Brits spend 16 billion pounds Sterling on trips they feel obliged to take

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Brits spend 16 billion pounds Sterling on trips

they feel obliged to take

PR Newswire

LONDON, July 10, 2012

- Spending on weddings, stag and hen dos falls 35%

LONDON

, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brits are spending 16 billion pounds on

trips they feel obliged to take, such as weddings, stag and hen dos and family

celebrations, a survey(1) by discount travel website Hotwire.com® has

revealed. In the last twelve months Brits spent on average 466.80 pounds per

person on obligation trips, accounting for almost a quarter (24%) of their

annual travel budget(2).

However, the survey also found that whilst people are spending significant

sums on trips they feel they have to take, spending on weddings, stag and hen

dos is significantly lower than in previous years. The cost of travel and

accommodation to attend weddings has fallen 40% from an average 222

pounds(3) per person in 2011 to 131 pounds per person. Men are spending 35%

less on travel and accommodation for stag dos, just 78.20 pounds on average

in the last year.

On average Brits took two obligation trips in the last 12 months using 4 days

of annual leave to attend weddings, stag and hen dos and other family

celebrations.

The cost of marking special occasions with family and friends:

4.5 billion pounds

spent attending weddings over the last 12 months. We each spent

an average of 131 pounds on travel and accommodation to be there on the big day. A

drop of 40% on last year when Brits spent an average of 222 pounds per person to see

their friends and family get hitched. We took a little over a day and a half off work to

celebrate.

2 billion pounds

spent on travel and accommodation for stag and hen dos and an

average of 1.63 days in annual leave taken. But Brits are spending considerably less on

their final flings with their mates than in the past. In the last 12 months, Brits spent an

average of just 58.75 pounds on accommodation and travel to celebrate their friends'

last days as single men and women.

Lads spend nearly twice as much

as girls celebrating their last few days of freedom.

Men spent 78.20 pounds (down 35% from 118.95 pounds in 2011) compared to women

who spent a relatively conservative 36.72 pounds for their travel and accommodation

expenses in the last 12 months.

4 billion pounds

spent on travel and accommodation to visit friends and family and

celebrate other occasions such as birthdays. On average we take one day off work to

share that special occasion.

"With nearly 25% of travel budgets spent on trips people feel they should take,

rather than those they really want to make, more and more Brits will be looking

at ways to make their travel budgets go further," said Fulvia Montresor, travel

expert at Hotwire.com. "For those people who'd like to celebrate an occasion

with friends and family in style, but don't want to bankrupt their nearest and

dearest, picking a destination that's in its low-season and/or being flexible on

location, and booking on discount sites like Hotwire® will give them the best

chance of bagging a great deal."

About Hotwire.com

Hotwire.com is a leading discount travel site that helps holidaymakers book

hotel rooms at significant savings you can't find on many other travel sites.

Launched in the U.S. in 2000 and in the U.K. and

Ireland

in 2011, Hotwire's

partnerships with hotels worldwide offers holidaymakers deeply discounted

hotel rooms that would typically go unsold. J.D. Power and Associates 2008

Independent Travel Web Site Satisfaction Study(SM) recognised Hotwire for

ranking "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Independent Travel Web

Sites, Three Years in a Row." Hotwire is an operating company of Expedia, Inc.

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(1) Survey of 2008 people from across the UK conducted by ICM Research

(2) The Hotwire Travel Confidence Survey, conducted by Vision Critical among

2,011 randomly selected British adults who are Springboard UK panellists in

January 2012, found average annual travel budgets to be 1920 pounds.

(3) Halifax survey conducted by ICM April 2011

http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/pdfs/halifax/2011/270411AttendingWedding.pdf

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