As we move in to the traditional summer holiday period, the current economic climate is heavily influencing the travel decision of people in Watford and St. Albans. Adroit-e Research conducted a field research last July 23rd and 24th asking people about their holidays and if the recession has affected their travel plans this year. 40% of people interviewed from both towns claimed that they were either downsizing their holiday or not going at all.
In a few weeks, employers and businesses will be having to cope with quite a lot of disgruntled workers who rather than feeling refreshed may feel disappointed that their holidays were less than inspirational. There’s a slightly different response between the interviews conducted in St. Albans and and Watford. In Watford, more people were going without a holiday while in St. Albans, majority of the people affected were simply downsizing.
All is not gloom and doom as well over a quarter of the respondents are taking more than 2 holidays this year. This is an interesting finding and could be explained in terms of the apparent widening gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’.
