Could this be one travel trauma too many? This weekend, hundreds of the “time-rich, cash-rich” cohort who bankroll much of the UK travel industry are converging on Sri Lanka for a midnight plane to Stansted on Sunday night.
One couple, Jeff and Wendy Spencer from Surrey, will have overstayed their planned trip by 12 days by the time they step onto the chartered Spanish aircraft for the 10-hour flight to Essex.