Is anyone becoming a "staycationer"

Already booked and paid for 6 weeks and hoping to be able to fit in another late in the year.

peedee

We will still go but if any country gives us a hard time because of what may happen in the future that country will come off our list

off next week (or thereabouts....no ferry booked yet, but will in next few days...) to Spain for a couple of months, then to Italy later in May for a few weeks, over to France in September.....

no real change....although we didnt het 'away' last year for other reasons...

We go abroad some years and not others. Probably not this year due to other commitments but no firm decisions as yet.

Our main reason for buying a caravan was so that we can holiday in the UK and avoid the grossly overpriced UK hotels.whereas for the last ten years we have holidayed in southern Europe. The continuing devaluation of sterling is also a big factor, it still has a long way to go. 

Take care BB there are reports of snow in the Costa Blanca.

peedee

We've been going over to the continent since 1983 and experienced exchange rates that have been very good as well as very poor. In recent times I can remember the £ being as low as 1.08 euro and that didn't stop us then so I can see no reason not to go now. If some of the rumours/scare stories about needing visa's etc come into being then it will be just another hoop to go through, like the API, but nothing more than an irritation.  More worrying will be if they reintroduce a small duty free allowance on wine!

There is definitely a lot of snow near Alicante.  Friends who live over there sent us some photos this morning. Take care.

I remember one year when after years of it being 10/11 FF to the pound it dropped to 7.5FF to the pound. I am not sure we have seen anything as bad, yet! Although its a few years away yet I think if they start to reel back on what you can bring back from a European holiday in terms of wine or reintroduce excessive roaming charges I think it is then that it will start to have a greater impact. Whilst in the scheme of things neither are that important they are the things that need highlighting to MP's now to encourage the Government to have a grown up approach to such things?

David

After nearly 20 years of spending a couple of months every year in France we have made the decision to only holiday in the UK in future.  Age has caught up with Mr H and he doesn't feel up to travelling that far anymore. There are still some great places to travel to within a 100 mile radius.