Travel agent sees interest soar in holiday bookings

A Boston Spa travel agent said that holiday enquiries have soared following the Government’s route out of lockdown revealed on Monday.

Spa Travel partner Paul Dayson told the Wetherby News that within hours of the announcement, bookings had grown.

He said: “We definitely saw a better pick up on bookings interest before the Government’s statement and now we have dates, we are expecting increased demand for bookings. Only today, the day after the announcement, we had lots of phone calls for summer breaks, only tentative but it is positive.

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“We have also seen a big interest in October half term and also Christmas/January breaks.

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a global travel taskforce would put forward a report by April 12 on how to return to international travel.

And the Government would then make a decision on removing restrictions on international travel, but not before May 17 at the earliest.

Mr Dayson added: “I think the demand will be in a few weeks when people have had chance to take all the dates.”

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AITO Specialist Travel Agents, which represents hundreds of members, said the announcement was welcomed.

Chairman, Chris Rowles, said: “It’s a big sigh of relief, in all honesty – and website activity at member companies has surged overnight, so we expect bookings to follow.”