MoneySaving Poll: Will you be going on holiday this summer?

It is frustrating because the intro actually assumes we are out of hard financial times! We wish it was truly over...... "The recession's over, or so we're told, and the bounce back is starting. Does this mean you'll be taking a holiday this summer?"
As for so many of us the cuts have hit so we can't even afford to travel to visit family where we just need to spend on fuel......now there is no chance of a holiday :-(

Hi just to answer a couple of points above.


1. Why no 'we can't afford it option'.

I think there's a touch of confusion, while the intro shows the reason for the poll is about afforability, what we wante d to understand is more what people will do rather than the drivers for that action.

Therefore all the answers are about your plans, not your motivation. Thus those not going on holiday, for whatever reason, including 'cant afford it' should pick the 'not going on holiday' option.


2. Someone says the intro assumes the hard times are over.

Actually I wrote that line and was quite deliberate it says


"The recession’s over, or so we’re told, and the bounce back is starting. Does this mean you’ll be taking a holiday this summer?"

This is saying we're told the recession is over (and indeed it is, under the technical definition, but that's far from saying the bad times are gone, as I've written about many times). This poll is to test whether peoples actions are changing in terms of holidays.

I hope that clears it up

Martin