Escape From The Christmas Blues
Every year a combination of too much turkey and an overload of family friction are enough to send thousands of people heading online or off to their local travel agent to book an escape abroad from the Christmas blues. This year the prospect of high winds, driving rain and bouts of snow and ice for some may tip thousands more over the top.
If so, the destinations most likely to benefit from spur of the moment holiday bookings are some of the most aspirational – Australia and New Zealand – or winter sun getaways like Dubai and Thailand. Post Office Travel Money has dipped back into its foreign exchange archive¹ to find that holiday money sales shot up immediately after Christmas Day 2010 – and the biggest beneficiaries were the eurozone and a clutch of long-haul destinations.
POST OFFICE TOP TEN ESCAPES
1. Eurozone
2. USA
3. Australia
4. Egypt
5. New Zealand
6. Switzerland
7. Canada
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