Cheap Weekend Break

The recent boom in the short break vacation market is one of the most important things about traveling in Europe for a vacation. No-frills airlines were the first to make it possible to fly cheaply from London and smaller airports to places all over Europe. A short weekend trip to an exciting city has become a good alternative to staying home and watching TV.

A recent survey of how people in the UK spend their vacation time shows that this weekend getaway plan is now worth a staggering £34 billion a year. People spend an average of £760 a year on these short trips, which include flying to cities in Europe, cultural festivals, and sports events.

The most popular vacation length is three days, with 21 percent of respondents taking off work on Friday to fly out and 34 percent coming back late Sunday night. This gives them about 55 hours away.

Some of the most popular places to go on a weekend trip in the UK were Edinburgh and Glasgow, while Paris, Amsterdam, Palma, Dublin, Brussels, Venice, Nice, and Madrid were some of the most popular places to go on a weekend trip in Europe. Other airlines have said that Prague, Rome, and Barcelona are getting a lot of interest.

The most important parts of a successful weekend trip were spending quality time with a partner, trying the local food and drinks, seeing the sights, the weather, and (for the women) shopping. It might not be a surprise that younger travelers cared more about nightlife than older ones.

Dr. Aric Sigman, who is a psychologist, said, "The results show that the British have come up with good ways to get away from the fact that they work the most hours in Europe. People can now act on their growing need to be physically and geographically removed from their everyday surroundings in order to really get away mentally and emotionally because short-haul travel is cheap and easy to do. In fact, it has been found that short breaks more often are better for dealing with stress than long breaks less often. What's interesting is that most people spend their weekends in a low-key way, like spending time alone with their partner, going out to eat, and resting and relaxing. This is in contrast to how people used to spend their weekends, when they wanted to be busy and go out at night."

Whatever the reason, many people in the UK are now taking advantage of rock-bottom prices with no extras to take four or more short trips to the exciting cities of Ireland, Scandinavia, Europe, and the Mediterranean in the summer, and to the German Christmas Markets and Alpine or Spanish ski slopes in the winter. North American visitors to the UK are also taking advantage of these no-frills flight options to visit cities like Copenhagen, Berlin, Prague in the Czech Republic, Barcelona in Spain, and Athens in Greece on their way to or from the UK.

Given that dinner for two in the West End can cost £250 or more, it makes sense to go somewhere else, like Barcelona, where you can eat paella to the sound of Spanish guitar, Rome, where you can eat spaghetti and a bottle of Bardolino under the stars, or Paris, where you can have a more expensive romantic dinner for two on a Seine bateau mouche. Before, only the jet-setting glitterati and the young and rich could afford such luxuries. But things have changed, and now many people would rather take a few short, fun trips throughout the year than deal with the hassles of planning a long trip.

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