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Half of Brits not prepared to 'jump through hoops' for foreign holidays

Government
Will Payne
4 August 2021

The "bureaucracy and unpredictability" of the UK government’s restrictions on international travel is stopping Brits from going abroad this summer, according to new research by Holiday Extras.

Nearly 500 respondents said the "hoops travellers need to go through" to get away are putting them off of going abroad

The add-ons specialist polled 1,000 UK holidaymakers and found that 480 (48%) respondents said the "hoops travellers need to jump through" to travel is putting them off of going on an overseas holiday.

Whereas only 80 (8%) people said the increased cost to travel was a barrier to going away and 290 (29%) were concerned about catching Covid-19 while on holiday. 

Associate brand director for Holiday Extras, Ant Clarke-Cowell, said the prospect of going abroad this summer helped many people through a "long year of tough rules and restrictions".