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Bookings for overseas holidays were made by 1.2% of UK adults last month, according to a BVA BDRC consumer survey


Bookings abroad double after quarantine eased


Consumer survey finds upturn but only 33% ‘comfortable flying’. By Ian Taylor Less than one in 100 UK adults


The proportion of UK consumers booking overseas holidays and flights rose significantly at the end of July after the government removed quarantine restrictions on vaccinated travellers returning from amber countries. Consumer research by BVA BDRC


suggests 1.2% of UK adults booked an overseas holiday last month. That may not sound much but was double the rate in May and June and slightly ahead of July last year. Only last-minute bookings in August 2020 were higher since the start of


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the pandemic, according to rolling BVA BDRC research. The proportion booking flights was also the highest since last August at 1.3%. By contrast, the proportion of


consumers booking UK domestic holidays dipped below the rate in June, although at 3.4% it remained high by comparison with overseas bookings. The relaxation of restrictions


on vaccinated travellers to amber destinations only came from July 19, shortening the period in the month when consumers had many booking options.


(0.7%) reported flying in July, but this was the highest rate since October although below the rate of July 2020 (1.2%). The latest BVA BDRC survey


found attitudes to flying had improved from earlier in the pandemic but remained negative overall, as they did towards public transport in general. When respondents were asked how comfortable they felt about


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