Virgin Holidays store gets jet-setters in the mood
Virgin Holidays has launched an experiential concept store in Milton Keynes which aims to get travellers in the holiday mood before they jet off. The move comes as brands look to alleviate the stress of holiday planning with the help of technology.
As travellers, we’re now more savvy and time-precious than ever before. We love short city breaks more than two weeks in the sun and prefer living like a local to holing up in hotels. Our holiday habits have changed dramatically, but how has our approach to booking a vacation shifted?
Comparison sites such as Kayak and Skyscanner have enabled people to find the best deals for their own holidays, contributing to the decline of the high street travel agent. But with ‘information overload’ a common source of stress, how is the package trip being adapted for demanding travellers?
Be Right Back is a UK travel site that organises randomly generated weekend trips as part of a monthly subscription package. With Gen Y's sense of adventure being slightly stifled by choice, services that can make the hard decisions for them are becoming more popular.
American Express eases holiday stress with Mezi app
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5 Feb 2018
Two-thirds of US holidaymakers say they’ve been stressed out by ‘information overload’ when planning a trip, and 27% of Britons agree that arranging a holiday is taxing. Hoping to ease such anxieties, American Express has bought travel assistant app Mezi to take the chore out of the process.