When it comes to booking a holiday, is your idea of heaven sitting by the pool and not having to worry about a thing or does the idea of a holiday based in one place seem like your idea of hell?
All inclusive holidays have been in the news recently and the majority of the articles sought to illustrate how these types of holidays cause damage to the community outside of the hotels walls. Prominent travel writer Simon Calder has been quoted as saying that such holidays are the "the devil's work" and are destroying communities.
Simon Calder is entitled to his opinion but people do have the right to choose what type of holiday they go on. Demand for such holidays has soared in recent years as families try to budget for a holiday and travelling on an this basis allows people to do this whilst also allowing people to relax away from stressful jobs at home.
It could be argued that the rise in all inclusive holidays is due to marketing from travel companies swaying consumers to go on fully inclusive holidays but I would argue that it is the consumer's demand which has lead to the rise in this type of holiday. I am also confident that First Choice would have been brave enough to launch an all inclusive only model on a hunch that all inclusive holidays would account for 50% of holidays taken by British tourists.
Although I enjoy watching Simon Calder on Saturday morning television and he is paid to give his personal opinion, I think that he has never been inclined to take an all inclusive holiday in the same way that some people may never be inclined to back pack around Cambodia. Surely there must never be a right or wrong way to take a holiday and all that matters is that the person who booked the holiday gets the experience that they would like from it?
Back to the opening question, do you never take all inclusive holidays so that you can explore the local area during day and night time or do you always take them safe in the knowledge that you know what you are getting during your holiday?
What we must remember is - the choice is yours! I hope that everyone enjoys their holidays this year if you are lucky enough to be going away to get some sun.
Peter Warsop is a Director at Alihoco.
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