her children on their first holiday abroad.
Mollie Hitchen is the assistant manager of Marple Travel Hyde.
Natalie Harris is a mother who was planning a holiday to Dubai with her family.
Richard Slater is the managing director of Henbury Travel Limited.
Tim Harris is a father who cancelled his family's holiday to Dubai due to the conflict in Iran.
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Family deals to many non-European destinations are cheaper this summer than last, as travel nerves have slowed bookings.
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