Holiday inflation.

Organgrinder

Omg, I simply cannot believe how much holidays have gone up in price for 2025. I'm referring to ones run by your operators.

Same week as this year is 40% more expensive for same hotel/flight.

Compared to last year prices are 70% more expensive.

Yet.....my annual snowboarding trip which I sort out separately remains roughly the same.

The cynic in me detects something's going on!

Does anyone have any knowledge of what's driving these increases?

strawb_shortcake

Organgrinder said:

Omg, I simply cannot believe how much holidays have gone up in price for 2025. I'm referring to ones run by your operators.

Same week as this year is 40% more expensive for same hotel/flight.

Compared to last year prices are 70% more expensive.

Yet.....my annual snowboarding trip which I sort out separately remains roughly the same.

The cynic in me detects something's going on!

Does anyone have any knowledge of what's driving these increases?

Prices always fluctuate, I've been looking at holidays for next year. I don't want AI but some of the holidays I've seen have gone from £1700pp down to £1100pp for the same hotel. 

For the two weeks we're looking at there are loads of holidays around £650pp so not seeing much of a mark up based on what we paid this year

Organgrinder

I've been looking for 2 months now and whilst they fluctuate they still seem much more expensive. Maybe I just got good deals previously!

Albermarle

Just out of interest I checked the hotel in Crete we booked last year.
The room was £1200 and is now £1700 for the same week.
Two points.
I did not book this early ( it  was in February) 
Sterling is stronger now vs the Euro, so this should have made it cheaper.

Otherwise I do not know why it has gone up so much .

TadleyBaggie

Organgrinder said:

Omg, I simply cannot believe how much holidays have gone up in price for 2025. I'm referring to ones run by your operators.

News to me that MSE sells holidays...?

Organgrinder

Haha oops 

Browntoa

After lockdown was paying around £680 pp

Just booked same location for march 2026 £770

Must depend where 

vacheron

Not in the last year (and an exceptional location for this kind of thing) but we stayed in a hotel in Barcelona in 2019 for 5 nights in early September and paid £485. 

We visited there again in September 2024 The exact same hotel on the exact same dates (give or take 1 day), room only, no meals included, is now asking £2,380!

JosephK

They've been increasing sharply in most places since end of Covid restrictions

bagand96

Organgrinder said:

Yet.....my annual snowboarding trip which I sort out separately remains roughly the same.

The cynic in me detects something's going on!

Have you tried DIY'ing the tour operator holiday?  How much did it cost arranging independently against the tour operators? 

Organgrinder

bagand96 said:

Organgrinder said:

Yet.....my annual snowboarding trip which I sort out separately remains roughly the same.

The cynic in me detects something's going on!

Have you tried DIY'ing the tour operator holiday?  How much did it cost arranging independently against the tour operators? 

I have. Same story.