• Baggins@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    She needs to clamp down on greedy holiday companies and what have you changing their prices by £1000 from one week to the next then.

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      3 months ago

      Not really sure how that’s in the government remit. I would love it if they could do that but I’m not sure how they can do it legally.

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      3 months ago

      I think you’ll find that the pricing is controlled by the airlines and hotels. The holiday companies are just aggregators. And if the prices are capped, you’ll get a black market and a proliferation of hidden fees to work around the caps.

      Anyway, not having small kids anymore, I like being able to travel at off-peak prices. And as an added minor benefit, there aren’t so many confused families clogging up the security queues at the airports.

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        3 months ago

        OK, clamp down on airlines and hotels then.

        I agree going off peak - I’m of an age where I can ;-) It’s wonderful not having noisy kids around.

        Don’t fly anymore though - too much sodding about at airports and hidden charges. A van at a Haven site (Hopton) outside of school holidays does us nicely.