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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Well-off Britons splash out on trips of a lifetime as Covid restrictions ease

The pristine white sandy beach and azure waters of Long Bay, Antigua
The pristine white sandy beach and blue waters of Long Bay, Antigua. Not bad, but is it worth £50k, as one family recently bought at Kuoni? Photograph: Roberto Moiola/Sysaworld/Getty Images

Wealthy people are “blowing the bloody doors off” on extravagant holidays costing as much as £100,000 to celebrate the easing of coronavirus travel restrictions with extended families.

Sally Donaldson, a store manager of high-end travel agent Kuoni, said she was recently left trembling when a couple with two children spent more than £50,000 on a trip to the Caribbean island of Antigua.

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