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Derek Jones Kuoni
“Far from an opportunity
to give our minds a break,
holidays are the time for
life changing decisions”
W
here did you make the most bring up an important matter it will be well re-
important decisions of your ceived by their partner on holiday – many men
life? When did you decide to feel this is the perfect time and place to discuss
get married or start a family? serious subjects such as marriage, starting a
When did you decide it was time to move house, family and moving house.
change jobs or to have a serious chat with your The significant difference between deciding to
man about putting some oomph back into your make a change on holiday rather than promising
love life? a change for the New Year is that you’re much
Most of us think New Year is the time to more likely to follow through decisions made
change our lives, but this week’s Kuoni Holiday on holiday. More than half of those who said
Report proves that there’s another much more they had committed to making a change actu-
effective time to commit to change. ally put it into action when they returned home.
Everyone knows that a holiday is the perfect So why do we feel the need to escape from
opportunity to relax, recharge our batteries home before getting our life in order? The report
and get away from it all. Heavy thinking is found holidays allow the “must have” time
left at home, right? needed to focus on important matters and
Apparently not. Far from it being an provide a suitable environment for considering
opportunity to give our minds a personal issues. We live busy lives. We come
break, holidays are the time for life home from work, grab something to eat and
changing decisions. put the kids to bed. While she falls asleep on
According to the Kuoni Holiday the sofa, he watches some rubbish on the telly.
Report, three quarters of us think Then we flop into bed, and sleep. There’s no
a romantic getaway can make time to talk about the Big Stuff.
or break a relationship. This is Holidays really do make and break relation-
especially true of women, with ships. Interestingly, 53% of those who dis-
over a quarter believing that a cuss marriage on holiday go on to get
holiday might help them married, but a higher percentage (59%) of
reignite the flames of love those who discuss divorce take action
and over a third saying that when they arrive home! As if being a
a break helped them get travel agent wasn’t difficult enough
reacquainted with a already. Now it seems you’re not just
partner. booking a holiday... you’re creating an
More than two in five peo- environment for your customers to make
ple book a holiday so that they life changing decisions!
can spend time with a loved one You really are agents of change!
rather than simply escape the from the poor
weather, and it seems that if ladies want to Derek Jones, distribution director, Kuoni
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