Since the start of the school holidays, Monarch Flights and Holidays are reporting a significant rise in bookings – of 32 per cent, year-on-year.
Spain’s Costa Blanca is their most popular destination for the summer, with sales up by 216 per cent over last year at this time.
The travel operator is attributing the increased demand to [...]

The Spanish island of Majorca was sealed off on Thursday following the death of two officers in a bomb attack. The Basque separatist group ETA is suspected to be behind the incident.
Majorca’s airport and its seaports were closed, leaving domestic and international tourists stranded on the island. This was the second attack in two days [...]

Believing that a holiday closer to home will cost less, thousands of Britons are choosing a “staycation” option this year, heading to destinations in the UK.
Holidaymakers are under the impression that daily costs in Britain will be lower than in popular foreign hotspots.
A survey is suggesting, however, that this may not be true. It has [...]

Spain is experiencing a shortage of rental cars that has led to increased holidaymaker costs and, in many areas, a total lack of vehicles available for hire.
In destinations that are popular with UK holidaymakers, such as Alicante, Málaga and Murcia, the shortage is the most severe, as rental car companies have reduced fleet sizes in [...]

UK holidaymakers travelling to Spain’s Costa del Sol this summer are being warned of a rental car shortage as operators are finding it difficult to obtain credit to buy vehicles for their fleets.
Hire car companies in southern Spain’s, along the Mediterranean coast, are reporting that they are not able to meet demand, even through visitor [...]