"However, petrol prices slumped more than 10p a litre - from the record of 142.48p a litre in mid-April to the low-point of 131.19p at the end of June - and UK drivers began to travel further with lighter evenings, bank holidays and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, " he said.
Conventional wisdom suggests that whatever pain these stocks may be experiencing now could be alleviated as we move closer to the holidays and travel planning resumes in earnest.
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He tried not to travel much, did not take holidays, and if the journey was unavoidable made what he called cartes de voyage, continuing his numbers in black ink on ordinary white paper.
Staff get 33 holidays including bank holidays and other benefits like free bus travel for themselves and their immediate families, reduced price train travel around the UK and access to discounts at some high street shops and leisure destinations.
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Twenty years ago most holidays were sold as packages, which included travel and hotel costs within the total price.
As Japan got a taste for foreign holidays, they set up or bought travel agents, airlines and hotel chains.
They entitle holders to free local bus travel after 09.30 on weekdays and all day on weekends and public holidays.
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However, Europe's second-largest travel firm said it had 19% fewer summer holidays left to sell and it had increased average selling prices in the half-year, compared with the same period a year before.
The holidays bring social obligations, travel hassles, money worries and I'd rather get a root canal than visit my local mall right now.
To combine cooking instruction and holiday travel look no further than Jenni Muir's beautifully illustrated "Cooking School Holidays" (New York, Abbeville Press, 2004).
Travel over the end-of-year holidays has began to reacclimatise the public to air transport, and the persistently low price of oil is helping to keep ticket tariffs down.
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