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Wondering how to sell the festive season? Alice Barnes-Brown highlights some fun-filled getaways for your clients’ Christmas lists


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festive trip away can make your client’s Christmas one to remember. Whether it’s seeking off-season sunshine in the Caribbean or Catalonia, bagging the best gifts at Europe’s prettiest festive markets


or a cosy Christmas away with close family, the benefits of a holiday getaway simply sell themselves. Some clients may already be booking for 2024, while Google Flights revealed that the cheapest time to book flights for the Christmas break this year falls around mid-October. With prices remaining low for the rest of the month, there’s still time for agents to offer great deals to their clients. A huge array of itineraries exists to suit all tastes and budgets. Perhaps your clients are a group of


friends jetting off for a New Year’s Eve party in a lively city, or a family searching for a once-in-a-lifetime expedition to Lapland. Whoever your client is, there’s a festive trip out there for them.


PRE-CHRISTMAS ESCAPES


CHRISTMAS MARKETS IN THREE CITIES Leger’s five-day no-fly coach holiday lets clients shop till they drop at three of Europe’s quirkiest Christmas markets. Departing from a range of points across the UK, clients will first find themselves among the frosted roofs of Aachen Christmas market, Germany, where spiced spekulatius cookies are served with mugs of glühwein under the eaves of the city’s cathedral. Next, it’s on to Valkenburg in the Netherlands, where subterranean festive chalets are set up in a


Roman mining cave. The real headliner, though, is the trip to Cologne’s multitude of Christmas markets – there’s the elf-themed Heinzels Winter Fairytale, the reindeer-packed Village of St Nicholas and the


Rhine-side Harbour Christmas Market to explore. Book it: Leger’s five-day Valkenburg, Aachen and Cologne Christmas Markets trip leads in at £779 per person, with departures throughout early December. The price includes breakfasts and three dinners. leger.co.uk


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