pete sant
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Post by pete sant on Sept 30, 2008 11:58:16 GMT 2
This year in june we paid @£400 for the two of us from manchester to corfu, in september the price was nearer £470. I've been looking at next years prices for the same flights and they have risen quite steeply - all of these are for 14 nights - olympic = £800 monarch = £570 thomas cook = £580 thompson fly = £ 806 package deals found so far - afrodite = £860 theos = £ 862 elinitsa = £824 I really hope this isn't going to hit the village too hard, allready this year some visitors from scotland have said that due to the rising costs they won't be able to go next year. pete.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2008 12:38:34 GMT 2
Sadly in the present financial climate I think we can expect this to be happening across the board. I have seen quotes for this year being under £800 for two, and next year being up and over £1500. Flying locally from my home town sees a unusual large increase than previous years.
The way the economy is, the cost of Oil going up again on the barrel, and holiday operators grabbing what they can so that they can keep afloat this will be the trend for the time being.
I think we can see more costs coming on the Flight Only and Package Deals in the matter of insurances against something like XL happening again. Lets face it, we did not know about XL, so it is unlikely we will know until it is too late about anyone else going the same way. And it will.
A gloomy picture I know, but I have been doing some research on holidays abroad, with Corfu at the for front as to why numbers have dropped, why Corfu is not advertised more openly than some places, and much more. It is not good reading in some places.
Nothing that will probably stop us hardened Corfu-ites continuing our annual pilgrimages to Corfu.
Yeiamas, Chris
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Post by pete sant on Sept 30, 2008 13:43:51 GMT 2
Unfortunately i think you are right, on a personal level we are lucky enough to be able to take a price hike on the chin and return for our two (maybe three) visits next year but i know of some families with two or three kids who are going to find it very hard to do so. A lot of the local businesses are struggling this year and are going to need all the help they can get next time around. here's hoping. pete.
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Post by artisans on Sept 30, 2008 18:35:31 GMT 2
Thanks Chris, but I think we are all being conned.
The issue of fuel costs is a red herring; we all have it thrust down our throats every time we read a newspaper or switch on the TV.
This is a statement about Lufthansa:
'Since 1970 the specific fuel consumption of the Lufthansa passenger fleet has already been cut by 70%. It is intended that this trend should continue. Lufthansa has set itself the goal of reducing specific fuel consumption - i.e. the amount of fuel necessary to transport one passenger over a certain distance - by 40% between the years 1991 to 2012. By 2001 the airline had already achieved a 25.2% reduction in the specific fuel consumption of its fleet.
Further reductions in the specific fuel consumption of aircraft can be achieved not only through advanced engine technology, but also by introducing lighter materials, by replacing heavy hydraulic components with lighter electronic systems, and also by improving aircraft aerodynamics.'
Consider also that the rough average fuel usage for a Boeing747 works out to around 5.5 gallons per mile and the cost for fuel at around $27.50 per mile (about 12 euros per kilometre), a 2000 km trip would cost 24,000 euros. A 10% increase in fuel prices should result in a fuel increase per flight of 2,400 euros - just 9.60 euros per seat on a 250 seat aircraft.
Based on Lufthansa's predictions, fuel increases must surely be offset by increased efficiency in any given period.
So why are we being asked to pay more - to make extra profits for travel company executives & shareholders - and if that was not enough, they then go into administration to make even more.
This does not solve the problem of increased prices, but hopefully, it gives us a more accurate perspective.
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Post by smg on Sept 30, 2008 22:42:10 GMT 2
It is not always cheaper to book through a company when they start charging 12 year olds as adults, under occupancy etc. I don't think being full always gets the owners a good return either It is not unknown for the companies to pay as little as possible claiming the only way they could sell the appartments was by discounting the holiday then passing on the 'discount' to the owner.
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