Direct Holiday Lets Blog

Customer loyalty is vital to all kinds of businesses in all kinds of fields and the travel industry is no exception.  Incentivising past customers to keep coming back is, after all, much less expensive than attracting new ones.

Frequent flyer programmes came into existence nearly 30 years ago when American Airlines introduced their AAdvantage scheme to reward their customers for their loyalty.  Since then, it is estimated that more than 100 million individuals have chosen to participate in one or other of the airlines’ programmes.

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Even if you don’t intend doing anything more with your holiday than lying and sunning yourself on the beach by day and relaxing in restaurants and bars in the evening, learning something of the local language can enrich your experience tremendously.  Far from needing to become fluent, even just a few words can help you to win hearts, immerse yourself in the culture and even save you money!

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Trying to keep children occupied when you are travelling on holiday can be a nightmare.  What to us may be nothing more than a short hop and a few hours of inconvenience can feel like a lifetime of boredom and frustration to them.  Away from their familiar surroundings and their beloved toys, and often without much of an idea as to what to expect when they eventually reach their destination, the whole experience just makes them nervous, cranky and downright difficult.

Unless you happen to live and be staying right next door to your departure and arrival airports, the chances are that it isn’t just the flight that your children are going to have to endure either, but probably a car or coach ride at each end too.  If you don’t go prepared, it won’t just be the children’s tempers that will have reached boiling point by the time you get there – your blood pressure could well be off the scale too!

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