Tourism: want a stay in the sun at the end of the year? You’ll need luck, or a big budget… “What’s left are the rare birds”

But we will have to pay the price, this year more than the others. Those who waited until the end of the All Saints holidays to book may open their eyes wide when looking at the offers on the tour operator websites. First observation, the offer is very limited and the best hotels have already been booked for a long time. What remains are quite expensive hotels, in Egypt or Spain, for example. For a family of two adults and two children, you need to count on between 6,000 and 10,000 euros per week all in!

“Cis true“, declared to Newspaper Piet Demeyere, spokesperson for TUI. “Of course, it’s already early November. The vast majority of rooms and flights have already been booked. What remains are the ‘expensive birds’. Hotels that fit the average family’s budget are often no longer available because all the rooms are already gone.“

It’s now or never to book a stay in the mountains, travelers are booking earlier than ever: “More than a month in advance”

At Sunweb, we found offers that were barely cheaper, and even then. On the other hand, Neckermann still has some great offers in its catalog. We found several 4-star hotels with prices below 3,000 euros for a family of four. So you have to search a little, but there are a few “rare birds” left.

And what about vacations in the mountains? As for apartments, the offer is still quite wide and you can find standard accommodation for around €100 per night. As for hotels, the offer is rarer and quickly climbs to around 6,000 euros for a family, half-board… Here too, we notice an increase in reservations this year. “We are already seeing a 9.5% increase in ski holiday bookings by Walloons. Popular ski resorts remain extremely attractive“, Sunweb already indicated in September. Since then, this figure has increased to 20%, the tour operator informs us.

The advantage, for winter sports, is also to be able to continue your research on different channels and to vary the means of transport. For example, the train is not always more expensive than the car, and accommodation may still be easy to find on specialized sites or through word of mouth.