Hotel Price Index - Hotels.com Press Room

Too paw for a holiday
In a survey of 2,000 adults in the UK, Hotels.com has
found that 52% of Brits are planning to cut back on
everyday spending in order to save money to go on
holiday in 2012.
Items Brits plan to cut back on range from food (32%)
and alcohol (39%) to bare essentials such as
deodorant (2%).
Nearly a quarter fear they will not be able to afford to
go away in 2012, while 26% aim to sell possessions in
order to be able to afford it.
Surprisingly, 6% of Brits are planning to go as far as
cutting back on food for their dog or cat!
• 34% were willing to give the local lingo a go when
abroad.
• Only 13% of Britons are able to speak French, 8%
German and 6% Spanish.
• 61% rarely try to speak a foreign language because
they worried about making a mistake (35%),
assumed everyone spoke English (23%) or were not
bothered (16%).
Top 10 items Brits plan to cut back
on in order to get away in 2012:
Clothes 62%
Nights out 50%
Meals at restaurants 48%
Lunch at work 44%
Alcohol 39%
Food 32%
Gig tickets 22%
Magazines 20%
Shoes 18%
The Hotel Price Index review of global hotel prices: Jan-Dec 2011
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