Fewer families went on a summer holiday as cost-of-living crisis bites

Fewer UK families went on holiday this summer as the cost-of-living crisis is hitting household budgets, a travel trade organisation said (Steve Parsons/PA) - (PA Archive)

Fewer UK families went on holiday this summer as the cost-of-living crisis is hitting household budgets, a travel trade organisation said.

Advantage Travel Partnership, a network of independent travel agents, said its members recorded a 3% reduction in the number of holidaymakers travelling as part of a family this summer compared with 2024.