Holiday time is upon us

RoseR wrote:I popped out in my lunch break to-day got a few holiday brochures, (as if I did,nt have enough already). Picked up an Inghams villa holiday cat. can not believe what I saw. A villa in Cote D'Azur peak season price £32,000 per week. Yes its in 3000 acres, has direct access to the sea and mooring dock, it had 6 bedrooms and a private pool. But 32 grand per week that obscene, who could pay that sort of money.

If I had £32k to "throw away" on a week away, it most certainly would not be on a villa in France.
Obscene?
Its insulting.

Tony_H wrote:

NellyPS wrote:Yes, that's me, cluttering the beaches of lovely Cornwall. We're on the north coast in a place called Trevarrian in between Watergate Bay and Mawgan Porth.

Can you make the sun shine please?

Sorry to upset you, but why on earth do people take holidays in this country????

Tony,
As with all your comments I am sure you will claim it was just a witty aside, but seriously some people can't afford to take holidays abroad.
I know people who cannot even afford a passport.

Yes, the weather is an issue, plus lots of other things, but for some people it's all they can manage.

Edited to add:
Also, some people actually like the UK as a holiday destination.
Not implying people who holiday here are all skint either.

Well, I shall be holidaying in the UK. But then I'm lucky to live in Cornwall.
Money is certainly tighter this year with the economic slow down. Builders / developers who were building houses are now competing with the smaller guy like me and doing patios, decking, porches etc. Larger companies like Anglia & Everest are banging their prices right down and matching the little guy on quotes. Really hard at the minute to get the jobs in.
I'm putting what money I can away to ensure we go skiing. During our summer break we'll head to the beach (hopefully), take our boat out for a couple of days, go surfing, hire kayaks, take the bikes out. With the amazing countryside, beaches and visitor attractions we have in Cornwall and the UK I can see why people stay in this country. There's no such thing as bad weather, just people wearing the wrong clothes. Yes, it would be great to have some more sunshine but you cannot knock those who can't or don't want to go abroad.

getjim wrote:Well, I shall be holidaying in the UK. But then I'm lucky to live in Cornwall.
Money is certainly tighter this year with the economic slow down. Builders / developers who were building houses are now competing with the smaller guy like me and doing patios, decking, porches etc. Larger companies like Anglia & Everest are banging their prices right down and matching the little guy on quotes. Really hard at the minute to get the jobs in.
I'm putting what money I can away to ensure we go skiing. During our summer break we'll head to the beach (hopefully), take our boat out for a couple of days, go surfing, hire kayaks, take the bikes out. With the amazing countryside, beaches and visitor attractions we have in Cornwall and the UK I can see why people stay in this country. There's no such thing as bad weather, just people wearing the wrong clothes. Yes, it would be great to have some more sunshine but you cannot knock those who can't or don't want to go abroad.

Agree with you any small companies/building/windows etc the economic down turn is really affecting them. Two years ago my hubby was fitting a conservatory a month, 4 or 5 complete sets of windows and doors. Although he still gets a bit coming in he is mostly doing repairs and patching up, it gives him a job every day but not huge money. The bigger companys are definately dropping their prices.

PrivateBryan wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

NellyPS wrote:Yes, that's me, cluttering the beaches of lovely Cornwall. We're on the north coast in a place called Trevarrian in between Watergate Bay and Mawgan Porth.

Can you make the sun shine please?

Sorry to upset you, but why on earth do people take holidays in this country????

Tony,
As with all your comments I am sure you will claim it was just a witty aside, but seriously some people can't afford to take holidays abroad.
I know people who cannot even afford a passport.

Yes, the weather is an issue, plus lots of other things, but for some people it's all they can manage.

My point was that it costs as much, if not more to holiday in the UK as it does to go abroad, provided you can find a good deal (which I have always managed to), and thats without even considering the packed roads, poor public transport, poor standards of service, standard of accommodation (generalised comment admittedly), price of food and drink, higher risk of crime (theft, break in, vandalism, etc), the weather (wearing the wrong clothes....come on!!!!).......

Up until 5 years ago I had never had a holiday abroad, never even had a passport. The reasons were usually scared of flying, lack of funds etc. Plus I always assumed the likes of me could not afford holidays abroad. I know in the last few years I have had several holidays abroad and not always the cheapest accomadation. But when I think of some of the holidays I have spent in this country I ended up spending a lot more money than the holidays I take abroad. My holiday to Lefkas our spending money could have worked out about half of what I last spent on a holiday to Cornwall. I found in Greece food and drink much cheaper. It was cheaper to hire parasols/sun beds in Greece than it is the hire a deckchair in this country. You pay the earth for car parking in this country no charge in Greece. I visited local beauty spots, ruins,waterfalls, etc all for free you would pay large entrance fees in this country. I did a 10 hour boat cruise and visited lots of islands, beachs and landmarks for 20 euros each, in this country you would have paid the earth.
Years ago I used to rent a caravan in Devon on a huge all purpose site, they now charge more per week for the hire of that caravan than we paid for a villa/car and flights to Greece.
I have done both holidays but I know now what I prefer, but its every-ones choice.
Plus the weather was always bad in this country, never ever had good weather.

Please don't knock holidays in this country too hard, or I won't have any customers left for our holiday cottages :cry:

One thing we do quite well with is dogs. It's very difficult for people to take their dogs abroad and we live right next to a public footpath which connects with the coastal path, so people can walk 186 miles with their dogs if they like. And the national park do shuttle buses covering the coastal path, so you can walk one way and get the bus back, or vice versa.

And most people know that sometimes it rains, even in summer, and they bring wet gear and wellies so they can still go out walking even if it's raining.

But I agree our cottages aren't very cheap. The advantage is that people can drive here, and bring all their stuff, which saves all the hassle of getting to airports and catching flights etc.

Ally